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Comparator side input powered by Copper Block (Java)

The Copper Block could be given the ability to power a Comparator's side input. Currently the only block type that has this abiltiy is the Redstone Block, but it requires a piston to control it, and only gives you the option of 0 or 15 power levels. The Copper Block would provide a solid state alternative, which also preserves the signal strength value.

This is useful in cases where powering the Comparator's side input with Redstone Dust is not an option due to compacting reasons. As with the Target Block, this change adds another way of routing the signal at no risk of making other redstone components obsolete.

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    I think this is a fantastic idea! It kind of pairs with the fact that slabs/glass work as insulators to the base input of comparators and slabs. In this instance, copper (and possibly iron and gold) could work as conductors to transfer the redstone signal downwards to side inputs!

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    This is a very cool idea in my opinion. There are some certain cases where you just want to direct redstone to comparators in this manner. I've had my fair experience of cases like that as a redstoner. I also think it's good that we use a special block for it and not just any block. We can still separate redstone from comparators and anytime we want to power stuff like this, we just use copper. Copper really needs more redstone-related features like this since it makes sense. I look forward to seeing this in 1.17!

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    This is a cool idea! this should definitely be added to the game. It can compact builds a lot, it does help with computational redstone since compacting is not exactly easy to do with computational redstone, though it might help with regular redstone too.

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    This is fun. I believe it would be useful in some situations where currently impossible to make a solution,