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		shallot_router on June 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The internet as existential threat People got by pretty well with sunlight and lamps to light their homes, too.

observation on June 29, 2017 | [–]

And they still can with heliostats and fibre optic cables :-)

qbrass on June 28, 2017 | [–]

People still do.

vkou on June 28, 2017 | [–]

They do, and candle and lamp-caused fires kill tens of thousands of people every year.

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