[HN Gopher] A deep-sea 'emergency service' keeps the internet ru...
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       A deep-sea 'emergency service' keeps the internet running
        
       Author : rdl
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2024-10-15 09:57 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | stanski wrote:
       | I saw an episode of "Mighty Ships" just this weekend, which
       | followed such a ship around as they were working on splicing one
       | of these cables.
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       | Very cool stuff.
        
       | pchristensen wrote:
       | If you find this at all interesting, you must read Mother Earth,
       | Mother Board by Neal Stephenson -
       | https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/. It's long but so, so
       | good, both in the content and the writing.
        
         | r2_pilot wrote:
         | So good and so long that I have a printed paper copy from
         | around the early 00's. Younger Me must have bought a ream of
         | paper to justify the expense of printing it lol
        
       | xd1936 wrote:
       | The Verge also did a big set of stories about this last April, it
       | was an excellent read.
       | 
       | The Piece: https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-
       | undersea...
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       | The Podcast episode: https://www.theverge.com/24131941/undersea-
       | cables-pc-chips-q...
        
         | ChrisArchitect wrote:
         | Discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075402
        
       | thecosas wrote:
       | After reading this, I don't know if I can rightly describe myself
       | as being in infrastructure engineering.
        
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