Wires are whitelisted to stay on the sides of a normal piston / sticky piston, right? Seems as though they are NOT for the side of an extended piston's base, so when I retract the piston, the wire updates and flies off. Proof:

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Also Notch Fix boats

I remember asie saying he fixed boats in some modpack a while back.
ITT asie is Notch.