nuintari's rules of networking 0x2c:

Never scrounge a cable out of the trash. It's in there for a reason.

1st Corollary:

Always cut any cable you're throwing in the trash to prevent breaches of the aforementioned rule.

2nd Corollary:

If you replace ends on a trashed cable without also running it through a tester, you deserve any and all of the pain coming to you.

3rd Corollary:

The end connectors are not the only place cables break.

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