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Google "ai" encouraging people to build their own fuses. (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

By dissipated by the wire instead of the load what do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The wire heats up.

Wires have a small resistance which causes a voltage drop over the wire if the current is big enough (U=RI), and therefore it draws power (P=UI) which warms it up. Thinner wires have more resistance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

The rebel alliance was famously all thin wires