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An animated explainer on how TCP handles packet loss
points · traction gained Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 22, 17:12 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Oct 15, 17:12 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in MDIA this week
- #19of 51 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #314of 993 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 10.9%5/46 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Oct 16, 14:01 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Oct 17, 13:13 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 44h
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