Found in my archive:

@spaf And people wonder why I won't get into a car that has any of the controls "By-Wire"

I've worked with computers for 30+ years, I know better than to get into anything controlled by one.

@ShredderFeeder
A friend working in energy trading and with some knowledge about the grid and physics once said to me that there's no good reason to expect the lights turning on when you press the switch. (Yet they always do turn on in the area where we live.)