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I'll leave this here. https://flypigeon.co https://flypigeon.co

• bcherny 10y ago
  There's no way this is real, right?
  • TeMPOraL 10y ago
    AFAIR this was a satirical application to YC.
  • btilly 10y ago
    It is perfectly real and also a joke. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
• panglott 10y ago
  The article is not about carrier pigeons, but about the passenger pigeon. This is a North American species of pigeon famous for the huge size of its flocks, large enough to darken the skies on a sunny day. It was commercially overhunted to extinction by the early 20th century, a famous example of extinction.
  • lebanon_tn 10y ago
    Thanks for pointing out. I shared the link more in the interest of general pigeon discussion.
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• blasieur 10y ago
  As someone who volunteers for a pigeon and dove rescue organization, this is terrifying. But, also as someone in tech and loves pigeons, this is kinda cool
• nkrisc 10y ago
  Pigeons as an API?
• hinkley 10y ago
  Good ol' RFC 1149. I heard that some companies would use it as a bozo detector when accepting bids for network hardware. You'd list it as one of the protocols you expect the switches to be able to handle and look more carefully at anyone who said "yeah we support all of that" because they weren't your pal, buddy. One vendor on one of these bids (maybe Cisco? I can't recall) answered back that while they don't currently support carrier pigeon they are considering it for a future feature enhancement.