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Wow this is wild! I never thought things would get so latency-sensitive that one would have to overlap request and response!
by _huayra_ 6y ago
Wow this is wild! I never thought things would get so latency-sensitive that one would have to overlap request and response!
- guscost 6y agoHFT is so latency-sensitive that it matters how physically close you are on Manhattan island. It is so latency-sensitive that new “hollow” fiber-optic cables are being installed, because light moves faster in air than in glass.
- vntok 6y agoSee also how they slow down the whole network to level the field: https://hackaday.com/2019/02/26/putting-the-brakes-on-high-frequency-trading-with-physics/ https://hackaday.com/2019/02/26/putting-the-brakes-on-high-f...