• shadow@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 hours ago

    Having professionally terminated fiber, that shit is nasty and hazardous in a way copper will never be.

    The little fiber bits can be razor sharp, you have to be careful of the naked fiber end, because it can get into your skin like a splinter, only it is clear, nearly invisible, can shatter if grabbed too hard, and is invisible to MRI and X-RAY scans…

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      2 hours ago

      I mean, if it weren’t more dangerous, it would be really unbalanced. You want the player to have to make active choices with upsides and downsides.