You've lost everything.

Ah

Right, which is why I'm rather stringent about protection of property, and why I encourage others to be as well

The trouble with tech is that the more you have, the more vulnerable you are.

Oh for sure

How many people could survive if the internet disappeared overnight?

How many wouldn't be able to function?

Probably a lot to be honest. I think most people's "reliance" is superficial

There's a few edge cases where someone would be screwed, and streamers would have to find jobs

Consider that I did not just mean for private use

Did we yeet every backup system and all knowledge of how to operate offline?

Not knowledge. How much is there, though?

Even our phone lines are turning VOIP

Yeah, I find it worrisome.

A lot of the old systems are still kept around for emergencies though, no?

100% uptime cannot be guaranteed

No internet also means cell phones are down.

No credit cards at grocery stores

No synchronized inventory systems

Yep

Banks can't check your balance

it's like after a hurricane

Worse than that

2 of them -_-

I lived through Harvey.

Irma and Maria

Ah, Florida man?

No.

Just referring to it then?

PR

... Oh.

Yeah, that's a better example, actually.

But that, worldwide...

I can imagine

This is now a Deus Ex thread

And that's just internet.

We didn't even take away electricity

I recall once, that supposedly china turned "off" their routers and there was a major internet blackout

thanks

typos!

Unless you want us to read that in a Hispanic affectation