• xwolpertinger@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “This meme was brought to you through a single piece of glass several thousand miles long, at the bottom of the ocean”

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      3 months ago

      Single piece of glass that runs on electric pulses which travel trough a neatly arranged mineral structure.

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        3 months ago

        More like light pulses travelling through an amorphous silicon dioxide mineral structure, but apart from that you’re entirely right.