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minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·3 days agoIt’s very valuable as a cable, but as material, it’s worthless. Pull on it to hard, give it a rough bend, cute it anywhere, and it isn’t a cable anymore.
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·3 days ago cute it anywhere Resist the urge to put kitty stickers on fiber optic cables. Got it.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNow I’m curious, how DO they cut it to size?
minus-squarenoride@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoCutting it is the easy part, splicing them back together is the real trick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_splicing
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSome very expensive tools for termination and splicing
It’s very valuable as a cable, but as material, it’s worthless. Pull on it to hard, give it a rough bend, cute it anywhere, and it isn’t a cable anymore.
Resist the urge to put kitty stickers on fiber optic cables. Got it.
Now I’m curious, how DO they cut it to size?
Cutting it is the easy part, splicing them back together is the real trick.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_splicing
Some very expensive tools for termination and splicing