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RULES:
The hilarity of your home wiring being sassed by the (admittedly amazing) guy whose video games boil down to "kill stuff, hit switches" with escalating difficulty and frustration.
On the one hand, I'd love our paths to cross. On the other, I'd relish the thought that he'd sweat just a little when trying to figure out anything inside my home.
"Oh, I'm sorry. The switch you want is behind a hidden door in the other room. Just tap on every wall until one of them opens."
The real issue with this picture is not the "user experience", unless it is a hotel or some public place where customers are intended to interact with the devices.
The real issue is that the switches and plates aren't lined up right.
the switches and plates aren’t lined up right
If that bugs you, don't look at those screws. So close to perfectly lined up, but not quite.
John carmack throwing shade on lightswitches was not on my bingo card
That's just a typical videogame puzzle: figure the correct combination to open the door, or turn on the correct lights
I wanted to make a joke about doom just being a shooter, using his "video game stories are like porn" quote, but honestly the originals are pretty damn puzzley
I have two identical light switches in the kitchen right next to eachother but one does the garbage disposal it is so fucking annoying.
That reminds me of Macs circa 1990. The disk drive had no eject button (because of course it was perfectly intuitive to drag the disk icon onto the fucking trash can icon to eject) but the computer's power button was helpfully located right above the disk drive, so I was constantly powering off my computer whenever I just wanted to eject a disk.
My university had a bay of Macs in the IT suite with laminated cards taped over the power button to warn newbies of this.
If the switches don't match I'm triggered. Some small label or abbreviation on the plate might be ok though.
Or little icons that match the style of the plate would be cool. I'm thinking about getting these for the ceiling fans:
In a rental unit id be pissed to see that without labels, but in a private residence its whatever. You learn it quick enough.
I have a set of switches just like these and it unironically took me a year before getting them down. I never tried so hard to memorize them, though.
Lol yea thats about what I meant by quick enough. But did you learn a couple of them sooner? I feel like there are 2 maybe 3 id learn in a few months, but some of those are hallways or outside lights, some shit that, ya, would take me a year.
I definitely learned the garage and kitchen lights the quickest. I still can't figure out any rhyme or reason for why they're grouped the way they are, though.
I mean, it's your house and not a product you're selling. After a couple weeks you likely know which switch does what. Whenever a host comes you can show them the switches.
This is why I label breakers/switches the moment I move in — “Kitchen left / Hall / Fan” saves future-me so much chaos 😅 Also, delayed LEDs are the worst kind of suspense.
Every time I've tried this, it's ended in a labeling disaster. Maybe it's my luck, but electricians seem to be more interested in wiring walls than rooms. As a result, the breakers seldom come anywhere close to any logical room layout. And then there's legacy breaker-box GCFI stuff, and homeowner renovation hacks...
I always think I'm going to do this, and I never once have. Next time for sure...
I wonder if he uses VIM, because that user experience is oh boy...
Incredible?
JC is the real one
When the vessel containing omnipotent hivemind and personal concierge to all known electronic signals in the observable universe John Carmack speaks to us, we should listen.