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SiempreViernes on Nov 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

I'd prefer if the devs added resilience to network outage over having navies fight each other...

Especially as navies are just fundamentally not constructed to defend extended things like a cable: starting a war over them is the best way to ensure every cable is cut.

imp0cat on Nov 18, 2024 [–]

Like it or not, somebody will have to do something about Russia, sooner or later.

SiempreViernes on Nov 18, 2024 | [–]

Could you maybe be specific about what you mean by "somebody" doing "something"?

imp0cat on Nov 19, 2024 | | | [–]

Sure, let me find my crystal ball.

rightbyte on Nov 18, 2024 | | | [–]

'Somebody' is 'the US' and 'something' is 'extended suicide'.

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