It’s a fun idea but not that useful outside of giving news outlets something quirky to report on
sending your texts by virtual carrier pigeon.
I’m tired of these virtuals taking jobs away from real working pigeons.
Funnily enough transferring data by pigeon is still the fastest method, beating pretty much any kind of connection.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/yes-a-pigeon-is-still-faster-than-gigabit-fiber-internet
Sometimes, sure. It depends on the speed of the connection, the distance, and the number of files and their sizes transferring. In some cases transferring from a USB stick can be barely faster than than downloading to the point of being not worth the effort of walking in to another room to get the stick laying there with the data already on it.
So just UDP?
sometimes the bird just dies
Isn’t this how one of the subplots of Daggerfall started?
Merida’s voice: “A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE DEAD RAVEN!”
Actually that may have fixed my “loot all” compulsion several games earlier.
Author says on reddit that it’s vibe coded. Boo.
Did they post the source code? That just sounds like one of us lemmings needs to unvibe code the source.
So… he vibe coded it, hit a bug he couldn’t fix, and said, fuck it, it’s a feature.
Hit a bug The AI couldn’t fix
Yes, because this is critical production code that is clearly too important to not go through stringent review.
It even specifically requires GPS location unlike other messengers. Boo.
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It could have at least been a fun learning experience for the developer, but instead they just wrote some text and let the computer program it.
It’s absolutely possible to learn a lot while using an AI coding assistant; it can be like having a patient and supportive Stack Overflow instead of one that just closes all your questions as duplicates. That does require using it intentionally though.
That’s not what vibecoding is. Vibecoding is literally what I said and not just it being an assistant.
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Anything worth doing is worth reviewing.
What if it becomes the next twitter?
I mean the name is available now, isn’t it?
Seems like a really fun tool for a play by post type game.
AI (Avian Intelligence). Nobody truly knows how it works.
TCP/Avion
EDIT: Meh, they’ve removed the example picture for “packet loss”.
But then there’s this:
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.
That’s a hell of a pigeon that can fly at 192mph
Oh they’re actually flying coach. 192 is just the average, it takes time to get through the airport.
Any private aviation bird strikes today?
Supersonic feathertr0nic?
I imagine they all fly in to deliver 26 poops and a responding text that just says, “k”
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I love this idea. We need more whimsical technology.
I’ve been using it to talk to my brother for the past few weeks, and it’s super fun! I really enjoy imagining a bird flying hundreds of miles to deliver my very important meme
Can’t get away from packet loss
