r/interesting • u/NeedWorkFast-CSstud • 1d ago

Extracting copper from submarine cables. SCIENCE & TECH

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u/SentientSandwiches 1d ago

Looks like a giant sushi roll

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u/oofx99 1d ago

Sushi for robots if I may say

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u/miketherealist 1d ago

I'd like to see a chef flip this baby on his hibachi!

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u/jonzilla5000 1d ago

I never knew that submarines could get cable, that's pretty cool. I always figured they'd just have a satellite dish or something.

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u/CavediverNY 1d ago

That’s so fake! Submarine cables are much, much longer than that. /s

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u/slothfullyserene 1d ago

Wasn’t even wet, either.

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u/Mindless_Diver5063 1d ago

Title of your sex tape.

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u/bigolchimneypipe 1d ago

And why do submarines need cables that big?

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u/OldJames47 1d ago

Have you tried getting MNF over antenna when you’re at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

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u/Kalabajooie 1d ago

Not recently. Surely 5G is better than what they had last time.

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u/pickledprick0749 1d ago

They need to move them somehow so they cut to length

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u/Procrastinate4eva 1d ago

You could buy soooo much meth…

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u/AldruhnHobo 1d ago

I was gonna say don't let the redneck tweakers see this! "Billy Joe Mike we's in biness!"

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u/Rensverbergen 1d ago

Is this the part Finland is missing?

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u/Bubbly-Astronomer930 1d ago

So is this a cable from a submarine or is it an underwater cable

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago

It's from an underwater HVDC transmission line

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u/Bubbly-Astronomer930 1d ago

So no submarine involved?

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago

Well maybe a submersible for inspection

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u/GavWhat 1d ago

A sub-marine cable then. I’ve been on one this wouldn’t fit and the bending radius would be similar to the turning circle of the sub

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u/Shustyrackle4d 18h ago

Submarine is both an adjective meaning under the surface of the sea, AND a noun meaning a submersible warship. Additionally, it can also mean sandwich. In any case, the hyphen isn’t necessary.

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u/EhliJoe 1d ago

The underwater cable between Finland and Estonia is actually faulty. Any connection?

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u/WasteProfession8948 18h ago

Not faulty, sabotaged.

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u/Stormdove216 1d ago

You could buy so much meth with that copper

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u/kushbom 1d ago

Electric subs ?

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u/Severe-One-239 1d ago

I know a couple crack heads that would love this

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u/stevensr2002 1d ago

Missed the opening… wtf

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u/sevensisters85 1d ago

Almost as big as the cable I laid earlier today.

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u/Embarrassed-Lie-2074 1d ago

They develop a natural blubber or just come like that?

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u/bannedonmostsubs 1d ago

I’m guessing the copper is meaningless compared to the cost of installing that shit

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u/DragonfruitNormal278 1d ago

The internet is evil anyway- better off without it

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u/soulmagic123 1d ago

How much is that worth?

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u/DancinThruDimensions 1d ago

That’s how they did my circumcision

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u/DCVail 1d ago

This is why we can’t have nice things

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u/Doc_B81 1d ago

That's a lot of copper...

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u/NobodyDry 1d ago

Redneck meth heads would sport such a chub watching this

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u/Demonic-Goat6913 1d ago

Cable from EU

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u/floatnlikeajelly 23h ago

That device has most definitely taken a hand at some point.

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u/newbrevity 23h ago

Is this why the cable got severed between Estonia and Finland?

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u/-moist-moan 19h ago

Forbidden “Sushi Roll”

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u/SKOOTER773 12h ago

I found the guys that cut the underwater cables!