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New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies

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New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies - Dexerto

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A messaging app has come up with maybe the least efficient alternative to WhatsApp imaginable: sending your texts by virtual carrier pigeon.

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The one time anyone implemented the original “Packet Transmission over Avian Carriers” RFC, 45% of the packets (= 45% of the pigeons) were lost.

Sounds about right.

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