misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Underwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damagedwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down14
arrow-up1387arrow-down1external-linkUnderwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damagedwww.theregister.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 年前What’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 年前As they say, you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than attacked by a shark(unless you’re an Internet cable)
minus-squareBoingboing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前Feels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!
minus-squareKISSmyOS@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·1 年前Environmentalists don’t like it when you bury too many sharks.
minus-squareNailbar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前This caught me off guard. I’m lucky I wasn’t drinking anything.
minus-squareshadeless@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 年前Because it’s one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 年前People with shovels don’t like to get wet.
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前It’s more expensive, especially in super deep water
What’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.
As they say, you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than attacked by a shark(unless you’re an Internet cable)
Feels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!
Why not just bury them?
Environmentalists don’t like it when you bury too many sharks.
This caught me off guard. I’m lucky I wasn’t drinking anything.
Because it’s one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.
People with shovels don’t like to get wet.
It’s more expensive, especially in super deep water