Post ApXTYeCSNuosrs9LiC by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #ApXNkjGSmTqGKFOxMG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-29T11:09:35Z
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Why can't MAGA people be angry that the US has *weak* power outlets and why can't they all get mad about it and switch the country to 220v? Seems very unpatriotic that European power outlets and Chinese Power outlets have twice the voltage.Why couldn't they just get fixated on that issue and forget the rest?"liberals think 220v is too dangerous for you! They don't want you to be able to make poptarts too fast!"
(DIR) Post #ApXNkkJKtHjZZRklTU by sneak@s.sneak.berlin
2024-12-29T12:11:22Z
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@futurebird we all know that maga people are ineffective; the tyranny of the installed base is too powerful against even effective people.
(DIR) Post #ApXTYbDPTundbxZZHU by davep@infosec.exchange
2024-12-29T11:14:36Z
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@futurebird I'm genuinely baffled at the US electrical setup. It must take forever to boil a kettle for a cup of tea.
(DIR) Post #ApXTYcHhVRpGvYaVbk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-29T11:16:36Z
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@davep Two min and 30 seconds. It's not "unacceptable" but, if you are aware of the many other options it can feel unacceptable. Though, I don't care about how long it takes as much as the options available on kettles. Specifically? I want a bottom-filler.
(DIR) Post #ApXTYdFxtO21wSmdXc by lampsofgold@veoh.social
2024-12-29T11:24:33Z
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@futurebird the thing is for most stuff we don’t need 200v and it is more dangerous than 120. I think we could get away with 240 in the kitchens where it matters and 120 pretty much everywhere else (also your house is probably already 240, so putting in a 240 outlet is usually as simple as running a new circuit)
(DIR) Post #ApXTYeCSNuosrs9LiC by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2024-12-29T13:11:27Z
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@lampsofgold @futurebird the thing is for most stuff we don’t need 200v and it is more dangerous than 120The thing I remember from school: It’s the volts that jolts, but the mills that kills. We were taught that 120 V is less safe because you need to run more current to get the same power, which increases the danger of death. Is this not true?
(DIR) Post #ApXTYep64FjCniECwK by Meachamus_Prime@noauthority.social
2024-12-29T13:16:24Z
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@david_chisnall @lampsofgold @futurebird Power = Current (Amps) x Voltage (Volts)While voltage at low amps can't kill, ANY voltage at high amps (2 mA or more, IIRC) WILL kill.
(DIR) Post #ApXXsrmvyNeucU6mki by phnt@fluffytail.org
2024-12-29T14:05:03.186870Z
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@futurebird Their grid runs on 230V split-phase AC already.
(DIR) Post #ApXfJWFoqMcHKZH7tg by acb@mastodon.social
2024-12-29T12:12:00Z
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@futurebird @cstross one problem is that they probably wouldn’t switch to 220 like the metrosexual communists in Paris use but go for an insensibly higher voltage just to own the libs. Quite possibly chosen for numerological reasons, like 1488V or 4547V
(DIR) Post #Au3cokHKnZ1VGjssme by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-29T16:17:26Z
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@alec @mansr @jannem @lampsofgold I am working hard to forget that I read this. This is not something that is safe for me to know. uhhh this must not be true. Yes. yes. It's NOT true. Goodbye.
(DIR) Post #Au3colQwVKIqqpO4Om by alec@perkins.pub
2025-05-13T16:59:14Z
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@futurebird @mansr @jannem @lampsofgold So, @andrew went ahead and made such a death cable and doubled his boiling speed: https://youtu.be/H-5M4mDsSQc?t=1600
(DIR) Post #AuFFmhYBsUgbpM9680 by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
2025-05-19T07:37:51Z
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@futurebird