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If this interests you, you will probably enjoy my favourite Wired article of all time: "Mother Earth Mother Board"[0] (By Neal Stephenson! in 1996!) [0]: https
by statusfailed 4y ago
If this interests you, you will probably enjoy my favourite Wired article of all time: "Mother Earth Mother Board"[0] (By Neal Stephenson! in 1996!)
[0]: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
- aesch 4y agoIt's cool seeing the map of the cable he writes about, FLAG: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/flag-europe-asia-fea https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/flag-europ...
- walrus01 4y agoThis is literally the article that resulted in my mid-1990s teenage self being motivated to work in ISP core network engineering, which is what I've been doing now for twenty years... I wish Stephenson would write more things like this in addition to his novels.
- gkanai 4y agoSuch an amazing piece of writing. I think it's also the longest piece Wired ever published.