alt Hacker News> Long-term low-current electroplasticity, induced by the electromagnetic waves from the Arecibo telescope itself, may have sped up the zinc creep, it says.
I presume we aren't using most bridges as interstellar antennas.
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tejtm • today at 2:26 AM
> I presume we aren't using most bridges as interstellar antennas.
any like area of metal will receive as much interstellar emissions but I guess they did run a MW transmitter sometimes.
AngryData • today at 1:50 AM
No, but there is a lot of potential for large structures to act like an accidental antenna and/or receive low level voltages from the environment or other equipment.
Likely won't matter in most cases, but there could be a few disasters waiting around.
xattt • today at 1:26 AM
That’s what the government (… and most rational people) wants you to think.
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Arecibo didn’t know it was a telescope. Every wire in the world is an antenna.