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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Alk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well I get the analogy, but also I think they didn’t use pencils because of the graphite and complications with filtering air or something.

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Graphite is conductive. A short circuit and fire are Very Bad.

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    • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Couldn’t you just use a charcoal pencil or crayon instead?

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      • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yes, but neither of those wrige as cleanly. And both are still prone to fragmenting, even if the fragments aren’t conductive.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You may be right. It’s just easier to get the sentiment across that way than expound about how it’s ridiculously complex and overbuilt to achieve menial results.

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This pen / pencil thing has been corrected so many times for so many decades that it’s ludicrous people are still bringing it up.

  scientificamerican.com/…/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spe…

  Random bits of pencil lead floating around in a high tech environment is such a poor idea that even the Soviet’s quit using pencils once Fisher’s Space Pen was available. A pen which Fisher itself paid to develop and then sold to both NASA and the Soviet Space Program.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, I know it’s not precisely correct, but it’s a fable that’s commonly understood as an example of over-engineering. I’m open to better and more factual examples, if you have any!

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• hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Pen, pencil. Both are dangerous in the wrong hands.
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