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		renewiltord on Oct 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happens when you make a move in lichess.org? Because I don't use microservices, I don't need 10,000 requests a second to play a video file.

achierius on Oct 24, 2024 [–]

I think the point was 10,000 files on 10,000 different hosts, per second.

renewiltord on Oct 24, 2024 | [–]

Well, if they’re only watching one second of video that’s easy. The files could be super small too.

Okay, I can’t keep this up. I was parodying the position not being serious.

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