Can't throw me off the scent

[possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip]

That assumes you can sell it. Chances are it will be worthless once you remove it.

[lemminary@lemmy.world]

Nail me harder down to the core, magnet daddy.

[towerful@programming.dev]

If it's a break in the middle of the fibre, then they will use an epoxy housing for the splice.
I don't know the specifics, but something like this:
Cut/clean up the break, put through an epoxy housing and tighten the cable grips. Strip back the protective layers, clean cut the fibres and splice them all appropriately. Carefully stuff it inside the epoxy housing, fill with epoxy and let it set. Then burry/rig it again.
Those are what the large plastic cylinder things you see on cables are.
Similar housings are used for splicing copper (both data and high voltage) cables that have to withstand elements/burying, just the size (and possibly internals, epoxy type etc) change.
Black plastic cylinder that's larger than the cable, with a couple cables coming out? Probably a splice point

[5715@feddit.org]

Shut up Gadjo

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

I want like 1 ft of carrier bundle fiber optic, because I think it's cool as shit.

Every time I see one of the spools I want to go up and hack a foot off of it but I wouldn't want to come off as a tweaker.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

"Come out, copper, I know you're in there!"

[brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee]

Given that even 3 T is already considered a large amount of flux, would it be even possible for an object with 10 billion Tesla to even exist? And if so, what would it take to achieve that amount of flux? Does a neutron star or a pulsar* get even remotely close?

* - pulling these examples kinda out of my ass – while i'm sure neutron stars have extreme magnetic fields i'm not so sure about pulsars

[kusimulkku@lemm.ee]

I'm NOT a fucking METHHEAD!

...I'm a crackhead. Get it right!

[lazynooblet@lazysoci.al]

They are starting to rip out the cables used in car chargers. It's only 2m long, costs £300 to replace and the thief strips out £4 worth of copper.

[ragingrobot@lemmy.world]

That will be great when I'm on a long trip looking to charge in the middle of nowhere lol.

I have actually been stranded a couple of times already. Still love electric though

[credo@lemmy.world]

You can take this and install your own fiber to home. Free unlimited internet.

[gluwu@lemm.ee]

Yup, magnetars. Like specifically that number, 10^9 - 10^11 T.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetar

[bleistift2@sopuli.xyz]

Never heard of these?

[grandkaiser@lemmy.today]

"I hate crackheads
I hate crackheads"

[brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee]

Damn, that's interesting! Also just realised I forgot that pulsars are a type of neutron star

[psythik@lemmy.world]

Where the hell are you hanging out, that you regularly run into spools of fiber optic cable? I've never seen one in my life!

[omegalemmy@discuss.online]

In turkey there are a lot of people who gather cardboard for recycling for a wage of about 30-40 dollars a day

Is the USA version of this just pulling copper?

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

there's a lot of construction near me, it was all wilderness, now they're putting in housing developments.

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

those are boring, i want hunks of cable, undersea cable, backbone cable, local telco.

what can I say, I probably have issues

[tja@programming.dev]

Are you trying to melt the copper by induction? Not much else can be done with a magnet, since copper isn't ferromagnetic...