It's interesting to see a website that just copy and paste content from other sources without any sort of credit or referencing having this attraction (usually in the HN top ranks).
In fact the way it's presented it even seems that was 'authored by rachel, the anonymous valley dev'.
Harmless attitude when it's just someone trying to land a hotsite and earn some extra bucks/attention. But later don't complain when the same attitude is in place by big companies/VCs draining your career.
Tech scene really reached a new low these days: "put the minimum effort; try to extract and profit the most" -- while trying to be 'smart/efficient' people lost the self perception of predatory behavior.
Maybe could be renamed to Grasshopper By the Bay. :P
- If both devices are under a NAT the packets flow relayed through a server? (or in cases where direct connection can be established somehow)
- And if direct connection is available (both in the same LAN) the flow is direct? (reducing latency)
If yes, is this done automatically?
If I'm not mistaken this what Logmein Hamachi does. I experience low lat/high speed in the LAN and in a few cases high latency in some devices (due the "relayed mode"), when direct link is not established.
Good part is that it seamless for the end user... best case is found automatically and transparently.