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the power creep in the iron age expansion was horrible (quokk.au)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is anything even actually still made of tin? I don't think I've ever seen it in my life.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

You've seen a lot of tin! Steel cans are tin-plated to stop corrosion. Also, solder!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Almost anything soldered that operates near room temperature contains tin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Tin is a pretty rare metal, so I doubt it makes much sense to make much out of it if you can use something else like aluminium or plastics imstead

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)