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   Lori Emerson (loriemerson@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 06:17:24 JST Lori Emerson

   the last of today's nerd dump: look at this incredible illustration of the complexity involved in sending photos via cable across the Atlantic in 1926! I believe this is an illustration of the Bartlane Cable Picture Transmission System which translated images into variations of five-hole punches onto Baudot telegraphic tape and then transmitted, reversing the process at the other end using a teletype machine. #othernetworks

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 06:17:23 JST Annika Backstrom

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     @loriemerson Dang, they laid the first transatlantic cables in the 1850s?

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 08:11:31 JST Annika Backstrom

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     • Dave Fischer

     @davefischer @loriemerson This sparked a memory! I backed the Mini Museum Third Edition on Kickstarter as a gift for my wife, and it includes a piece of the cable. https://shop.minimuseum.com/pages/mini-museum-third-edition-mm3

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     Dave Fischer (davefischer@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 08:11:32 JST Dave Fischer

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     • Annika Backstrom

     @annika @loriemerson This is a photo I took of a piece of the first transatlantic cable, from 1858.