Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️this stupid USB drive doesn't work if you jam it into the ethernet port on accident
yet. note to self: make a flash drive that you plug into the ethernet port.
I've already got some of the parts I'd need to make this, thanks to my ongoing "ethernet keyboard" project
that one is currently on hold thanks to my roommate's new terminal having a broken "M" key
(I loaned her the last PS/2 keyboard I have on hand)
how do you think things are going in the alternate universe where instead of USB, we standardized on ethernet?
external peripherals plug in over ethernet, and just communicate over tcp/ip. usb hubs? you just use ethernet hubs. you recharge your phone and laptop and ebook over PoE.
There's PoE powerbanks and many people keep them in their purse/bag
Luuk@foone In replaying the Mega Man Battle Network series, I was reminded that according to MMBN6, all the “jack in” ports operate over IR, so you can bounce a signal off mirrors to a port, if you need another cursed alternate reality. It does contradict the way it’s treated in the rest of the series, though, which honestly feels more like your Universal Ethernet world.
@Novyx oh the universe where we standardized on IrDA is a deeply cursed one