We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

anamexis wrote: post #4

cbhl wrote: post #2

Previously: 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708

A few more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063…

Generally people submit links to past submissions that have comments that maybe of interest.

Re: We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

#6

Post by coronadisaster » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 12:22 AM UTC

just get it in the pipes

Re: We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

#7

Post by xwdv » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 12:22 AM UTC

IMO even though this has been posted a bunch of times it’s important to repost these sort of campfire ghost stories so future developers can think more creatively about strange errors.

Re: We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

#8

Post by davidkuhta » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 12:26 AM UTC

Hat tip to @nfriedly from back in 2011:

FYI units on OS X doesn't recognize millilightseconds, but you can do this:

  You have: 3 lightyears / 365 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1000

  You want: miles

   * 559.21802

  / 0.0017882113

Re: We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

#9

Post by hombre_fatal » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 12:32 AM UTC

anamexis wrote: post #4

cbhl wrote: post #2

Previously: 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708

A few more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063…

The reason people share links from the past isn't some passive aggressive "UGH reposts amirite?!" like what you appear to be doing -- it's because past discussion on a fun read has lots of fun morsels of comments, and it's fun to revisit them alongside today's discussion.

HN doesn't have a rule that there should only be one canonical submission for every individual link or topic. That you thought your comment would contribute anything leads me to believe that you aren't aware of that.

Re: We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

#10

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 12:52 AM UTC

davidkuhta wrote: post #8

Hat tip to @nfriedly from back in 2011: FYI units on OS X doesn't recognize millilightseconds, but you can do this: You have: 3 lightyears / 365 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1000 You want: miles * 559.21802 / 0.0017882113

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