godfish@lemy.lol to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours agoWould it be possible to shut down the internet, and how could that be done?message-squaremessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWould it be possible to shut down the internet, and how could that be done?godfish@lemy.lol to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 hours agoSolar flairs are the sword of Damocles hanging over all the internet. It’s only a matter of when the next https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event It may be a few decades away, or next week. But everyone will get a notice of two days that all online data and communications will be destroyed , or not available at all, for at least a year
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agoI’m pretty sure my subconscious meant to type it, for unknown reasons. And I’m not going to change it. Maybe I want the internet to go out with style
minus-squareMugita Sokio@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·9 hours agoWe already had a Carrington event in May of 2024, so there won’t be one in the near future. It happens every 50 years, and during a solar eclipse.
Solar flairs are the sword of Damocles hanging over all the internet. It’s only a matter of when the next https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
It may be a few decades away, or next week. But everyone will get a notice of two days that all online data and communications will be destroyed , or not available at all, for at least a year
Solar “flares”, right?
I’m pretty sure my subconscious meant to type it, for unknown reasons. And I’m not going to change it. Maybe I want the internet to go out with style
😆👍👍 So it should!
We already had a Carrington event in May of 2024, so there won’t be one in the near future. It happens every 50 years, and during a solar eclipse.