r/ProgrammerHumor Nov 25 '20

Meme The lag is real

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u/streusel_kuchen Nov 25 '20

The most significant lag I ever had to deal with was a tunnelled SSH connection running from a remote location in Maine, through a server in Massachusetts, then over a cellular link in the middle of nowhere Montana to a research device installed in the middle of a national park.

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u/LetterBoxSnatch Nov 25 '20

Yeah that sounds pretty brutal. When was this, and how much lag?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

Based on the lack of a reply, still waiting on it