Can't throw me off the scent

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Shut up Gadjo

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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.

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

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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

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I'm NOT a fucking METHHEAD!

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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Never heard of these?

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"I hate crackheads
I hate crackheads"

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

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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!

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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?

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

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

what can I say, I probably have issues

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

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Stealing copper, getting under older cars and cutting out catalytic converters, yes. Copper is not a big money maker but it's better than collecting aluminum cans.

The problem with 90% of crime is poverty. They do hundreds of dollars of damage to make a few bucks. If we had universal basic income or better safety nets these crimes would nearly vanish overnight.

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I do cable a lot for my work. I have probably a mile of cat 6 at this point. I do fiber too, and yes I want a big chunk of undersea cable to make art with.

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Honestly we just throw chunks of fiber away. For our purposes, if it's over 320 feet it's going to be copper anyway. I made the mistake one time of underestimating the amount of fiber I'd need and cost my company a lot of money. Now I always over order and the extra goes in the trash because it's worthless. Next time you see guys doing fiber they might just have some scrap fiber to give you.

A few weeks ago I had a guy come up to me and jokingly say hey you should give me some of that copper line. I was feeling generous and gave him an unopened 1000ft box of cat6. Don't tell my boss!