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Re:The future of web software is HTML over WebSockets by beagle3 on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:26AM (#26274081)
Isn’t this also the basis for Stadia RIP and XBox Mobile work on iPhones? That seems to deliver acceptable results for even arcade games on WiFi.

Latency seems to have been conquered.

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Re:The future of web software is HTML over WebSockets by FridgeSeal on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:54AM (#26274268)
> Latency seems to have been conquered.

I dare you to say that from Australia.

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Re:The future of web software is HTML over WebSockets by beagle3 on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:49PM (#26279703)
We are not close to conquering the speed of light. Ping time NY to Australia is 100-200ms regardless of software stack.

But if you have a server in Australia then I would still say that.

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