misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoUnderwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damagedwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down14
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minus-squareScubuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·7 months agoI’ve had it with these god damned sharks attacking my god damned internet cables
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 months agoWhat’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.
minus-squareScubuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoAs 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-up5·7 months agoFeels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoWhy not just bury them?
minus-squareKISSmyOS@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·7 months agoEnvironmentalists don’t like it when you bury too many sharks.
minus-squareNailbar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoThis caught me off guard. I’m lucky I wasn’t drinking anything.
minus-squareshadeless@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 months agoBecause 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-up9·7 months agoPeople with shovels don’t like to get wet.
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIt’s more expensive, especially in super deep water
I’ve had it with these god damned sharks attacking my god damned internet cables
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