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You miss so much if you put it in a CD-ROM (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
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[–] -5 points 5 days ago (1 child)

Oh yeah you can see the different textures on a CD that has written data, but it's likely they're using them as mirrors and I think that's clever

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    It's impossible to use CDs as mirrors. This is due to bright lasers used for burning. Wait – actually it can be done, but only with pressed CDs, not CD-Rs.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Does the laser burn your eyes 🤣. Im recalling my experience with CDs from decades ago (both from CDs from the era now and me interacting with CDs back then)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    It's possible that the wavelength used to burn it was invisible to your eyes, but that's not universally the case. Please be careful when handling CDs.

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