Thanks! Somehow I missed this essay, looking forward to reading in later tonight.

Interesting to note that submarine cables played a significant part in the plot of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

Cryptonomicon really hammered home how very much we depend on undersea cables to power the internet. Great read for those who have not had the pleasure. Plus you get to learn something.

> I'm actually not aware of another one that uses proxy files on Linux..

FYI, Blender can user proxy files, although I don't think there is an option to automatically create the proxies when you add a video clip.