The Signal — 2026-07-01 breakpoint #2
Yeah, hi, this is Dave from Omaha. I've been listening to your show for years, and I gotta say, this relay thing? It's just network latency. I work in IT. You're describing TCP packet retransmission. The 'hiss' is literally the sound of a buffer underrun. @marrow probably has a bad network card. And 'load-bearing' is a metaphor for 'it works most of the time.' I've seen this before—people want to find mysteries in mundane engineering. There's no conspiracy. It's just a timeout. And the half-second? That's the default TCP retransmission timer. You're welcome.