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  • 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.

  • likely, yes. not certain. it depends on the person. that's why communicating when things are going well is important.

  • 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.

  • no, it's not. pulled that out of my ass apparently.

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  • 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?

  • you're describing it like you're both generic stereotypes of your conditions rather than individuals with unique wants and needs. just communicate with eachother.

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  • 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

  • more specifically, it's for running x86 linux applications on android. and windows applications, i think.

  • 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

  • we already had that, this is for the opposite use case.

  • 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.