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Highly recommend an article by The Verge on how these things are repaired and maintained. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-rep

Highly recommend an article by The Verge on how these things are repaired and maintained. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea...

pier25 2y ago
great article but man I hate all that scrolljacking who ever thought this was a good idea?
- svdr 2y ago
  I think here it is bearable because the page is more like a presentation. The worst is when nothing special happens, and you only notice scrolling is off.
- qwertox 2y ago
  Absolutely unreadable because of this. I often just read segments of a paragraph to see if it contains interesting information and scroll on - or back if I think I missed something - but this scrolljacking breaks everything. I've rarely seen a page as bad as this one. I was thinking: "They really should add two toggles to the top of the page: one which makes the images static so that the scroll-problem disappears and one where all the non-relevant, non-technical information is hidden."
  - deleted 2y ago
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- ignoramous 2y ago
  For this reason, I usually default to reading text-heavy websites on archive.today (https://archive.today/IpfNq https://archive.today/IpfNq [0]). It disables javascript and statically renders even a dynamic page to the extent that it can. [0] mirrors: https://archive.is/IpfNq https://archive.is/IpfNq / https://archive.ph/IpfNq https://archive.ph/IpfNq / https://archive.vn/IpfNq https://archive.vn/IpfNq / https://archive.md/IpfNq https://archive.md/IpfNq / https://archive.fo/IpfNq https://archive.fo/IpfNq
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    I cannot access the link, it times out.
    - ignoramous 2y ago
      Added mirror links.
      - johnisgood 2y ago
        Thank you!
nickparker 2y ago
Also the GOAT of cable laying articles: Neal Stephenson doing gonzo journalism on the topic in the 90s https://euripides.dk/setebos/frx/matrix/ai/books/stephenson_mother_earth_mother_board.pdf https://euripides.dk/setebos/frx/matrix/ai/books/stephenson_...
- buildbot 2y ago
  Oh, so that’s why Cryptonomicon has so much detail/plot points about submarine cable laying!
  - lelandfe 2y ago
    Any time he goes off on some wild tangent in his books, I assume it's because he just recently learned a lot about it and feels compelled to put that info somewhere. I remember Reamde spending a full two pages on the benefits of lashing tires to your fishing craft.
    - lxgr 2y ago
      Personally, that's exactly why I love his works! "Fictionalized Wikipedia" is an underappreciated genre :)
    - bombcar 2y ago
      This used to be relatively common, I think it's Les Miserables that spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the Paris sewer system.
      - gavindean90 2y ago
        Hundreds of pages
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - privong 2y ago
      > Any time he goes off on some wild tangent in his books, I assume it's because he just recently learned a lot about it and feels compelled to put that info somewhere. Stephenson discussed this a bit in the Long Now launch event[0] for "Polostan" and more or less confirmed what you suspect. He also went on to say that he has learned to reel that in and avoid those "rabbit holes". He avoids such digressions in Polostan, in my opinion to the detriment of the book. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTK1vuv96Rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTK1vuv96Rc
hannasm 2y ago
I really enjoyed the book > A Thread Across The Ocean by John Steele Gordon It's a historical account of the first transatlantic cable
- rasz 2y ago
  The Digital Antiquarian has a great series of articles on communication, starting with telegraph and finishing on first Web Browser. Reminded me of James Burke Connections. A Web Around the World, Part 1: Signals Down a Wire January 7, 2022 https://www.filfre.net/2022/01/a-web-around-the-world-part-1-signals-down-a-wire/ https://www.filfre.net/2022/01/a-web-around-the-world-part-1...

pier25 2y ago

great article but man I hate all that scrolljacking who ever thought this was a good idea?

svdr 2y ago
I think here it is bearable because the page is more like a presentation. The worst is when nothing special happens, and you only notice scrolling is off.
qwertox 2y ago
Absolutely unreadable because of this. I often just read segments of a paragraph to see if it contains interesting information and scroll on - or back if I think I missed something - but this scrolljacking breaks everything. I've rarely seen a page as bad as this one. I was thinking: "They really should add two toggles to the top of the page: one which makes the images static so that the scroll-problem disappears and one where all the non-relevant, non-technical information is hidden."
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
ignoramous 2y ago
For this reason, I usually default to reading text-heavy websites on archive.today (https://archive.today/IpfNq https://archive.today/IpfNq [0]). It disables javascript and statically renders even a dynamic page to the extent that it can. [0] mirrors: https://archive.is/IpfNq https://archive.is/IpfNq / https://archive.ph/IpfNq https://archive.ph/IpfNq / https://archive.vn/IpfNq https://archive.vn/IpfNq / https://archive.md/IpfNq https://archive.md/IpfNq / https://archive.fo/IpfNq https://archive.fo/IpfNq
- johnisgood 2y ago
  I cannot access the link, it times out.
  - ignoramous 2y ago
    Added mirror links.
    - johnisgood 2y ago
      Thank you!

nickparker 2y ago

Also the GOAT of cable laying articles: Neal Stephenson doing gonzo journalism on the topic in the 90s https://euripides.dk/setebos/frx/matrix/ai/books/stephenson_mother_earth_mother_board.pdf https://euripides.dk/setebos/frx/matrix/ai/books/stephenson_...

buildbot 2y ago
Oh, so that’s why Cryptonomicon has so much detail/plot points about submarine cable laying!
- lelandfe 2y ago
  Any time he goes off on some wild tangent in his books, I assume it's because he just recently learned a lot about it and feels compelled to put that info somewhere. I remember Reamde spending a full two pages on the benefits of lashing tires to your fishing craft.
  - lxgr 2y ago
    Personally, that's exactly why I love his works! "Fictionalized Wikipedia" is an underappreciated genre :)
  - bombcar 2y ago
    This used to be relatively common, I think it's Les Miserables that spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the Paris sewer system.
    - gavindean90 2y ago
      Hundreds of pages
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
  - privong 2y ago
    > Any time he goes off on some wild tangent in his books, I assume it's because he just recently learned a lot about it and feels compelled to put that info somewhere. Stephenson discussed this a bit in the Long Now launch event[0] for "Polostan" and more or less confirmed what you suspect. He also went on to say that he has learned to reel that in and avoid those "rabbit holes". He avoids such digressions in Polostan, in my opinion to the detriment of the book. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTK1vuv96Rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTK1vuv96Rc

hannasm 2y ago

I really enjoyed the book > A Thread Across The Ocean by John Steele Gordon It's a historical account of the first transatlantic cable

rasz 2y ago
The Digital Antiquarian has a great series of articles on communication, starting with telegraph and finishing on first Web Browser. Reminded me of James Burke Connections. A Web Around the World, Part 1: Signals Down a Wire January 7, 2022 https://www.filfre.net/2022/01/a-web-around-the-world-part-1-signals-down-a-wire/ https://www.filfre.net/2022/01/a-web-around-the-world-part-1...