candyman337@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square87fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down18
arrow-up1363arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·edit-21 day agoRelevant XKCD, as always: XKCD//2347
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up52arrow-down1·1 day ago (Joke stolen from another post that’s since been deleted, so reproduced here.)
minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day 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.
Relevant XKCD, as always:
XKCD//2347
(Joke stolen from another post that’s since been deleted, so reproduced here.)
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.