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skyberrysyesterday at 2:57 PM4 repliesview on HN

Can someone help me understand the single brick at the very bottom under Linux? What is it representing?


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rtkweyesterday at 3:06 PM

The undersea cables actually connecting the entire internet. Sometimes sharks just take a bite of them, they're reasonable well protected but it's enough damage to cause outages and disruptions.

It's the single pin under everything because there are a limited number of those cables especially in some regions so a single shark can take out the entire internet for some countries.

http://www.mirceakademy.com/uploads/MSA2024-6-6.pdf

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CarVacyesterday at 3:04 PM

Undersea cables. With a shark biting one.

apsurdyesterday at 3:04 PM

The cables at the bottom of the ocean.

forrestpitzyesterday at 3:09 PM

Looks like an undersea cable to me