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Re:The return of pneumatic tubes by thaumasiotes on Thursday June 20, 2024 @04:59AM (#40736494)
> Plenty of buildings are designed with hidden back-of-the-building areas and access routes for maintenance humans. I assume pretty soon they'll have the same for robots too. Then we'll really hit the Star Trek "time to climb through a duct to save the day/stuck robot" type situations.

For some reason, it appears to be a major priority for people to drill tiny holes and channels all through their house so their cables can run through them, out of sight. This is a huge hassle as far as installation goes, but it makes up for it by also being a huge hassle as far as maintenance goes.

What's the problem supposed to be with running cables through clips on the wall? That you'll know they're there? That you can easily access them?

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Re:The return of pneumatic tubes by sokoloff on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:26AM (#40737026)
Appearances (which I suspect you know, but just value it less than most).

People want to see a finished wall, not cables, pipes, and ducts.

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Re:The return of pneumatic tubes by mschuster91 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @05:18AM (#40736602)
> For some reason, it appears to be a major priority for people to drill tiny holes and channels all through their house so their cables can run through them, out of sight. This is a huge hassle as far as installation goes, but it makes up for it by also being a huge hassle as far as maintenance goes.

Install flexible plastic tubes instead and you can just pull out cables when you need to replace them for whatever reason.

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