• MxM111@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Connectors are not special, they are standard and cheap due to fiber optics used in telecoms in massive amounts.

    • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      Now I’m imagining a guy on top of a tank in battlefield conditions trying to do an emergency fuse repair on a fucked up pigtail while cleaning the glass with those fancy fiber wet wipes and ranting about how there’s too much dust.

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        8 months ago

        A soldier would just pull a new one out of a disposable sealed bag