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Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by abcd_f » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

Tokumei-no-hito wrote: post #32

abcd_f wrote: post #5

This is a minor OCD nitpick, but > at super fast speeds Fast speeds aren't a thing, just like cheap prices and wet waters aren't.

nit-nit, what's wrong with cheap prices? price doesnt infer magnitude.

Cheap means "low in price". Price can't be "low in price", it can be just "low".

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by Foivos » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

abcd_f wrote: post #5

This is a minor OCD nitpick, but > at super fast speeds Fast speeds aren't a thing, just like cheap prices and wet waters aren't.

Somehow it has to be contrasted with ``slow'' speeds.

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by markasoftware » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC

"former dropbox engineers" doesn't mean a whole lot -- it's a large company where tens of thousands of people have worked over the years. It's not like this is by the founders or anything.

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by BoredPositron » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:09 PM UTC

api wrote: post #11

Wait... you're telling me it's 2025 and we can finally conveniently send files?

Looks not really convenient...

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by SquirrelOnFire » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:11 PM UTC

bilbo0s wrote: post #36

tantalor wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> When a direct connection isn’t possible, files travel through our servers.

That's what actually made it a hard pass for me.

Why's that, given that files are encrypted?

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by abcd_f » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:11 PM UTC

therealdrag0 wrote: post #39

abcd_f wrote: post #5

This is a minor OCD nitpick, but > at super fast speeds Fast speeds aren't a thing, just like cheap prices and wet waters aren't.

I don’t follow. Speed and price can be many values, high or low. It’s perfectly valid to add an adjective describing it as fast or cheap.

Cheap means "low in price", so "cheap price" makes no sense.

Fast means "of a high speed", so it's the same here.

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by rahimnathwani » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

This looks awesome. For sending files between my phone (Android) and my son's iPad, I use:

Android: Wormhole William (https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william-mobile)

iOS: Destiny (https://github.com/LeastAuthority/destiny)

Some drawbacks to my current approach:

1. Destiny needs to be configured to use the standard Magic Wormhole servers (just once, after installation): https://github.com/LeastAuthority/destiny/issues/259#issueco...

2. Initiating a transfer requires out of band communication and some copy+paste.

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by leosanchez » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

Android app looks beautiful. Waiting for the Linux version.

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by ceronman » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

This looks really cool. I especially like the "Keep your progress, whatever happens" feature.

The product looks polished and I definitely see myself using it. My only concern is: Are they taking VC money? Is this going to be enshittified to death trying to pursue a 1000x investment return?

Re: Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing

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Post by abcd_f » Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

Foivos wrote: post #42

abcd_f wrote: post #5

This is a minor OCD nitpick, but > at super fast speeds Fast speeds aren't a thing, just like cheap prices and wet waters aren't.

Somehow it has to be contrasted with ``slow'' speeds.

"High speeds"