Post B05VOZeHeyuuMptHjU by dan@discuss.systems
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(DIR) Post #B05VOYhnAS83RQWZYu by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-08T23:59:47Z
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The hardest problem in computer science is remembering where you put the correct USB cable
(DIR) Post #B05VOZeHeyuuMptHjU by dan@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:12:41Z
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@ricci for me, it is ethernet cables and transceivers
(DIR) Post #B05VOapfG9cA2QDt6u by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:13:22Z
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@dan I preferred when Ethernet was just all RJ45 and maybe make sure there were enough twists per meter
(DIR) Post #B05VObRF0RfjuxntgG by BearGriffin@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T13:30:40Z
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@ricci @dan My first intro to the ethernet was on DEC equipment with thick coax cables, marked where a vampire tap could be squeezed on.
(DIR) Post #B05Yl8KtfpmcBJGtHs by Antacon@ruby.social
2025-11-09T17:01:44Z
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@ricci for me it was writing a proof of where the correct USB cable can be
(DIR) Post #B05ncYw2uLxNNq1DXs by jjlupa@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:40:49Z
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@ricci it's in the enormous bin of cables back in the corner, probably tangled up with the old scsi ribbons .
(DIR) Post #B05ncZv1FejIQwXuaG by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:42:39Z
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@jjlupa thanks!
(DIR) Post #B05yEqAOI0nlN5cSfY by CryogenicIce9@mastodon.online
2025-11-09T00:20:13Z
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@ricci @dan 10base2 was inarguably easier to deal with, but you know, slooooow
(DIR) Post #B05yErSrSpAdOfGj68 by CryogenicIce9@mastodon.online
2025-11-09T00:21:26Z
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@ricci @dan although there was a kind of cosmic simplicity about routing 10base5 and just using vampiric drop points where you needed, but it was too pricey for me.
(DIR) Post #B05yEsahHB24tFwUwy by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:42:20Z
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@CryogenicIce9 @dan there is a bunch of that stuff still in the ceilings in our department and under our machine room's raised floor
(DIR) Post #B06094zYSN5NWPvp4q by dan@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:57:47Z
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@ricci @CryogenicIce9 I'm surprised I haven't found any in our machine room yet!
(DIR) Post #B061EVlcQzDPxwZEK8 by dan@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:14:33Z
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@ricci now I have so many types of transceivers, some of them so obscure that when I tried to order more the manufacturer didn't even know that they had ever made them
(DIR) Post #B061EWqcPsoDJjujku by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-09T00:15:56Z
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@dan "All these transceivers will be lost in time, like tears in rain"