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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by decimalenough on Monday May 19, 2025 @12:14AM (#44026458)
The article casually mentions a "notorious" 775 AD event which I'd never heard about (insert relevant XKCD here), so here's Wikipedia:

The event of 774 had no significant consequences for life on Earth, but had it happened in modern times, it might have produced catastrophic damage to modern technology, particularly to communication and space-borne navigation systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/774%E2%80%93775_carbon-14_spik...

Interestingly, the identification of the cause of the 775 AD event with a huge solar flare came from the same researchers as this story.

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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by bee_rider on Monday May 19, 2025 @12:50AM (#44026582)
Not a single telegraph wire was operational, in the wake of the 775 AD event.
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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by verisimi on Monday May 19, 2025 @04:21AM (#44027584)
Good lord, you're right! Not even one functional iphone has been found from the period either!
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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by verzali on Monday May 19, 2025 @05:45AM (#44028029)
It took so long to get the lights back on that we call it the "Dark" Age
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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by fallingknife on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:08AM (#44028488)
What about Android? Is that also vulnerable?
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Re:New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detec... by fshafique on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:54AM (#44026816)
Chances are that people died of other causes before any cancer could metastasize.
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