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.

1. As if that’s the only reason you’d ever unplug something.
2. Vampire loads. Turns out, most things don’t completely turn off anymore. Yes, it adds up.

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.

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.

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.

Also just makes the zipper easier to operate in general.

I was looking for a paper from fucking 2010 that was cited in a Wikipedia article and it was still behind a goddamn paywall.

Sci-Hub is the GOAT.

The original announcement is from 2020, but this article is from a few weeks ago and makes it sound like breaking news. Kinda disappointing.

I’d love to see the source on this. I didn’t see anything from a quick search.

I feel like Fry didn’t try hard enough. There definitely still were options, avenues to explore. By running away he just outed himself for how vanilla he is in bed.

Swap the text for SpongeBob and the slasher, jfc.

What psychopath uses mayo as a dip?

I want to see someone build this so badly.

This guy did something in the same vein but tried to make a musical instrument instead: https://youtu.be/yFIxf2gTg_k

There’s actually a great XKCD “What If?” post that covers this: https://what-if.xkcd.com/140/

It was obviously designed to distract from any rumors of a Stargate program underneath NORAD in the Cheyenne Mountain complex.

Why wait for an app? Just start posting personals ads in the comments under memes you like.

I was thinking vol-cel, but yeah.

I’m the polar opposite of an incel. I don’t hate women, I respect them too much to subject them to my bullshit.

I really wonder how much of these wild swings is just from sampling bias, because I’d expect the actual trends to be a lot smoother.

This is the same article that was posted yesterday with the title “Kill DNS”

Why the fuck would a SOUND BAR need automatic updates? It’s not exactly a complex system.

Does the genus name literally translate to “shapeless dick”?

God, I love scientists.

Edit: yeah, basically