The world’s first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is being dismantled after almost 40 years

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• testaccount372920@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So for a change a company is cleaning up after itself? That’s nice! (Not sure what’s up with the endless reminders that it’s not sharks)

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• nouvie@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The article is pay walled.

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  • porcoesphino@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And what’s with the (presumably genAI) image of a shark tearing the cable? Is a shark associated with something I’m not aware of like a company or something?

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    • Blemgo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The only thing that comes to mind is that undersea cables are often under attack by sharks.

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  • Innerworld@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    web.archive.org/…/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cab…

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• RedMari@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What would the transatlantic fiber-optic cable think about this

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was keeping things light.

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