candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoCloudflare went down today and took half of the internet with it. How does one company have that much impact? Do you think that's concerning?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down14
arrow-up1311arrow-down1message-squareCloudflare went down today and took half of the internet with it. How does one company have that much impact? Do you think that's concerning?candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 hours agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·edit-218 hours agoRelevant XKCD, as always: XKCD//2347
minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoI like to think there was a specific person in Nebraska the author had in mind. The University there had a tap into the ARPANET back in the day and always had interesting projects going in that one wouldn’t typically expect in Nebraska.
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·18 hours ago (Joke stolen from another post that’s since been deleted, so reproduced here.)
Relevant XKCD, as always:
XKCD//2347
I like to think there was a specific person in Nebraska the author had in mind. The University there had a tap into the ARPANET back in the day and always had interesting projects going in that one wouldn’t typically expect in Nebraska.
(Joke stolen from another post that’s since been deleted, so reproduced here.)