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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

As they say, you're more likely to get struck by lightning than attacked by a shark(unless you're an Internet cable)

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Feels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Environmentalists don't like it when you bury too many sharks.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

This caught me off guard. I'm lucky I wasn't drinking anything.

[–] shadeless@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 8 months ago

Because it's one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

People with shovels don't like to get wet.

[–] HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It's more expensive, especially in super deep water