• @xmunk
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    616 months ago

    UDP: Hold my beer.

    • @xmunk
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      266 months ago

      Are they going to expand into Canada? That’s a much better deal than getting reemed by Telus or Rogers.

      • @[email protected]
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        66 months ago

        Yeah, no joke. That would be awesome, and they wouldn’t be scared off by the paper terrorism.

        When Mexico sends us us people, they’re not sending their best. /s

  • @[email protected]
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    296 months ago

    If you’re using TCP and losing packets you should be panicking though, because something is very wrong…

    • @[email protected]
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      316 months ago

      True, but TCP will just resend them, you won’t lose anything but some latency. Meaning it’s something to look into, but not something to panic about.

      • @[email protected]
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        Do you ever find yourself confidently explaining things after misunderstanding yourself?

        Edit: I’m fine with being downvoted for being a dick, but seriously, people missing the point and then going on to explain the very thing that someone else just finished saying is fucking obnoxious. OP was saying, “if, despite TCP’s delivery control, you are still missing packets, something is really wrong”.

        • @azertyfun
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          36 months ago

          I get what you’re both saying, but it’s technically wrong. TCP exposes segments and those are guaranteed to be transmitted. That may however require the retransmission of several IP packets.
          So losing a packet is fine, while losing a segment is worth worrying about.

          Anyway I can’t speak for OP if they genuinely misunderstood because of terminology or just got wooshed. But they’re technically right, even if by accident.

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      You can lose packets. Just cut the cable, but the other side will notice that the transmission is incomplete.

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        Shouldn’t the engineer be a bit more worried if the cable’s been cut?

        If UDP drops packets it’s probably nothing. If TCP drops packets it’s because something’s actually wrong.

  • katy ✨
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    26 months ago

    “you pee tcp? i pee urine” - chip ~ sales guy vs web dude