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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by actionfromafar on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:34AM (#39313115)
It's somehow very funny to me that we are talking about data transfer (QUIC) but that what happens at "level 8" of the OSI stack can also be complicated depending on what system level 8 runs.
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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by animesh371g on Friday February 09, 2024 @05:31AM (#39313434)
There is no Level 8 as such. Everything happens at the application level i.e Level 7.
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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by flumpcakes on Friday February 09, 2024 @06:34AM (#39313790)
I think they meant the person and who they are as "level 8".

In other words, if you have this communication protocol, when it reaches level 8 the message might not be delivered or be misinterpreted based on the person. For example in this thread with some people seeing this as racist, some people see it as nothing.

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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by bandedetrappes on Friday February 09, 2024 @05:54AM (#39313556)
Level 8 is a joking way of designating the user. Also refered as "the layer between the keyboard and the screen".
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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by BenjiWiebe on Friday February 09, 2024 @08:47AM (#39314790)
Between keyboard and chair, surely?
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Re:How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed by flumpcakes on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:35AM (#39315214)
PEBCAK, "Problem exists between chair and keyboard"
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