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• AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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

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