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		jandrewrogers 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The dangers of California's legislation to censor ... No, it doesn’t work like that in the modern world. The nature of the materials are pretty obvious to a remotely competent sensor.

RugnirViking 41 days ago [–]

using what physical process? How exactly do they detect any metal? A genuine question.

kube-system 41 days ago | [–]

You can detect nonferrous metals by inducing eddy currents in them, then they become magnetic.

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