I imagine they all fly in to deliver 26 poops and a responding text that just says, “k”

💩

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

TCP/Avion

IPoAC

EDIT: Meh, they’ve removed the example picture for “packet loss”.

But then there’s this:

RFC-2549

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.

rfc1149.uk

It’s real!

Can’t get away from packet loss

That’s a hell of a pigeon that can fly at 192mph

Supersonic feathertr0nic?

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?

Author says on reddit that it’s vibe coded. Boo.

Yes, because this is critical production code that is clearly too important to not go through stringent review.

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.

I thought vibecoding was older than LLMs?

While I don’t use LLMs, IMHO unreviewed code is unreviewed code. If it’s unreviewed, that means no one has taken responsibility for it, and so it doesn’t belong in any codebase without that giant disclaimer front and center.

Edit: lol @ downvoters who “vibe-read” this comment 🤦 the toxic element of lemmy who think we can’t see who they are

Anything worth doing is worth reviewing.

It even specifically requires GPS location unlike other messagers. Boo.

Should’ve just used IP location so users could simply pick different VPN servers to simulate either a quick flap across town or a brutal multi-week transcontinental migratory path

What if it becomes the next twitter?

I mean the name is available now, isn’t it?

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

Did they post the source code? That just sounds like one of us lemmings needs to unvibe code the source.

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.

AI (Avian Intelligence). Nobody truly knows how it works.

Seems like a really fun tool for a play by post type game.

So just UDP?

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.

tomshardware.com/…/yes-a-pigeon-is-still-faster-t…

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.

Who is faster definitely depends on speed yes

The point is it’s not just speed of the delivery method, it’s amount of data per delivery. You can average it to bit/second, but you also have to understand that driving 100 TB 5,000 km means no data for the entire drive/flight and then all the data all at once.

It’s a fun idea but not that useful outside of giving news outlets something quirky to report on