Hacker News: fahrvrgnugenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=fahrvrgnugenHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:53:06 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by fahrvrgnugen in "Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?"]]>light is 186k miles per second, the other side of the globe is 12.5k miles away - so 67 ms / 130ms+ round trip in optimum conditions. Add more for network hops and consider that fiber is not quite as fast as vacuum.

300ms feels extremely optimistic coming from my perspective of someone living on an island in SE Asia

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