fullsquare

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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 8 months ago

I think that type A plug would be greatly improved in terms of safety and mechanically if it was put in a grounded metal shroud, in style of DIN connector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector it still would be compact, smaller than type F

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 8 months ago

is TRPV3 even involved in any way because last time i've checked some of best evidence points in direction of TrkB

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

UK uses type G. Type E/F plug has both contact for grounding pin like in type E and two sliding ground contacts on side like in type F. Sockets are either E or F, and i've mostly seen E

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 20 points 8 months ago

no, because it'll just trip fuse, and stoves are wired directly anyway

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago

C/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 37 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Type E and F plugs are not really a thing anymore, today it's more common to find combined Type E/F plugs.

Fuses in british plugs are a mistake and only a requirement because of sketchy practices allowed in british electrical code immediately after WW2. Nobody else does that because nowhere else electric code is built in such a way that it is necessary. Switch seems to be mildly useful tho

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago

i think they also did that last year, after strikes on refineries, and duration of it coincides with grain harvest. but this year much less oil refining capacity was struck

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 14 points 8 months ago

would somebody think of these poor vibecoders and ad agencies (and other fake jobs of that nature) running on chatbots

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago

i like how on lw there's a comment saying exactly the same thing but 5x more verbose

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 8 months ago

so, a trebuchet?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

with wood, the problem was with lignin which is tightly crosslinked, meaning that it's insoluble and organism willing to eat it has to secrete some enzymes to break it down in smaller bits that can be absorbed

depending on plastic, this first step might be easier or even happening on its own. there are already bacteria that feed on nylon but nylon starting materials are easier to digest for them

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

damn, a clanker pretending to be a human. humans read entire words at once, and this includes numbers, length and first digit already give some indication of magnitude

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