A little bit random but something that many people are likely unaware of. Last night around 1 AM CT cellular data went out across the US, as far as I can tell across all carriers, for about 30-40 minutes.
I was at the final table of an online tournament on my phone at the time, which is why I was up and noticed. The other issue being that my internet service is through my cell carrier so I had no WiFi at the time either.
It was really weird and something that I’ve never seen happen before, and it was odd as I had no outlet to the outside world wondering what happened? The idea that internet across the entire country might have just been killed at least momentarily crossed my mind. Definitely a bit surreal and made me wonder what we would all do if they actually did cut off internet access.
We need international satellites as routers and ISPs that no one country controls. It might be slow but at least you could always connect.
I’ve read very credible arguments that satellite dishes on everyone’s rooftops picking up Al Jazeera was what ignited the Arab spring. People finally realized their government was as much as source of their problems as their traditional enemies. Until then their national govts had done a great job of weaving a story that all their problems were the fault of America, local enemies, religious enemies, etc. (sounds familiar).
Also could be a game changer for countries like NK where you’d just need a device to connect. Although you get sent to the gulag if you get caught with it obviously.
The shitbags in the village ignoring the pandemic are gross and will end up being directly responsible for the deaths of others, they can get Covid and die in their house fuck em
That Swedes are special in some way and the current approach of very gradually introducing measures is sufficient to flatten the curve. I’m not optimistic though…
