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Not really, not anymore, almost everything is soldered or integrated or pins even the wifi antenna is a trace on the board these days, laptops still have a few but that is just because they don’t need to shrink that much but everything from dongles to phones don’t have wires these days.

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MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I bet you’re fun at parties

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DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I would argue the traces on a PCB are the same as wires. They take the same form (highly conductive material thats insulated on all sides) and do the same thing (carry electrical signal between two devices with minimal interference)

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- stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Except it’s Ridgid was never drawn out or part of a much longer wire, the only similarities it has is it’s conductive and all metal is conductive.
  
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  - DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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stevedice@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m pretty sure the battery is connected with wires in most electronics.

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- stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Ribbon cable’s you say? CABLE’S? Not wire’s?
  
  Wire: A single conductor (usually copper or aluminum) that carries electrical current. It may be solid or stranded (multiple small wires twisted together to form a single conductor). Wires can be bare or insulated.
  
  Cable: A cable is a group of two or more insulated conductors (wires) bundled together and often encased in an overall sheath or jacket. Cables are designed for more complex or protected installations and may include shielding, fillers, and armor.
  
  Lol, JK, I’m just splitting hairs.
  
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  - stevedice@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Appreciate the lesson but you just said cables have wires inside.
    
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    stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    If I wasn’t being a ass hole AI might agree that the ribbon cable is made of wires but the only way we can consider a FPC a wire is if we consider the processor a wire because it has individual conductive printed strips and at that point words have no meaning
    
    Also unfortunately for you I am being a pedantic ass hole.
    
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