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by chromacity 43 days ago
> there's a good chance a nuclear apocalypse is imminent.

Or that an excavator took out some fiber.

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For network engineers is there really any difference between an excavator taking out your network and an actual apocalypse?
I run to my fallout shelter every time Google fails to load.
the FCC doesn't seem to think so
Or the Polymarket hairdryer mafia is out in force
Except that taking out fiber won't generally result in a roughly circular shape of lost signals, with the ones still remaining on the fringes giving readings that off the charts.