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by 0xc133 34 days ago
> so hyper-sensitive that a couple seconds of loading screen seen a few times a day is enough to trigger them

Reportedly the xz supply chain compromise was first noticed by someone who reported his SSH connections took an extra 500 milliseconds.

https://thegeekinsights.com/how-a-hacker-saved-the-internet/

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That's a point well-taken, both non-obvious and relevant, but I'm still triggered by what I can only describe as dishonesty in the phrase quoted by GP. How can one "not understand" how other developers who clearly run (as most developers do) significantly faster hardware are not having the same issue? Unless one actively doesn't want to understand.