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Re:The Web’s Cruft Problem by function_seven on Friday July 17, 2015 @04:34PM (#9905141)
Can't that be done purely in the client? Why use WebSockets to to remote math?
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Re:The Web’s Cruft Problem by scrollaway on Saturday July 18, 2015 @12:23PM (#9907943)
It can be done with a few lines of javascript. You certainly don't need to contact the server to ask them how long ago a certain time was.
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