sudorandom @sudorandom@qoto.org

Our world is connected. We see evidence of that from seeing social media updates from people around the world or news broadcasts that cover events happening from anywhere. But have you considered the physical infrastructure of the internet? Of course there are datacenters, giant buildings with loud computers buzzing away. But those buildings need to be connected to each other, to your modem at home, to mobile cell towers that are sprinkled all over the place, and connected "to the internet". But what does that mean? Contrary to popular belief, satellites are NOT how most information travels the world. Indeed, we have physical cables all over... but instead of sending electrical signals those cables carry light generated by lasers.

These cables not only exist alongside roads and hung on power lines. They're also running along the bottom of the world's oceans. The image attached below is an inventory of each of these underwater internet cables. What I find interesting is how many there are! It seems like a lot. But then when I think more about it I am also amazed at how few there are. If you pay attention you will see news articles describing occasional sabotage of these cables, here's one recently published by Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/. This is actually very important to the future and security of the global internet.

#internet #fiberoptic #infrastructure #submarinecable #lasers #packets

https://sudorandom.dev/portfolio/submarine-cable-map/

The data for generating this map is based on: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Song Recommendation: https://open.spotify.com/track/3lOjtlf1fMZYOOyyPojfzG?si=63a74cbbd06547f1

Our world is connected. We see evidence of that from seeing social media updates from people around the world or news broadcasts that cover events happening from anywhere. But have you considered the physical infrastructure of the internet? Of course there are datacenters, giant buildings with loud computers buzzing away. But those buildings need to be connected to each other, to your modem at home, to mobile cell towers that are sprinkled all over the place, and connected "to the internet". But what does that mean? Contrary to popular belief, satellites are NOT how most information travels the world. Indeed, we have physical cables all over... but instead of sending electrical signals those cables carry light generated by lasers.

These cables not only exist alongside roads and hung on power lines. They're also running along the bottom of the world's oceans. The image attached below is an inventory of each of these underwater internet cables. What I find interesting is how many there are! It seems like a lot. But then when I think more about it I am also amazed at how few there are. If you pay attention you will see news articles describing occasional sabotage of these cables, here's one recently published by Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/. This is actually very important to the future and security of the global internet.

#internet #fiberoptic #infrastructure #submarinecable #lasers #packets

https://sudorandom.dev/portfolio/submarine-cable-map/

The data for generating this map is based on: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Song Recommendation: https://open.spotify.com/track/3lOjtlf1fMZYOOyyPojfzG?si=63a74cbbd06547f1

Hello Mastodon,

This is my #introduction! 👋

I'm a #softwareengineer who has lived in #dallas, #texas, #unitedstates my entire life until last year my wife, daughter, and I moved to #copenhagen, #denmark

In my free time (when I have it) I play #videogames , #boardgames 🎲, marvel at the audacity of #flatearth conspiracy theories 🌎, watch other people play video games , learn #danish 🇩🇰, and take on side projects usually involving #datavis or #datascience 📊. I also might talk your ear off about how cool the submarine #fiber optic cables are. 🔦

My real name is Kevin. Welcome to #mastodon. Let's all figure this out together!

#technology #go #golang #python #infosec #internet #offlinetv

PS: Sorry for reposting but I've been told that I need to use way more tags.

Can’t wait till humans colonize mars and people start spreading flat mars memes.

Electricity Maps is a cool visualization of power consumption/generation and the carbon impact broken down by each country:

https://app.electricitymaps.com

Hello Mastodon,

I'm a software engineer who has lived in Dallas, Texas, USA my entire life until last year my wife, daughter, and I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark.

In my free time (when I have it) I play video games, board games, research flat earth conspiracy theories, watch other people play video games, learn Danish, and take on side projects usually involving data visualization. I also might talk your ear off about how cool the submarine fiber optic cables are.

My real name is Kevin. Welcome to Mastodon. Keep your arms and legs in the vehicle at all times and enjoy the ride.

Source code is available here: https://github.com/sudorandom/sun-fingerprint

This is a visualization of the sun's spectra. The dark lines are how we know what the sun is made of through spectrum analysis. Yes, there are holes in the rainbow!