unless you’re using your pc as your router that’s not really the same thing

farmers use tractors. construction workers use vans. nobody here uses big trucks.

this looks like uiua!

so lobotomy at an mma gym then

lobotomy?

the standard is that you need to accommodate both configurations. most device manufacturers don’t realise this.

it’s low profile in the other direction. It’s one of these doohickeys, except even flatter, and connected to a bigger wall wart than this:

unfortunately it’s super low profile. i’m trying to figure out what to do about it but for now i added an extension cord.

being used to all plug bodies, including two-prong, being recessed at least 18mm, means the us one feels flimsy no matter how firmly it’s in the adapter…

oh also this was a wall-wart style power adapter that should probably not have been a wall-wart. a bit too large for that.

okay, but i will only pay $120 because that’s when my country’s “high cost protection” will kick in and the state will foot the rest of the bill.

the UK plug is clearly superior

schuko4lyfe

also, yes it’s obviously an issue with the adapter in that it’s one of those wall-warts you can change the plug on, except they only shipped me a us plug >:(

i did this to myself yesterday, but on the ac side.

the universal power adapter for my homelab server didn’t come with a european plug so i’m using a converter until i can source something reasonable. yesterday i was adding stuff to the cabinet and bumped the power strip.

turns out, american plugs are not only real sensitive to bumps, they also give off a lot of funny lights when they’re used with 230V.

how do you guys live with these fischer-price plugs?

so torn between “you’re right, you don’t” and “well actually the mars rovers all use a redundant hardware and consensus algorithms for error correction so…”

you’ve successfully disabled my terminal knowitallism!

i remember sa, but mostly because i was on facepunch and they had a real inferiority complex despite being 10 times the size

it’s crazy to me that american carriers can basically hold hardware ransom.

us this not a war crime? there are a lot of germans here

i think they might need a blood donor

yeah that 10¢ is 10x our transaction cost.

over here, the extra cost that comes from handling cash is enough that small businesses don’t want to take it. counting till every day adds up.

it’s one of those for who fingers