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felixc
on Feb 4, 2021
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The Dunant subsea cable
I'll take any chance I can get to link to this wonderfully sprawling 1996 article from novelist Neal Stephenson about the laying and landing of transoceanic cables:
https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
Yes it's long, but it's so worth it!
ttul
on Feb 4, 2021
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From back when Wired was a really great magazine. I threw out all my 1990s Wired magazines. What a shame.
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Yes it's long, but it's so worth it!