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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 20:11:36 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   In absence of a clear tell, there is no way to parody modern technology systems without someone mistaking the parody for reality.

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     tautology (tautology@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 20:12:11 JST tautology

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     @ryanc tech's version of Poe's law?

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 21:02:01 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • tautology

     @tautology yes

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 22:35:00 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Pippa Brooks

     @pwbrooks

     Scientists: You can't make light go faster!
     High frequency traders: Hold my cocaine!

     (for others: speed of light in fiber optic cable is only about ⅔ of the speed of light in vacuum, and radio waves travel at approximately the latter speed)

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     Pippa Brooks (pwbrooks@friend.camp)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 22:35:01 JST Pippa Brooks

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     @ryanc As a software developer who cut their teeth on the sort of electronic trading systems whose users spend millions on microwave links to save a few milliseconds of latency, it feels like I'm living in a surreal dream whenever I'm exposed to the reality that doing anything with most modern software involves long chains of HTTP requests