Background first (you can skip to the last sentence if you don't care): I'm trying to write a game where short text commands are sent between the client and server frequently. It's entirely possible ...

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Recently, a significant amount of time has been expended on the discussion of certain numbers. Topics have included 1Gb versus 10Gb, 4K versus 8K, single-frame times (16 or 33 milliseconds), and so ...