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Light is light ๐Ÿคท (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] Donkter@lemmy.world 39 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Everything is a light emitting resistor if you send enough power through it.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

The sun: Damn it, I knew it ๐Ÿ˜ . I thought I was special ๐Ÿฅบ.

[โ€“] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

In university in the first lecture I visited they demonstrated that fact using a pickle. They sent current through and it glowed.