Maybe it would help the OP if he imagined that his antagonist was hired to disrupt his efforts, and so by reacting in this way is giving his opponents exactly what they want. This story is evidence of how vulnerable passion projects are to influence.
Why I quit this battle
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#12Previous discussion :
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15781474
> Some chip makers have hidden latency and jitter issues from common tests (badmodems.com) 220 points by based2 on Nov 26, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 42 comments
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#13"What is the issue?" https://web.archive.org/web/20210506114456/https://badmodems... > Some chip makers have hidden latency and jitter issues from common tests that are in use by consumers and even ISPs. Ping CANNOT be used reliably to test for latency or jitter.
It's very frustrating because nowhere on that page is there a list of which modems have the bad chips and which don't. Which doesn't help at all with the most obvious way to fix this problem: stop buying modems with the bad chips. Many people (myself included) don't trust the cable modems our ISPs provide, or don't want to pay a monthly rental on one, when we can just buy one for ourselves. If people like me had information on which modems not to buy, we could help to exert market pressure. Why do people think that the only way to fix a problem like this is to complain to the company that created it in the hope that they'll fix it out of the goodness of their hearts? When has that ever actually worked?
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#14"What is the issue?" https://web.archive.org/web/20210506114456/https://badmodems... > Some chip makers have hidden latency and jitter issues from common tests that are in use by consumers and even ISPs. Ping CANNOT be used reliably to test for latency or jitter.
It's very frustrating because nowhere on that page is there a list of which modems have the bad chips and which don't. Which doesn't help at all with the most obvious way to fix this problem: stop buying modems with the bad chips. Many people (myself included) don't trust the cable modems our ISPs provide, or don't want to pay a monthly rental on one, when we can just buy one for ourselves. If people like me had info…
It looks like at least one other site sees the same problem--and, helpfully, provides information on which modem models have it:
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#15Last snapshot on Oct 02 2021 before page was changed: https://web.archive.org/web/20211002154145/https://www.badmo... The site seems to be focusing on latency/jitter issues: https://web.archive.org/web/20210506114456fw_/https://badmod... I'm not entirely sure what to make of the information presented. The page above includes an embedded video demonstrating a difference between ICMP and TCP load-testing: https://www.y…
This was a pretty well known issue on the Intel Puma chips, it could happen with a small stream of packets being sent at the user, nowhere near saturating their connection.
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#16The guy comes off as kind of childish and the people on the site he links appear to know what they're talking about which makes me a bit skeptical.
The way he discusses performance analysis in his YouTube video also does not inspire great confidence in his technical or analytical abilities I’m sorry to say.
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#17I don't know the background but the dude seems both passionate but also honest about just being done.
Sometimes you're just done. Makes sense to be clear to everyone involved and put it behind you.
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#18"What is the issue?" https://web.archive.org/web/20210506114456/https://badmodems... > Some chip makers have hidden latency and jitter issues from common tests that are in use by consumers and even ISPs. Ping CANNOT be used reliably to test for latency or jitter.
It's very frustrating because nowhere on that page is there a list of which modems have the bad chips and which don't. Which doesn't help at all with the most obvious way to fix this problem: stop buying modems with the bad chips. Many people (myself included) don't trust the cable modems our ISPs provide, or don't want to pay a monthly rental on one, when we can just buy one for ourselves. If people like me had info…
Previously, this website had an "Affected Modems" fake-tab, linking to the website forum with a list :
https://web.archive.org/web/20210806220209/https://badmodems...
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#20I really appreciate the passion of this person.
I truly hope they can feel proud, without any guilt.