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For a hot second there I was really excited to learn about historical telegram "data centers". It's a capital T.
by SpaceL10n 3mo ago
For a hot second there I was really excited to learn about historical telegram "data centers".
It's a capital T.
- sophacles 3mo agoYou may have already read it, but portions of this sprawling (and very very good) essay by Neal Stephenson get into the topic: Mother Earth Mother Board - https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
- SpaceL10n 2mo agothank you, i have it in my reading list now.
- Terr_ 3mo agoAs a tangential niche-tourism shoutout: https://www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsSeattle.html https://www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsSeattle.html Granted, most of it is a bit newer than the heyday of telegrams, but there's a little bit of overlap.
- SpaceL10n 2mo agothank you, i have it in my reading list now.