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[–] root@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Maybe Piper Net (Silicon Valley)

[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

I think about that show surprisingly often and how amazing a compression method like that would be right now. Our internet and storage speeds have not remotely kept up with the rapidly expanding size of files these days.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

Piper Net sitting on a couch surrounded by BBC (Big Bastard Companies)

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Guess where they got their inspiration from?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/where-is-hbo-silicon-valleys-real-pied-piper-look-in-troon-scotland

AKA the new internet (the SAFE network) that has been in development for 18 years and is about to hit beta here in the upcoming weeks.