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minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI was specifically referring to the ability to communicate in writing at that speed. I guess the telegraph technically existed as well, but it was expensive and awkward.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou could definitely send telegraphs overseas, and sending or receiving them required no training.
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minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThe first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.
minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat’s writing? Is that a new feature on TikTok?
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I was specifically referring to the ability to communicate in writing at that speed. I guess the telegraph technically existed as well, but it was expensive and awkward.
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You could definitely send telegraphs overseas, and sending or receiving them required no training.
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The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
I had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
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No worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
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The only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.
What’s writing? Is that a new feature on TikTok?