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No common rube (i.ibb.co)

submitted 4 months ago by DxK@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"What color are the pins on the electrical cord?"

No matter the answer, you can be damn sure they rebooted.

A bit harder in the laptop era though.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago

I worked with a guy that would tell people that coax needed to be "released to ground" occasionally, by unhooking the cable and putting your thumb over the end. That's how he made sure people were disconnecting and reconnecting the cable from the back of the box. He also told someone that "data might be trapped in the Ethernet cord" and advised they unplug it from both ends and swing it around their head in a circle to "loosen the stuck bits and clear the line"...

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Ha. That's fantastic

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 5 points 4 months ago

In what possible instance would they not be copper colored?

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think the idea is that average people have no clue what color they are. So they'd be forced to take it out to check and thus have to restart their PC. It's a trick!

Altho, maybe I'm misunderstanding something because all the pins of all the electrical cords I've ever seen have been silver?

[-] domdanial@reddthat.com 6 points 4 months ago

I've seen brass colored on some older plugs.

[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile I don't have any clue as I only disable my PSU with a switch.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'd make up some BS about an old version of the product using brass or copper, and newer versions using aluminum or iron, so knowing the color will help me know how to fix it