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[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago

I love seeing this story… it reminds me of 30 years ago when I worked in the telephone industry. Heard about telephone copmanies rolling out service in very very rural areas - running signals over barbed-wire fences because it was too expensive to run dedicated cables. That did degrade the signal, but it worked.

I know it's a completely different thing entirely, but it just gave me nostalgia remembering hearing about that.

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago

I know I has nothing to do with your story. But I just spent the weekend removing barbed wire fencing. And I just want to say, fuck barbed wire. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put that shit up should be wrapped in it and pushed down a steep slope.

And by whoever I mean my great grandfather. But also everyone else involved. All the way to the factory making it.

this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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