xkcd #2963: House Inputs and Outputs

https://xkcd.com/2963/

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People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.

https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2963:_House_Inputs_and_Outputs

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14 Comments

laranis@lemmy.zip · 39 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Two biggest worries as a homeowner: water where it shouldn't be and no water where it should be.

dan@upvote.au · 15 pts · 2y

Yes! 80% of home ownership is essentially water management.

SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

The "Oh no"'s were particularly great

OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

No mention of the chimney.

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

For "people" it would be Santa. The "smoke" row would be fun.

recursive_recursion@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y

lol ring reference

Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Do you know anyone who actually uses power over Ethernet? Every motherboard I've ever bought supports it, but I don't know anyone who uses it.

Although the inverse, networking through your power line certainly used to be a thing. It looks like people still do it sometimes.

FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y

PoE is amazing for certain devices. Cameras (including video doorbells), and WiFi equipment.

BenM2023@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I use it on every phone handset at work... I guess it's the switch PoE not the pc mobo but the effect is the same. If you are talking pc mobo PoE I guess it could be handy if you had a PoE camera...

communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I use a powerline network adapter to this day

null@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's Ethernet over power

communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

I know, I was responding to him saying that used to be done

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Electricity in garage, bad?

plumcreek@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

In the garage is fine, but this is about inputs and outputs. Electricity entering or leaving a house via a garage (or front door), and not via power lines, generally indicates something is very wrong. That's quite a large air gap to cross after all.