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by XorNot 888 days ago
Pulling wires through anywhere after it's finished is an immense installation hassle though. It might be possible...or it might be completely impractical even if you can (i.e. low voltage buses and unshielded power wires don't play nice together if they're parallel).
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IshKebab 888 days ago
Yeah I don't understand why he is shocked that this communicates wirelessly. He even bought a modern flat with Ethernet because he clearly knows how much pain it is to add wiring to a house. Very weird.
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TeMPOraL 887 days ago
It's painful to add wiring to a house as a random normie user. It's not painful if you're an installer or a construction person.

Or at least this is my understanding why all construction is still done in a way that makes it near-impossible for the user/dweller to change anything without having to do general renovation of half the place. Which, again, is hard primarily because it makes no sense to buy all the hardware that makes such work easy for a single job.

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IshKebab 887 days ago
It is still painful if you're an installer. You have to chase walls, pull up carpets and floorboards, install trunking etc.

Why on earth would you do that when you can just use wireless? It would make zero sense.

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