TAT-8 — The First Transatlantic Fiber — Rises Again

While you may have never heard of TAT-8, there is a good chance you sent some data through it. TAT-8 was the 8th transatlantic communications cable and the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable, ca…

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CIA’s World Factbook Is Gone

Before the Internet, there was a certain value to knowing how to find out about things. Reference librarians could help you locate specialized data like the Thomas Register, the EE and IC Masters f…

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Ordering Pizza On Your Sega Dreamcast Is Very Clunky Indeed

If you’re ordering pizza these days, you’re probably using a smartphone app or perhaps still making a regular old phone call. If you’re creative and a little bit tricky, though, y…

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Wikipedia As A Storage Medium

We know that while the cost per byte of persistent storage has dropped hugely over the years, it’s still a pain to fork out for a new disk drive. This must be why [MadAvidCoder] has taken a d…

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Zombie Netscape Won’t Die

The very concept of the web browser began with a humble piece of software called NCSA Mosaic, all the way back in 1993. It was soon eclipsed by Netscape Navigator, and later Internet Explorer, whic…

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Escaping The Linux Networking Stack At Cloudflare

Courtesy of the complex routing and network configurations that Cloudflare uses, their engineers like to push the Linux network stack to its limits and ideally beyond. In a blog article [Chris Bran…

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🌍 23 Websites You Need to Bookmark

The internet is full of hidden gems—like sites that remove paywalls, find recipes based on what’s in your fridge, and even tell you the best glue for sticking this to that. 🔥📌

👉 https://mehdium.com/23-useful-websites/

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23 Really Useful Websites That You May Not Know About....Yet.

Throwaway emails to paywall hacks and meal plans.

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