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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
minus-square@AnticorplinkEnglish3•7 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•7 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoYou should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 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
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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)
You should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
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