Comment on this is exactly what copper would say

Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Thieves don’t care if it’s a nice neighborhood. It happens on building sites everywhere. They don’t mind driving a long way.

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  • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But how much copper they gotta steal to pay for driving out to it? I need to check the price of copper.

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If they were good at math, they wouldn’t be thieves.

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      • WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        What??? You realize very smart people become criminals. The crime world is basically the same as the mainstream. And all of it intertwines anyway, street crime and mainstream unethical things.

        A person literally has the option And the same drive someone puts into a PhD can be put into being criminal.

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• Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Even when it’s fully installed, people will try to steal the copper cables. In the power industry it’s a real problem with people removing the earthing, not always noticeable right away, but then it’s not safe to work on anymore.

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  • gaiussabinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    File this under frequently found dead. Substations get hit like this and then the guy dies walking away

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• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s a really common thing in construction yards.

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  • highlow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    True. Construction sites helped me build lots of bike and skateboard ramps in the 80s.

    Did you know they also used to leave keys in the heavy equipment?

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      used to

      Hah r-right

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      yup! now everything is operated by, well, me, because i have all the keys

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      • Macallan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You can buy a set of keys on Amazon that will run almost any piece of equipment found on a construction site for like $15.

        www.amazon.com/…/B0F7LG3FTV

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  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Here in Germany, they’re literally stealing the overhead lines off of the train tracks.

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• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  At one of my prior jobs (Chicos FAS,Ft Myers, FL) a maintenance guy got fired when they caught him stealing cables for copper about 10 years ago.

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• CtrlAltDyeet@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The entire continent of africa

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