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Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?

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304 points zdw | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 16:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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robin_reala ◴[08 Jul 25 14:02 UTC] No.44500076[source]▶

>>44466030 (OP) #

If you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000 and haven’t heard the original 500-mile email story, you can read it at https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles.

(discussed previously on HN 5 years ago – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23775404 – and 10 years ago – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708)

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1. thenobsta ◴[08 Jul 25 14:36 UTC] No.44500388[source]▶

Thanks for letting me be one of the lucky ones.

Obligatory xkcd 10,000 lucky people explainer: https://xkcd.com/1053/