44 points

Is there difference to https://openspeedtest.com ?

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Can you select your server there? Doesn’t seem like it. Plus this one looks absolutely TINY.

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317kB. I love tiny apps <3

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How is that tiny though?

Considering this is about sending some random data to a server and measuring the speed, that’s quite large. I’ve seen whole computer games that fit in 1/10 of that space.

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It could fit in a standard 3.5 inch floppy disk, sure it’s not the smallest, but for a full app written in javascript and not asm it is, in fact, small

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Aaaaand your ISP has already begun forcibly speeding up your service to make it look better in 3… 2… 1…

No doubt the second they figure this out a large amount of the scummy ISPs around the world are gonna start temporary reverse speed throttling when this is used, per usual, to make themselves look better.

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I’m slightly disappointed that this isn’t about open source amphetamine.

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3 points

open source vyvanse for random disconnects

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21 points

No Java?

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36 points

Did they stutter?

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8 points

It was just a coffee hiccup.

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4 points

The jitters.

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There were something called “Java applets” on the web before flash. It was real Java, probably a sunset of that. There was an addon just like flash.

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I doubt they would care enough for Java applets that died a long time ago to put “No Java” in the description

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36% Javascript so this statement feels a little strong

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Seen as the readme says this in the very next sentence, and they reference Flash, I think they’re actually talking about the full fat Oracle Java runtime, not just Javascript.

Side note: I found a support page on speedtest.net that still says you need Flash installed, but only Flash, no Java required here: https://sandboxsupport.speedtest.net/hc/en-us/articles/202610754-What-are-the-requirements-to-use-Speedtest-net

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JavaScript has nothing to do with Java. They are completely different languages and environments.

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