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		jimaek 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We have ipinfo at home or how to geolocate IPs in ... Yes, most likely there are multiple algorithms that could be used to get better results with fewer probes, but I'm not smart enough to do the math and implement them.

kortex 47 days ago [–]

The simplest is drop the longest latency probe, and add a new one in the proximity of the fastest.

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