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I don't mean what you use to chop down your feces, but an object that you realized only your family has and people would raise their eyebrows at. Best if said object has a sole purpose.

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[-] quinkin@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago

I have an internet pencil.

Getting reliable internet through the house while renting crappy houses means I end up using ethernet over power bricks.

Every couple of months they will fail and need to be power cycled but the switches on the power point are occluded by the EoP brick without enough room for my fat fingers.

I would just grab any pen or pencil to use as my switch flicking tool but they are constantly purloined by my children so I keep a special internet pencil on my desk.

[-] Devi@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

I have a car clock pencil, it lives in my car sunscreen pocket and it's used twice a year when the clocks go forward or back.

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Maybe not for every room but I have been using moca over coax and it is way faster and more reliable than Ethernet over power.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

As long as your house has decent rg6 coax, I had a place with rg59 and those moca adapters worked like shit. Also make sure that filter is in the right place!

[-] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Check out a short power plug cable, been a lifesaver for those bulky power blocks.

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