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And if a second was defined centuries ago to be longer or shorter, we'd end up with some other length of time that was a power of 2 close to 4ms, resulting in a
by persnickety 2y ago
And if a second was defined centuries ago to be longer or shorter, we'd end up with some other length of time that was a power of 2 close to 4ms, resulting in a different MTU.
If that's indeed the reasoning, then it's amazing how arbitrary decisions made in the past end up deciding today's standards.
Now I want the story of the 9000 bytes MTU.
- throw0101d 2y ago> Now I want the story of the 9000 bytes MTU. * 2018: https://blog.dave.tf/post/jumbo-frames/ https://blog.dave.tf/post/jumbo-frames/ * April 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35647779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35647779