What Shape is the Internet? (opens in new tab)

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mirimir10y ago· 2 in thread

blue110y ago

Cool, but misnamed: it's actually a map of the Web. Here are some others: http://www.wired.com/2015/06/mapping-the-internet/

Pretty cool; I searched for "stackoverflow.com", which, as expected, was surrounded by programming/software related websites.

Was also surprised to see that my university's website (east coast Canadian school) gets 0.004% of "global internet users".

kaffeemitsahne10y ago· 1 in thread

Building-size model of the internet in Brussels:

that's actually a unit cell of an iron crytal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomium

pluma10y ago

It's clearly box-shaped with an LED on top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg

It's like the shape of a typical manifold drawn in a topology textbook. Weird amoeba looking things.

I guess this is why they call it "the cloud".

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