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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by est31 on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:48AM (#34051042)
Yeah compare broken water pipes with broken facebook/whatsapp etc. If the former is broken, people don't have water until the issue is fixed. With latter, at least they can use one of the alternatives (and they do, usage counts of alternatives go up during outages).
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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by HPsquared on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:12AM (#34051184)
That is, unless the water pipes require internet to work.
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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by noobermin on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:01AM (#34051116)
Yeah, I'm not talking about broken facebook or twitter, I'm talking about the various cdns out there, cloudfare, etc
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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by oblio on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:17AM (#34051213)
Even for those. Swapping a CDN or infra provider is difficult, but hardly impossible.

It's much easier than the same operation for physical infrastructure.

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