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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
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On 2024-07-23 09:10:03 +0000, D said:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024, Charles Packer wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> 
>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>> https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>> 
>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>> 
>>> Explained at:
>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>> 
>>> Lynn
>> 
>> Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>> My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.
> 
> No. I'm on vacation, so my interaction with the outside world and other 
> people is extremely limited. Internet worked fine, and my fishing could 
> continue uninterrupted. ;)

But what didn't work was:
  - the app that links your "smart fishing rod" to your mobile phone
  - the app for identifying the fish
  - the app for measuring the fish
  - ...

;-)