Why doesn’t the US army just drop a JDAM on an elementary school when there’s an active shooter in there?

Imagining a modern breaking bad remake where Walter goes to jail because Saul was rusty with his copyright law knowledge

I saw this post right before I saw an article about Israel dropping a bomb on a school in Palestine

right-angle plugs are often better than straight ones because you can put furniture closer up against them and do so without stressing the cable.

Yeah that is definitely a huge bonus. I’ve taken it for granted.

We’re slowly adopting three pronged Italian/Chilean-type plugs that will be “backwards-compatible” with the EU plugs. I have no clue about polarity or anything like that.

New sockets include em. The original three pronged socket is kind of a hazard. Kids can stick their fingers in there. Not sure how that got approved.

Allows you to remove power from the plugged in device without unplugging it. This provides convenience to easily and quickly turn things on and off and prevents arcing when unplugging.

That’s exactly what I do, because it’s more convenient than unplugging everything.

I live in South Africa, where we had rolling blackouts (called loadshedding) for a few years. It’s easier to switch everything back on when the power comes back than to plug it back into a socket without a switch, especially with my fucked up spine.

The electricity in the place I live was done poorly, so having something plugged in “live” risks a surge or something and then the appliance gets fucked and then everything smells like burnt plastic.

And that’s the best case scenario. Others have had housefires.

Also, the South African plugs aren’t pleasant accidentally to step on. It won’t pierce your foot, but it can still hurt like a motherfucker for a few seconds if you step on it in the wrong way.

Those UK plugs do look a lot more nasty to step on. I shudder at the thought.

I like the EU and US two prong cables ( 🔌?) where the prongs are parallel to the cable, but not the cables with the orthogonal prongs.

Continue not answering your phone

ezpz

you don’t owe anyone instant access to your attention at an arbitrary time of day

Maybe half ass it a little bit

If they’re not compensating you for giving 150% of your energy, then don’t give them 150% of your energy.

Like, tell them you need to catch a breath, take a “smoke break” (even if you don’t smoke, mime vape a lil ink pen in the smoking section). Rehydrate more, piss more. Say you’re dizzy. Come up with something.