Latency is horrific though.
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Jason2357@lemmy.ca 5 weeks agoSneakernets, my friend. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pocket full of microsd cards traveling on the subway.
Soggy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
That’s why I find systems designed for high latency by being “offline-first” interesting. Sync large quantities of information when you can, then consume offline. Like Usenet and email used to be. Most things don’t actually need to be “instant”.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Flash drives of banned foreign films are the one method of accessing foreign media that north Koreans realistically have. It’s extremely hard to prevent people plugging a flash drive into their computer in their home to view some media