People like this think Trump is a genius
The clueless people are out there among us
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Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
sowitzer@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
I know it’s difficult to tell online, but I read that as a joke post. Not serious. But it’s better for others to make fun of others for being clueless I guess.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yeah. It always strikes me as bizarre how many people online see something that would only be satire in a sane world and completely assume it’s serious. They have no doubts. Never occurred to them it might be a joke…
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
No-one going to mention that they said countries and named two continents?
slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
Because it reads like this:
“In some countries, [like those in] Europe and South America”.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
I didn’t realize because I am too used to it.
Archangel1313@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
“I don’t have an accent…YOU have an accent!!”
SolarMyth@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
People in other countries use all sorts of crazy “languages”. We don’t bother with that here, we just talk normally.
96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 7 hours ago
Why can’t people just be normal. I am being my normal self, but other people seem different. Bastard freaks.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
I moved to California last year from Oklahoma. Occasionally I will say something about moving from Oklahoma and people are like, “oh that makes sense, you have a Midwestern accent sometimes”. We all sound normal to ourselves but everyone has an accent. Like the way California people say their O’s.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 13 hours ago
Midwesterners are the only people I’ve ever met who don’t think they have an accent. And I’m like “you have a midwest accent.” They’re stunned because to them it’s just a “normal” accent, and they know it must be so because it’s what the TV man talks like. Obviously I know midwesterners who know they have an accent and the TV man is trained to speak that way. But everyone else I meet and know knows their own accent and can recognize variations of it. They’re not so conscious of how they make their accent happen, obviously, since it is their own. But they know they sound different from other people
sebi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I have a hard time understanding the people in a freinds village and he lives 50km away
sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Like the way California people say their O’s
As a Canadian, it’s all I can hear when they speak.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I dated someone who in earnest believed she has no accent. She didn’t understand what could be wrong about that.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Relevant exchange from Suicide Squad (the good one with Idris Elba and Flula, not the bad one with Will Smith and Jared Leto)
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I live in a country with two plug types and actually have to use a fuckload of converters
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 minutes ago
that sounds like hell lmao where
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
And these people vote…
PanArab@lemm.ee 1 hour ago
I think British style plugs are the best despite their bulkiness. For one they are easily fixed and are designed to be so.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about watch this: youtu.be/COWlYUvzgZI
Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 hours ago
Would be great if an equally clueless European followed up with
“So I visited your country and remembered seeing this post but when I got there, none of my stuff would fit in your outlets. What the fuck?”
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Take the adapter off, moron.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
One of worlds longest running experiments is when an european tourist visited america and tried to boil water using a kettle and a travel adapter.
The paper published on the experiment noted that water finally reached temperatures of 63c in 2017.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 hours ago
I’ll be choosing an inverter soon. In the US, but considering a 240v just for the kettle.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
Someone from Germany or France or one of the other States should do that to take the piss.
/s
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I mean, they’re right. It does sound really stupid
DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 hours ago
Not do we need a “special adapter” but a converter as well, as Households in the US use 110V opposed to the usual 230V.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Oh this gets stranger.
It’s usually 120v, but I’m not going to split hairs over 10v.
So, 120v is not a voltage that is delivered from the grid… Technically speaking. Each home is given one circuit of 240v, which is usually part of one leg of a three phase, coming off of the Transformers… 120v is there because they center-tap the transformer. This halves the voltage by consequence. Inside the house the circuits are generally laid out to try to balance the load between each half of the 240v phase.
The idea is that two 120v loads, put in series, will total 240v. So power will ideally go from L1 to a 120v load, to “neutral”, then over to another 120v load, then finally back on L2.
More or Less.
120v is basically just half of what you should be loading the system with.
The center tap neutral from the transformer is to collect any load imbalance between L1 and L2 to allow for the two “sides” of the phase to be out of balance and still work.
The US “plug” ( aka receptacle ) is a NEMA 5-15R, or NEMA 5-20R (for 20A); these are designed for 120v operation using the half phase described above. Of course, you can mis-wire it and make all kinds of dangerous abominations if you so choose. There is, however, a less known NEMA 6-15R and NEMA 6-20R that is basically the same, but for 240v operation, replacing the neutral wire with L2 instead (and 15/20A respectively).
So it is entirely possible to have 240v outlets in a North American home, while still being compliant with code.
It’s actually really fascinating information when your dig into it.
slingstone@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
What’s a good resource for learning about electrical engineering for people starting from nearly zero knowledge? I’d love to learn more so I don’t burn my house down if I want to, say, replace a light fixture in my house.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
It’s less of a problem nowadays where most things have switching power supplies that can handle either just fine
bampop@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Oh don’t worry about that, just plug in your 110V appliances and watch them run twice as fast
amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
When I was 17 my father brought back a stereo from Japan. I was too eager to use it and plugged that directly to 220. It worked for a glorious 2 minutes. We got it working again after we replaced the transformer. Still have it and it still works fine to this day. Learned a lesson too!
ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Houses in the US generally have 220v too but not at ordinary wall outlets
There’s a technology connections video on it if you’re interested in the specifics
Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Yes and in Europe houses generally have 400V too but not at ordinary wall outlets
Spezi@feddit.org 8 hours ago
A few years ago there was the possibility of me moving to the US from Germany and if I would have bought a house there, I would probably have installed additional Schuko-outlets all over the place.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 hours ago
There’s a technology connections video on it if you’re interested in the specifics
Exactly :)
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
For most things people bring on vacation it wouldn’t be a problem since chargers and power supplies can run on multiple voltages. It’s for things like hairdryers where you need converter. Since they are calibrated for a specific voltage to create heat. Though you could probably run them at half settings on the double voltage.
anachrohack@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Thailand has really cool plugs. they’re shaped so they can fit European or American outlets, quite often. I rarely needed an adapter when I was there
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Very cool, I guess there is a voltage adapter built in?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Nope. So don’t plug a 120V hairdryer or corded drill in those things.
anachrohack@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
No, voltage adapters are built into basically every electronic device now so it doesn’t matter which you plug into
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I mean makes sense, there is a big Chunk of population in the USA who don’t have the means and opportunity to travel abroad and get used to the other electrical outlets in other countries.
Hell I think 30% of the adults in there haven’t ever been abroad once on their lifetime.
Understandably, it’s going to baffle more than one person who gets shared those travel experiences from traveling acquaintances
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
exhales
Technus@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Regardless of where you are, can we all agree that no one’s really perfected the electrical outlet yet?
NA plugs make contact without being fully seated, and can leave their live and neutral pins exposed. Worn outlets just let plugs fall out of them (I have 3 or so outlets in my apartment that are borderline unusable because of this).
British plugs are bulky and turn into caltrops when dropped on the floor.
European plugs have the same problem. And you only get like, one outlet per receptacle? Guess you’re shit out of luck if you wanna plug anything else in the same spot.
Most of the rest of the world just copied Europe or the UK.
I like Denmark’s plug though. Cute lil smiley face.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Euro plugs are perfect. They connect well, have no live metal exposed, power strips are safe, it can handle 230V Without a problem. They are being copied everywhere because they are well designed.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I think the Swiss have the best Europlug-based system. Their three-conductor plugs have the same footprint as basic Europlugs, which makes for very dense plug arrangements. Unlike e.g. the German Schuko plug they only fit in one orientation so you get no polarity issues.
It’s pretty neat.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I do prefer English plugs. Euro can wear out or just not hold in as well if they’re cheaply made. Never ever had that issue with English ones.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Couldn’t they’ve made it in a smaller form factor?
chellomere@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
European plugs have the same problem. And you only get like, one outlet per receptacle? Guess you’re shit out of luck if you wanna plug anything else in the same spot.
The standard amount of outlets per receptacle here (Sweden) is two. Maybe in very old houses it would be only one, but that’s rare. If you run into that, therr are splitters that make one into two, you don’t need to have an extender to split it.
anachrohack@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
England perfected it
Hoimo@ani.social 11 hours ago
I don’t think it’s fair to judge plugs by how they behave when dropped on the floor (unless they’re exposing live wires). Do you often have a lot of loose plugs lying around? If you find yourself unplugging things a lot to turn them off, you may be interested to hear the switch was invented not long after the light bulb for exactly this reason.
Technus@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
If you find yourself unplugging things a lot to turn them off, you may be interested to hear the switch was invented not long after the light bulb for exactly this reason.
- As if that’s the only reason you’d ever unplug something.
- Vampire loads. Turns out, most things don’t completely turn off anymore. Yes, it adds up.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 15 hours ago
i like the compactness of this triple-plug design used for Type-J, used in switzerland and lichtenstein, although it missed some other points (no insulated pins, no on-off switch, etc)
exu@feditown.com 11 hours ago
Most connectors I have use partially insulated live/neutral. Ground is optional and completely uninsulated where it’s present for safety.
Also, recessed receptacles hide the most dangerous parts.orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Cables going in 3 directions? Who can live at that speed?
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
The on/off switch always struck me as odd. Like, in a recessed plug such as this where the male prongs have a bit of insulation to them, are they really that worried about a tiny arc that might occur when someone forgets to turn off the device? Like it would make more sense to have a limit switch built into the socket that activates on insertion and deactivates on removal. And even then, with our caveman sockets in the US, a small arc isn’t the end of the world, you just know not to have your fingers near the shiny bits.
xwolpertinger@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I like Denmark’s plug though. Cute lil smiley face.
Don’t let that fool you, it hides a dark secret
Dave@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
Does NA not have insulated pins? Where a half inch of so of the pin nearest the plug head is insulated so when plugging in the exposed part of the pin is inside the hole before the pin makes contact with live power?
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
that’s cute. nah tho. the pins are just… out there. ready to kill you
Technus@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
It does not. Some devices may have that on their plugs, but it’s certainly not standard.
One night when I was 14, I tried to plug in my phone charger beside my bed in the dark and was accidentally touching one of the pins when it made contact.
Fortunately, I wasn’t completing the circuit and I was electrically isolated laying on my bed, so I didn’t actually get shocked. But I did feel a buzz in my finger like you get from those prank toys that shock the victim. That’s a sensation I will never forget.
Not defending our plugs at all.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
UK plug for sure is amazing, the caltrops is just to get you ready for standing on Lego.
jimmux@programming.dev 15 hours ago
AU outlets sound pretty good by comparison. I’m sure there are improvements to be made, but I never have any of those issues.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
UK plugs seem to have a few good design details.
petey@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
My only problem is it’s difficult to plug them in blind because not all power boards and outlets have the ground pin depression to feel for
mmddmm@lemm.ee 12 hours ago
The Brazilian plug has none of those problems…
Also, what European plug are you talking about? There are quite a few models there.
shneancy@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
re: european outlets number: we usually just get an extender with multiple ports, i have 5 of those in my small flat
Technus@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
So do we. But we don’t need as many of them, usually just for areas with a lot of electronics like entertainment centers or computer desks.
US electric code requires an outlet like every 6-8 feet (~2m) along a wall so you shouldn’t need to string extension cords everywhere. For the most part, it works pretty well. I have 5 outlets alone in my 12x12ft (~3.6x3.6m) bedroom.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 14 hours ago
Brazil’s “new” plug (two decades maybe) is pretty good. Doesn’t have any of the problems you mentioned. It’s similar to one used by a few other countries around Europe.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
We simply use travel adapters.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The Type I plug was developed by the US government but blocked in Congress during the FDR administration by the Republicans and southern Democrats on the basis that it was a change from the multiple different outlets being used at the time. The 3 core plug didn’t become standard until 1965.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Average American voter?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
There are even converters that will switch single phase 120 to 3 phase 240
Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That’s a “converter” in the same way an ejection seat is “a chair”.
843563115848z@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
[deleted]Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
No need for me to think about it. I own such a converter. Had to get it to power a chinese-made 02 generator that did not have a switch to go to single 110
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
They were right.
It does sound really stupid.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 minutes ago
Coming soon:
What do you mean my US dollars aren’t accepted at any big intl. tourist locations anymore… I have to actually exchange them?