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A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas (www.404media.co)

submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20251001151950/https://www.404media.co/a-bullet-crashed-the-internet-in-texas/

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And by "the Internet in Texas" they mean the internet for 0.08% of Texas

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but as everything is bigger in Texas, the same is valid for percentages. So, 0.08% in Texas corresponds to roughly 17% in Nevada, because of reasons.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Your math indicates Nevada has 147,058 people