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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-27 days agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThe first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
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minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
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minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoDuring a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYou should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.
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The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
I had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
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No worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
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During a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
I remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
You should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
The only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.