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"that WiFi connection is coming through a router" *shows a picture of the PS5* Well played, Mr Denby, well played.

He saw the brick comments lads. We’re relevant

I genuinely snorted when he put up a picture of a PS5 when he said "router"

Internet: All the knowledge of mankind are available, People: Bricks

Fun fact: HAI has existed for almost three years and we *STILL* don't have a video about bricks. *give us our brick video*

You know it’s true when even HAI thinks the PS5 looks like a wifi router

Wendover: Planes and China Polymatter: Tech companies and China HAI: Bricks and China

Minor goof: The speed of light *in glass* (and thus, in fiber) is quite significantly less than 300M m/s.

**Spends $300 million dollars to send information 3 milliseconds faster** S T O N K S

"So unlike Hillary Clinton in 2016, we need to go to the Midwest." 😂😂😂😂 Gold.

The nanosecond joke had me for a second. I was like wait. There’s gotta be a reason it’s 47 nanosec- oh... nope.

When I was a kid in Elementary school I told my classmates about these underground/underwater cables that connected to other countries but no one believed me. 😭😂

“The New York City of places that aren’t New York City” is the best description I have ever heard of Chicago and “New Jersey, gross” is the best description I have ever heard of New Jersey

This video should be called: "Why this millisecond costs $100,000,000"

'$300m dollars for a cable' Australian NBN: "hold my beer"

"the longer the cable, the longer ir takes". My brain can't cope with so much complexity

> coming through a "router" > *shows PS5 console*

When HAI doesn't include airplanes or bricks *Sad viewer noises*

So you’re telling me if this cable is cut, the stock market wouldn’t have a good time? *Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today*

i’m convinced this bloke looks up “kind of interesting facts” and when he sees one he’s like “right then i could work with this i guess”

Put everything in brick futures. The price will go up when HAI finally makes a video.

So you're telling me WhatsApp lied to me when they said instant messaging was one of their features?

Q: What’s red and bad for your teeth? A: Bricks.

"To your friend's computer" I don't think my friend uses a Commodore 64 to read emails.

Next step: A particle accelerator that generates neutrinos to shoot in a straight line through the earth to get it down to 12 milliseconds

2:05 well actually it doesn't travel close to that particular speed... Optical fibre typically has a refractive index around 1.45, which makes the speed more like 2/3 that.

"less than the cost of an M1134 Anti tank launcher" Lmao

Imagine cutting that cable... Best. Prank. EVER

I don’t want a video about bricks, I want a one hour comprehensive documentary about bricks.

In France we use escargots antennas rather than wifi router, pretty efficient

1:30 "... through a router..." Shows the PS5... BRILLIANT!

Actually, the signals don’t travel close to the speed of light... The signal travels 83% the speed of light over the RG6 cables used for cable modems, and 67% for most optical fibers.

Also depicted in the movie “The Hummingbird Project” with Selma Hayek and Jesse Eisenburg.

Note that, because of the angle of light sent through optical cables, it’s effective speed is close to 2/3rds the speed of light- hence why spacex’s starlink can compete with cable

No joke, I actually work in those datacenters I’m Secaucus NJ. Lol. And some of my co workers in Chicago. Can be a lot of fun and sometimes aggravating. Most of my nights are spent in those data centers. :)

No one: That one guy that doesn’t call diggers hotline before he digs his trench: *oops*

Side note: Light travels slower in glass (fiber) when compared to vacuum. About 40% - 50% slower. That's the whole point to sell Spacex's Starlink to high frequency traders.

Chicago? There are 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses

The way this channel twist stuff to make it entertaining especially the memes are the reason why I subscribe

One of the funniest video ever, the PS5 router reference was the icing on the cake. You confirmed my suspicion that the stock exchange floor is an act in these modern times. Keep up the good work.

Use this as the "We still demand the brick video" button

Guy: spends $300 million to make $0.01 S T O N K S

Minor error I would like to point out: The data itself doesn't actually travel at the speed of light. The data is sent through fiber-optic cables, which are technically not wires. Fiberoptic cables allow light to bend with the cable (not going in a straight line such as in air or water). On each end of the fiberoptic cable, there is a laser and a sensor that detects the light coming from the other device. By pulsing the laser at high speed, the devices can transmit data. The pulses of laser light do travel at the speed of light. (The speed of light through optical fiber is slightly slower than through a vacuum.) The rate of data transmission is limited by the rate at which the transmitter can pulse the laser.

“Coming through a router” 😂😂😂 I nearly spit out my drink.

Last time I was this early this guy was talking about how taking pictures of the Eiffel tower at night was illegal

"That wifi connection is coming through a router that's connected to a bunch of underground wires" [shows PS5] That made me laugh, I appreciate you

This fiber optic cable was made obsolete by a microwave link created by a competing hedge fund... this would be a great topic for another video!

"This is a stock exchange. There's no money you can steal."

Story time: My former engineering teacher, was working on something that required the team to dig. The man from the utility company told him that this 300 million dollar wire was attached to a pipeline on one side, so they dug on the other. While the team was digging, my engineering teacher got a bad feeling, and told the team to stop. The utility guy was wrong about the location, they were a matter of inches from tearing the 300 million dollar wire. TL;DR: My engineering teacher almost broke this wire.

So funny! And informative. Love it. Thanks, HAI!

1:30 is so good, I love your content so much!

Last time i was this early this channel was still fully intresting

I feel like this has to be illegal.....

You forgot to mention, light doesn't actually travel through fiberoptic cable in a straight line, it bounces off the walls. Thats way the pro HFT shops send signals to Chicago via Microwave towers not fiber

What do we want? “Brick video!” When do we want it? “When we had enough with Sams awkward joke! Which is never!”

Video idea: What is the most expensive word/sentence spoken?

I didn’t know Secaucus actually had something interesting besides a shopping complex and a burned white cedar forest that turned into a marsh. Ah yes, Wall Street. Very bourgeois

The Cable is not used anymore. They built towers with antennas on top in sight of each other and send it through the air now, because light travels faster in air than in a fibre optic cable

HAI: Tells a really good story Me: *_I’m still confused on his pfp.._*

It feels like my Direct TV cable costs $300 million just for a couple of channels

Ya know you can just take a flight beetween these two cities.

Man these videos are really high quality

On the subject of bricks, I actually used to work as an automation engineer at a factory that made bricks...

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch

Thank you for incorporating humor into your video. Keeps us paying attention even more so. Good job!

1:58 Wow, the C-64 screen brought back memories.

It's done with satelite now. You can see the dishes in Aurora il.

Living in Jersey... I always felt like there was millions of dollars running underneath my feet. now i know why

That beginning, of the "Stock Exchange".. Banter ~

Been a while since I saw a video from here on a topic I didn't know already. I'm still waiting.

One of the funniest scripts yet. Well done, sir

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.” ― Richard Feynmann

someone: **cuts it**

I know people were saying it as a joke but for real that video where you started to talk about bricks as a cover was lowkey really interesting and i'd watch tf out that

Bruh you’ve intrigued me so many times that I would really love a video on bricks!

When you are so early everyone is arguing who's first... Seriously, what's the point?

1:31 “A router” 😂😂😂 lmao

Was reading about this in the book Flash Boys. HAI managed to summarize the book in 6 minutes. Thanks!

PS5 as a Router hahahahhahahah best pun ever on KZfaq you deserve an award ahhahah I liked the video and subscribed these puns better keep flowing haahahah

Short Answer: Because the Internet

Last time I was this early people were still saying "Last time I was still early"

Would like to point out that the light moving through an optical fiber isn't even moving remotely close to the speed of light... Most optical fibers are able to reach speeds around 60-85% the speed of light. (Light in a vacuum is one thing, but as fast as there is stuff there, it gets slowed down, and glass is a lot of stuff...) A signal moving across a printed circuit board on the other hand moves at about 50% the speed of light. This is also roughly true for a lot of cables. But, then we have coaxial cables, there the max speeds can reach over 95% the speed of light. (mainly due to the far lower dielectric value of the insulation.) Though, most of the shelf coax cables are typically around 60-85%... (Low loss cables on the other hand go higher.)

Love how you put the Ps5 as a photo for a router, it really does look like one!

I have a server closet in that Secaucus location and I helped build the first terrestrial satellite network between Chicago and NY in the beginning of flash trading. We were able to undercut the roundtrip by a few milliseconds AMA

THIS ISN'T A BRICK VIDEO I WANT A BRICK VIDEO GIVE ME A BRICK VIDEO WHERE IS THE BRICK VIDEO

i was mesmerized by that green tunnel thingy

Crazy how much stuff like this costs

I remember hearing about this on NPR. Time to listen to a true professional describe it.

When you're so early that you head straight to the comments without watching the video

soon as you end the video I'm like "I WANT MORE INFORMATION!"

Bro he’s not playin around he’s taking shots at everyone lmao

1:40 Elon musk: " excuse me what did u just say?"

Even though I know this is legal and accepted it still feels like a huge scam. Actually, the whole stock market feels like a huge scam...but that's another show.

All six minutes of that went over my head, thanks

Best router ever. Looking forward for the video on mini-fridges

“New Jersey gross” I’m from New Jersey and I have to say: Agreeable

The book "Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis is about this exact thing, and is SUPER interesting and well worth a read!

It gets even crazier than this: High frequency trading doesn't actually happen in Chicago. It happens in Aurora. And because people were fighting to get their computers on racks closer to the matchmaker, *all* of the fiber links between high frequency trading computers, and the matchmaker, were made to be the same length. Regardless of whether the computer was 10 racks over, or in the same rack.

I just love your humor 😅🤣😅🤣