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An almost mandatory entertaining article, whenever topics about cables, ocean floor, submarines come up: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wir
by supernova87a 3y ago
An almost mandatory entertaining article, whenever topics about cables, ocean floor, submarines come up:
https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
"Mother Earth, Mother Board" (stories about laying undersea cable and the history of wiring the Earth up"
(or unpaywalled: https://archive.is/ICkHe https://archive.is/ICkHe)
- absoflutely 3y agoSadly the unpaywalled version is also paywalled
- Davy_Crockett 3y agohttps://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
- supernova87a 3y agoOh, sorry about that. If you roll back a couple versions it's here: https://archive.is/19Msi https://archive.is/19Msi
- vGPU 3y ago[flagged]
- zoltar 3y agoHe didn't take credit for making the wire, so no.
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoJesus man, will you ever get over Trump or is this going to be your entire discourse from now on? Edit: Btw, I upvoted you, because I want your words to be seen. If you have nothing else to contribute aside from, "fuck this politician who is long out of power", then you aren't really contributing.
- zirgs 3y ago[flagged]
- throwawaylinux 3y agoI assure you that non-Americans feel the same need to drag American politics into every discussion.
- danuker 3y ago> wiring the Earth up Reminds me of the intro to The Expanse, where they wire up some celestial bodies as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y4wuVfV5G4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y4wuVfV5G4 The song also gives me the chills.