Comment on But my WiFi is just fine!

• MooseBoys@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  But when your electricity goes out, do you even consider whether it’s the power plant, substation, distribution station, or individual service drop that is the problem? Probably not. But I’m sure many power line technicians see the phrase “my power’s out” in the same way tech-savvy people see the phrase “my wifi’s out”.

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  • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    How much of that is in your control to diagnose, let alone fix? If the neighbours are out too, that means it’s already out of your hands.

    When it comes to “the internet is down”, much of the time it is something within your control, whether or not you know that. It’s not a very good analogy imo.

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    • MooseBoys@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      When it comes to “the internet is down”, much of the time it is something within your control

      This really isn’t true anymore. Most people use all-in-one modem+router+AP. I’d guess that unless you’re one to tinker with your router, there’s a much better chance you’ve tripped a breaker or GFCI than there is that you’ve somehow broken your home wifi.

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  • PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    A very large portion of people who use electricity everyday have never given a single thought to where their power comes from. They are the same folks who feel like they are superior plugging in their Tesla and knowing they are making a difference… while the coal plant drops another traincar to charge it up.

    The people who bitch the loudest are always the ones who have absolutely no clue how things actually work and that every single decision is give/take. And if you try to explain you are (insert ism/ist). Tards gonna tard. Way she goes, fuckin way she goes.

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I consider those if only cause it may give me an idea of when power will come back on. Ill even drive around to see how much is out or if i can find repair crews.

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    • PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m sure you driving around to find a random power truck and asking them to fix your power faster is much appreciated by the people fixing it… I’m sure they don’t make fun of you or threaten you in anyway after you drive off while they have to be out in the weather doing their job.

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I said looking for repair crews said nothing about bugging them, that was your jump in logic. If I know powers down in my block then if I see a repair crew about a block away I can assume power will be on in about an hour or so. Plus I usually am grabbing food at the same time.

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  • Piers@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    If all the food in my fridge is warm I don’t immediately assume my electricity has been cut off rather than something is wrong with my fridge.

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• Rambi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I think people care about different things, networking might not be something they’re interested in so aren’t interested in spending time learning about it. Where as when you are interested in it it’s not so hard to read, watch videos about it and experiment with it. At least that’s generally how I find these things work.

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• IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  But gas and ovens aren’t magical witchcraft

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    They are

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