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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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      • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Charcoal is more dusty and more conductive than pencil “lead”, which is pretty much processed charcoal and glue.

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• Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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