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Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by jimmySixDOF on Thursday September 26, 2024 @08:50AM (#41657788)
And to extend the analogy in-kind to fit the conversation it would also be like 10 Years later all the plumbing became wireless (802.11pu) and so what was hard to impossible is now simple (cv object recognition of a bird in a photo).
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by stroupwaffle on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:00AM (#41657900)
Haha, wireless plumbing. What a delightful image. =)
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by parpfish on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:08AM (#41657961)
Not sure what your house is like, but my plumbing is already wireless
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by wlesieutre on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:29AM (#41658161)
Metal pipes are sometimes used for grounding the electrical system, making it a hollow wire full of water
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by metalliqaz on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:26AM (#41658136)
The Internet is a series of pipes.
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by belter on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:42AM (#41658306)
curl -s https://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random | jq -r '.value' | cowsay | lolcat
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by bookofjoe on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:33AM (#41658219)
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by metalliqaz on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:47AM (#41658358)
Yes, I was trying to reference that while relating it to the above discussion...
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by heywoods on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:10AM (#41657992)
Please call a plumber :)
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by cjameskeller on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:40AM (#41658284)
Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by erikig on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:11AM (#41659298)
I loved this. My only wish was that when the guy asked:

"Where do you store it?"

He'd have responded: "In the cloud..."