Charlie StrossOct 4, 2024

SCREAM!

(Context for Americans: until relatively recently mains appliances in the UK came without a plug—you had to fit your own. Also they're fused and have to carry 230vac, so getting it wrong is a BAD idea. And this is Very Not Right Indeed.)
https://mastodon.ie/@iolo/113248676764884541

Iolo (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I asked ChatGPT how to wire a standard UK plug using the new canvas feature...

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Show threadPiers CawleyOct 4, 2024
@cstross I do find myself wondering what that fourth wire's for.
Show threadCharlie Stross
@pdcawley Positrons. Stands to reason, right?
Oct 4, 2024 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadKnitronomiconOct 4, 2024
@cstross @pdcawley Just don't reverse it...
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Oct 4, 2024
@Knitronomicon @cstross
You do have to twist it exactly 120 degrees though for correct quantum polarity. Otherwise it will leak dangerous neutrino flux.
@pdcawley
Show threadrhempelOct 4, 2024

@cstross @pdcawley One wire each for the four basic types of atomic electrical components:

1. Protons
2. Electrons
3. Neutrons
4. Morons