Mastodawn

New nail art!

#nailart

Ethernails!

Sammy Arson, flirting with the hard left :3 Feb 28

@ryanc oh that took way too long for me to realise

@ryanc

I considered doing this in T568A, but my concern for well actually won over my trolling instincts.

woe2you Feb 28

@ryanc But what if you want to shake hands with someone who has USOC nails?

@woe2you usoc?

woe2you Feb 28

@ryanc An old American standard. T568B is only one-pair compatible with it, so you'd have to use an awkward two-finger handshake. Dumb joke.

@woe2you cursed

@woe2you I would not shake hands with such a person.

Jima

@ryanc @woe2you I have it on good authority that American telecom schools used to push USOC heavily. 👀

@jima @woe2you it doesn't work for ethernet

Jima

@ryanc @woe2you Ethernet was, uh, a lot less commonplace back then. 😅

(And technically it worked IIRC, it just didn't compensate for cross-talk properly.)

DrScriptt Mar 4

@jima @ryanc @woe2you receive pin pair was on second pair of wires — ostensibly orange.

But transmit pin pair crossed third and fourth pairs — ostensibly green and brown.

The split pair made things much more noise sensitive.

DrScriptt Mar 4

@jima @ryanc @woe2you universal service order codes and the registered jack numbers are … interesting.

Especially if you look at “X” jacks.

DrScriptt Feb 28

@ryanc do the real USOC RJ-45 some time to blow peoples minds.

When they ask what it is, say “RJ-45” and have fun. 😈

Wolf480pl Mar 1

@ryanc
I never understood why people default to T568B :/

Mar 1

@wolf480pl Because everyone defaults to T568B. 🤷

M Schommer Mar 1

@wolf480pl @ryanc
German Wikipedia via DeepL:
The two variants are due to the fact that EIA/TIA introduced the TIA-568 standard much later than AT&T introduced its proprietary 258A standard. When TIA-568 was published, 258A was already widely used. EIA/TIA therefore adopted this already established standard as TIA-568B.

Daniele Pantaleo 🦥

Mar 1

@wolf480pl @ryanc guilty, have been taught a metropolitan legend where B had more twists per cm compared to A, thus being more resilient to noise.

I will not take questions.

Ivor Hewitt Mar 1

@ryanc 🤣 nicely done. And indeed, who in their right mind wouldn't pick 'B'

the vessel of morganna Mar 2

@ryanc B on the fingers, A on the toes

Jima

@ryanc I wouldn't well-actually T568A, but I would judge it.

@ryanc omg I love it

@ryanc This is awesome!

@ryanc attn @mWare

@mhoye @ryanc yeah. This is inspired.

Blue 💙Feb 28

@ryanc okay I have a NEED :P - did you do them yourself or go to a salon?

@blue Got them done at a salon.

Viss Feb 28

@ryanc theres an rfc for this, surely

Space flip-flops Feb 28

@Viss

Naah, it's IETF standard, not RFC (and don't call them Shirley)

@fisher @Viss @ryanc RFCs are IETF standards; it'd be more likely to be an IEEE standard, but it's an ANSI standard.

(I didn't remember this off the top of my head, either; my kneejerk guess was IEEE.)

I 100% concur on the other part, though. 😉

F4GRX SÃ©bastien Feb 28

@ryanc glorious.

Peter 🔜 EMF Feb 28

@ryanc do toenails too but make it for a crossover cable?

@grantpe okay, that is actually tempting

Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)Feb 28

@ryanc this, at the very least proves you are not a "type A" person! 🤣

Theo 🏳️‍⚧️

@ryanc I need to have my nails done like that lol

StoneBear

@ryanc I got that reference!

Rachel Rawlings Feb 28

@ryanc That's just twisted.

Stu Feb 28

@ryanc Took me a sec, love it!

mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)Feb 28

@ryanc nice!

just_one_bear Feb 28

@ryanc This is awesome! :)

@ryanc link up!

@ryanc I like it!

I see you are the “B” / data persuasion.

No “A” / telco for you!

Unless you cross over.

🤭

Bernard Quatermass Feb 28

@ryanc RFE: multi-boost even if it is to my personal detriment

Space flip-flops Feb 28

@ryanc Yeah, good old t568-b, everyone's favorite

soean Feb 28

@ryanc
😹 Well, I got an "LSA-Auflegewerkzeug" to crimp my first LAN-Box. And I recognized the pattern.
(But I'm still not sure, if in the house it's A or B...)

Dan

Mar 1

@ryanc So cool! Would you do your toes such that you become a human crossover cable?

Mister Dave Mar 1

@ryanc @djsundog so are the toes also 568-B, or did you go to 568-A?

Jim P.Mar 1

@ryanc Shouldn't your fingers be crossed? /s 🤞🤞🤞🤞

mausmalone Mar 1

@ryanc you need the shirt from https://vkc.sh/product-tag/t568b-cheat-sheet/ to go with it

T568B Cheat Sheet – VKC.sh | Veronica Explains

Ozzie D, NP-hard

Mar 7

@mausmalone @ryanc Heh, shouldn't that shirt be printed upside-down?

I've crimped so many cables and jacks that I've gone to bed mumbling "stripy-orange, orange... stripy-green, blue... stripy-blue, green... stripy-brown, brown"