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VanTheBrandyesterday at 8:10 AM2 repliesview on HN

Radon is radioactive. The alpha particles it emits can break down polymers and degrade plastics.


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bluGillyesterday at 11:28 AM

Interseting - I have high radon (mitigeted in the house via a fan), if I burry fibre what will I need to do to get something that will work? I have an outbuilding that I want to give internet.

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CamperBob2yesterday at 4:23 PM

If it were radioactive enough to do that, you'd have a much bigger problem than some networking flakiness.

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