Iran, the Internet, and the Great Underwater Extension-Cord Panic
No, five cable segments in the Strait of Hormuz are not the planet’s single red extension cord.
No, five cable segments in the Strait of Hormuz are not the planet’s single red extension cord.
No, five cable segments in the Strait of Hormuz are not the planet’s single red extension cord.
By this week, Gary still carried more than 20,000 outages, making up a huge share of the remaining crisis across the region. Those are the numbers. But numbers do what numbers always do: they behave. They sit there in clean rows and let people pretend this is manageable.
No, five cable segments in the Strait of Hormuz are not the planet’s single red extension cord.
By this week, Gary still carried more than 20,000 outages, making up a huge share of the remaining crisis across the region. Those are the numbers. But numbers do what numbers always do: they behave. They sit there in clean rows and let people pretend this is manageable.
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