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[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And really it's just saying it's tv without physical cables which arguably is still incorrect I guess if you consider internet cables

[–] throwmeinthekbin@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't. I consider it a series of tubes.

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A cable is a tube but for electrons

[–] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically it's more like a Highway. The majority of the electrons are traveling on the outside

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A highway is a tube but for cars

[–] Neve8028@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A car is a tube but for people

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The tube people will destroy us all.

[–] jannis@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Except if you use optical fibre, in that case it's photons

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Ted, is that you?