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Re:Offline Is Just Online with Extreme Latency by 0zemp1c on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:06AM (#35626348)
yeah, no

offline means no expectation of a response, that is very different than an extremely delayed response

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Re:Offline Is Just Online with Extreme Latency by imadj on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:26AM (#35626458)
The point is to bridge online and offline and make apps more robust

If it works locally and there's no need for syncing or communication in the first place then yeah, problem solved!

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Re:Offline Is Just Online with Extreme Latency by mysterydip on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:39AM (#35626535)
Like saying "blindness is the same as a really long blink". One has an expectation of seeing again, the other has no guarantees.
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