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Re:The Carrington Event of 1859 and the Potential for a “Miy... by Turskarama on Monday September 11, 2023 @08:35AM (#37466299)
Half the world is still very different to one country.

In fact, if the "once country" was _China_ (or Taiwan) it could be a civilisation ending event. We've built a house of cards, and while it does have some redundancy it's not all that resilient.

Keep in mind the modern world as it is now hasn't even existed 50 years, it has never really been tested with a truly international disaster.

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Re:The Carrington Event of 1859 and the Potential for a “Miy... by Apocryphon on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:40AM (#37467122)
We’re just coming out of an international disaster.
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Re:The Carrington Event of 1859 and the Potential for a “Miy... by bequanna on Monday September 11, 2023 @01:58PM (#37471019)
The “international disaster” was voluntarily shutting down production for a relatively short period.

Let’s see how we handle something real like another world war or global natural disaster.

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