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Re:Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, Two more earth-dir... by lxgr on Friday May 10, 2024 @03:46PM (#40323109)
That's just the anthropic principle for you: If we'd have been any less lucky, we wouldn't be here to write about it :)
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Re:Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, Two more earth-dir... by gosub100 on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:18PM (#40325289)
I think you miss the point s/he's making: back in the 90's we were much less reliant on computers than today, much more cash based. It would have been a wake-up call, today it would be a calamity.
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Re:Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, Two more earth-dir... by freshpretzels on Saturday May 11, 2024 @04:56AM (#40326934)
The 90s were not that long ago, we should restore and document and know the old cash-based ways while we still have those experts and those workers with us. Great thread and reminder about these things.
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