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Heh. The first thing I do with a new ethernet cable is to break the clip, laptop side. It's orders of magnitude better to have an occasional disconnection tha
by enriquto 4y ago
Heh. The first thing I do with a new ethernet cable is to break the clip, laptop side. It's orders of magnitude better to have an occasional disconnection than to trip with the cable and make the laptop fall from the table.
I did not invent this. I've seen legendary graybeards do it. I see it as a rite of maturity, like cyclists who discard the caps of their presta valves.
- rkangel 4y agoIf you're in a situation where you might trip on the cable, surely run your cable better or just use Wifi? There are already so many things that can go wrong when setting up a network and there's no need to deal with potentially flaky physical connections. When I find broken clips in the lab I snip the cable in half and throw it in the bin. £5 for a new cable is a lot cheaper than spending time diagnosing a network problem. (if I don't snip it in half, on occasion people extract the 'perfectly good' ethernet cable out of the bin)
- liotier 4y agoSend DM - I have a carton of broken RJ-45 cables to sell you !
- hollerith 4y agoThere are no DMs on this site.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoyou just hunt the guy down IRL based on his writing patterns or any personally identifiable info he let slip over the years, then leave a scrap of paper with the DM in his real-life mailbox
- lostlogin 4y agoBut you can just use the stalking tool from yesterday. https://www.handlefinder.com/ https://www.handlefinder.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33722494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33722494
- AviationAtom 4y agoDox Messaging
- VincentEvans 4y agoWhat are those for? My laptop has internet, but I don’t need to plug it anywhere for it to work. Is this for computers like they had in the really old movies like Back to the Future?
- rkagerer 4y agoIt's a kind of safety line to keep your packets from wandering off and getting lost on their way to the cloud. Helps reduce the "401 not found" pages you sometimes encounter. Is this for computers like they had in the really old movies like Back to the Future? Yep, exactly that. We used the 1.21 Gigawatts standard, which was only half as groovy as today's 2.4 Ghz WiFi.
- AdamTReineke 4y agoI'm convinced that a wired connection is better for video calls. Just like headphones. I'm my opinion, those two things are table stakes for a good remote work experience for your coworkers.
- Mogzol 4y agoI was convinced of that until I was forced to stop using a wired connection (moved to a room that didn't have ethernet). I'm on wifi now and notice literally no difference compared to when I was on ethernet. As long as you've got a decent router/AP, modern wifi is really not bad. I get a consistent 400-500 Mb/s up and down with no hiccups. On my wifi 6 devices I get closer to a Gb/s.
- ornornor 4y agoIt’s not only throughput. Wifi is more susceptible to jitter as well. But yeah in some cases wifi works well, whereas wired always works well. And if wired doesn’t work then your internet connection is bad and wifi won’t help either.
- bombcar 4y agoYep my wired is 10Gb and it is better than wireless.
- adrianmonk 4y agoSeems like laptop ethernet jacks should be built to do this. Grip the tab, but lightly, so that a small force will pull it out.
- renewiltord 4y agoThe valve cap thing is really funny. It's funny. I upgraded to a nice aero bike with Dura Ace everything, and then promptly got in an unrelated motorcycle accident and gained 25 lbs. My weight gain is some multiple of how much I saved. Those Zipps have been outdone by my own gluttony. But one day I shall make the valve caps matter!
- aulin 4y agowhat's this thing about presta caps? cyclist for 10+ years, never heard about it
- ruiseal 4y agoThe caps on presta valves aren't necessary as there's no way for dirt to get into the valve stem (unlike Schrader valves which can get clogged). The caps are useful for transporting the tube though to prevent the valve from puncturing anything. Wheel reflectors are also pretty useless so you can remove those too. Plus you save some weight.
- askvictor 4y agoInteresting. Though I'd argue that if the valve gets dirt on it, then eventually, when you unscrew it, some of that dirt will get deeper (particularly if you're completely flat and there's no pressure to push it out), and perhaps stop if from sealing perfectly. But I try to keep gear running for a very long time; this approach might be from cyclist who replace things a lot more often? And yes, wheel reflectors are utterly useless.
- ehnto 4y agoThey are pretty robust, I have been riding the same presta valves on my mountain bike for maybe 5 years which I ride a few times a week, immense amounts of dry silica, muddy dirt, rain, cold, heat. They are serviceable too. If you find it isn't sealing you can disassemble and clean the sealing surfaces, replace the locking oring or nut etc.
- ornornor 4y ago> Wheel reflectors are also pretty useless Never understood that. More visibility = potentially slightly less likely to get hit by a distracted driver so why remove the shiny reflectors spinning on your wheels? And what’s a 20g saving per wheel when we carry so much more extra weight on our bodies.
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- phyzome 4y agoI can't relate to this at all! If I have a broken clip, I can't get the plug to stay in for more than about 5 minutes. And I never route the ethernet cord somewhere where I'll trip on it...
- OJFord 4y agoHesitant to admit this, but the cable between my antenna and router is missing the clip one side, and has been for far longer than since I moved in and set it up; seems to work fine. /shrugs