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A beacon in the digital sea, guiding wayward browsers home.
Before radio, lighthouses used Morse code signals to identify themselves. Some still do.
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SOS = ... --- ... (the universal distress signal)
Since ancient times, lighthouses have guided mariners through dangerous waters. The Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, set the standard that would be followed for millennia.
Today, GPS and electronic navigation have reduced the practical need for lighthouses, but they remain powerful symbols of guidance, safety, and hope in the darkness.
Consider this a digital lighthouse - a fixed point of light in the endless sea of the web.