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Issue with that, though, is: If it can do that, then why does your hand have to get near it?(Which is both a continuation of the tongue-in-cheek premise, and a serious concern. Because, while there are many functions for which I'm completely on board with real, tactile controls, placed in...

Not "no good". Just suboptimal. It'll work fine, often for years or decades as you've seen... until it doesn't. You may never encounter a situation where it "doesn't", in practice. Or, the problems may not be enough to be noticeable. (Ethernet, for example, will manifest EMI problems as bad...

+1. When the MTA embarked on their ambitious project to bring cellular service to all of NYC's 200+ subway stations, an undertaking which involved cabling the entire length of the subway system and installing cell "towers" at platform level in the underground stations, each new equipment install...

You mean, "use a french fry"? :clap:If you're really going for "crunchy", though — to the point that they at least give some impression that they're wooden, like a pencil — I'd suggest Pocky. It's a Japanese snack product, biscuit (cookie) sticks coated in... well, lots of things, but...