Post #3603492
2026-07-05 07:51 UTC
@brouhaha@mastodon.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems
As a laser physicist specialized in high speed tunable fiber lasers, let me put it this way: Don't mix water and optical fiber. It does funny things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyl_ion_absorption
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@brouhaha@mastodon.social 2026-07-05 08:37
@datenwolf@chaos.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems The outer cable sheath and the fiber sheath will take a long time to break down enough for that to happen. I suppose I won't bet on it lasting 60 years, though, just as the copper pairs in my neighborhood haven't.