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minus-square@remus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI kinda suspected I might be wrong about that as I was typing it, and then I was like “Nah! That’s just silly. Of course they didn’t run a cable across the entire Atlantic Ocean in the 1800’s!”. But I was wrong. That’s actually really impressive.
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink4•2 months agoDuring a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
minus-square@remus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
minus-square@remus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoYou should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
No worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
I kinda suspected I might be wrong about that as I was typing it, and then I was like “Nah! That’s just silly. Of course they didn’t run a cable across the entire Atlantic Ocean in the 1800’s!”. But I was wrong. That’s actually really impressive.
During a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
I remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
You should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.