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mlyleyesterday at 5:28 PM1 replyview on HN

People always use bits for connectivity. 62.5kB/sec -- maybe really 55-60kB/sec downloaded. Or 18 seconds to get a megabyte.

This is simultaneously fast (on my 14400 bps modem that I spent the most time "waiting for downloading", I was used to 12-13 minutes per megabyte vs. 18 seconds here) and slow (the google homepage is >1MB, so until you have resources cached you're waiting tens of seconds).

It would be nice if everything were just a touch more efficient.


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volemoyesterday at 5:46 PM

Is Google homepage consisting of a text input field and like ten buttons really over a megabyte? Damn.

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