Re:Ask HN: Edge Computing, a Half-Solved Puzzle?
by 082349872349872 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @05:04AM
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Until we go interplanetary[0] —or unless you have a very time-sensitive database application— it's already[1] all edge.
[0] lunar would also work
[1] I consistently get <300ms pings to servers 12 time zones away. But I grew up in an era when long-distance (tens of km) phone calls were exorbitantly expensive, causing us to wait to transfer data for night rates, so YMMV.
[0] lunar would also work
[1] I consistently get <300ms pings to servers 12 time zones away. But I grew up in an era when long-distance (tens of km) phone calls were exorbitantly expensive, causing us to wait to transfer data for night rates, so YMMV.