Plumbing Pipes Analogy
Discussions analogizing a technical or infrastructural problem to plumbing and pipes, debating simplicity, materials like plastic PEX versus metal or lead, and related real-world plumbing issues.
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That's plumbing for you...
It's more like plumbing, actually.
there's an industry that deals with this problem:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbing
Absolutely, it's in the pipeworks!
Plumbing manufacturer objects to other pipes. Seems legit.
Especially with plastic plumbing
They own all the pipes, why bother hiding what passes through them?
Can't all the pipes and valves be made of plastic?
Even if you use non-metallic pipes like PEX?
Wouldn't the dirty water clog the pipe? Via mineral deposits etc?