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Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?

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303 points zdw | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 16:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lesser-shadow ◴[08 Jul 25 14:27 UTC] No.44500318[source]▶
Don't get it
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justusthane ◴[08 Jul 25 14:36 UTC] No.44500396[source]▶
It’s a test of an old probably apocryphal story about a university that couldn’t send an email more than 500 miles: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
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1. lesser-shadow ◴[09 Jul 25 07:42 UTC] No.44507276[source]▶
Commenting late on this but I seriously didn't know about the story beforehand.