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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
wouldn't you have a 50/50 chance
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
Even with fully exposed metal prongs, wouldn't you have a 50/50 chance to just trigger the fuse? I.e., if the penny connects to neutral before touching the live one, there might be some arcing, but you'd essentially just short the socket.
Also ... why specifically a phone charger?
Unless you're also grounded or make a circuit with the 0, you don't get hit very hard even if you hit the 1 first.
Not that I'd tell kids to fuck around with electrical outlets even so.
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@Carnage Yeah. My only reference is accidentally brushing a live wire, which wasn't nice but also not fatal (as far as I can tell). The chances are a bit more difficult to quantify in the case where you touch the live end first, though.
But, yeah, don't fuck around with electrical outlets. (If you really need to blow fuses, build a short circuited plug. And make sure that the outlet is connected via a working fuse, as the results can be a bit more interesting otherwise.)
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
@Carnage Yeah. My only reference is accidentally brushing a live wire, which wasn't nice but also not fatal (as far as I can tell). The chances are a bit more difficult to quantify in the case where you touch the live end first, though.
But, yeah, don't fuck around with electrical outlets. (If you really need to blow fuses, build a short circuited plug. And make sure that the outlet is connected via a working fuse, as the results can be a bit more interesting otherwise.)
*chuckles darkly* good times...
Grandma was so confused....
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
Also ... why specifically a phone charger?
It's something kids with phones, tablets, or other devices that charge with USB probably have. Wouldn't one be attached to the Alexa device?
It's also more likely to have two prongs than other random things a kid may have available; a ground prong may make it harder to position where it'll have power while sticking out of the socket and be able to drop a penny on it usefully.
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
If you really need to blow fuses, build a short circuited plug.
Or do like someone I vaguely knew a long time ago. In the school we both went to, the physics classrooms had fixed desks with a 220 V electrical socket built into the vertical part. He apparently got into a fair bit of trouble for, during class, taking two Parker pen fillings:—
… inserting one into each of the two holes in the socket, and dropping a third onto them.
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@Gurth That's why I'm always having my pupils do some research on what currents (and the needed voltages for dry / wet skin) are dangerous in what manner, and which path said currents need to take for maximum effect.
This is the kind of speech I'm giving at the beginning of a new physics course:
Well, at the 12 Volts our power supplys provide you usually have to make quite an effort - like stabbing the electrodes directly into your chest. At that point, I'd argue, you have other problems than mere current.
230 Volts usually only smarts and will very likely result in no lasting damages. Unless you have a heart defect which you may not know about - thus I'd always recommend visiting a doctor regardless, just to make sure.
With anything beyond 230 V we're getting into "Don't fuck about with that" territory. So when I tell you "Don't do that at home" for some particular experiments, please take that to heart until you're much older and wiser. Well, one of the two at least.We also discuss why the defibrillation paddles / machine is not the magic resurrection tool it's made out to be in the movies.
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@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
That's why I'm always having my pupils do some research on what currents (and the needed voltages for dry / wet skin) are dangerous in what manner, and which path said currents need to take for maximum effect.
Why can't you just use normal disciplinary techniques?
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@Watson said in Internet of shit:
Why can't you just use normal disciplinary techniques?
Germany ... need I say more?
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@Watson said in Internet of shit:
@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
That's why I'm always having my pupils do some research on what currents (and the needed voltages for dry / wet skin) are dangerous in what manner, and which path said currents need to take for maximum effect.
Why can't you just use normal disciplinary techniques?
You wouldn't like my Chemistry classes!
And this, dear pupils, is what we call a "hypergolic fuel". You see that even the most frantic attempts at putting the fire out achieve nothing. Will you stop screaming, Kevin!
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@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
until you're much older and wiser.
I got the first one down, but as we all know, wisdom is a dump stat.
Well, one of the two at least.
Ah. Good.
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@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
You wouldn't like my Chemistry classes!
I know somebody who would. Your classes sound more interesting than any chem class I ever took, even in college.
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I'm not allowed to do that anymore. My principal does not like new and exciting blotches on the ceiling.
Also not allowed: The Wax Flamethrower. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like - just in a more ballistic fashion.
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@Rhywden Backup plan: Wait for a non-rainy day and gather the class in the parking lot?
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@PleegWat From experience, needs to be windless as well or the fireball won't be as tall.
Though I then can increase the diameter of the oil container a bit - the one I used in the picture? A mere 8 cm across.
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@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
Also not allowed: The Wax Flamethrower. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like - just in a more ballistic fashion.
Luckily YouTube provides:
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@Arantor Windows also blocks all characters below 32 at some layer of the API (good).
On the other hand, I suspect NTFS's filename encoding is actually WTF-16.
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@Medinoc of course it’s WTF-16, it’s Windows!
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@Rhywden said in Internet of shit:
Also not allowed: The Wax Flamethrower. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like - just in a more ballistic fashion.Fantastic thing and an important part of my childhood. About half a kilo vaporized in one go was the max we got to.
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@JBert How does it work? Do you need to keep the bulb in bed with you?
If the answer is machine learning, then I want it even less than never.
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
How does it work? Do you need to keep the bulb in bed with you?
I think it's supposed to be a suppository?
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The Sengled Smart Health Monitoring Light is a dual Wi-Fi / Bluetooth bulb with built-in health monitoring using radar technology. It’s designed to track your sleep and certain biometric measurements, such as heart rate and body temperature, as well as other vital signs.
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
The Sengled Smart Health Monitoring Light is a dual Wi-Fi / Bluetooth bulb with built-in health monitoring using radar technology. It’s designed to track your sleep and certain biometric measurements, such as heart rate and body temperature, as well as other vital signs.
Maybe I’m a bit old fashioned but are they tracking sleep or passing submarines?
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@DogsB That would be sonar, unless you meant submarines that aren't underwater.
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@DogsB Trying to figure if the military radar got line of sight to my house, if so I could cut out the smart light bulb and just asking the military to give me the relevant data.
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@Atazhaia said in Internet of shit:
Trying to figure if the military radar got line of sight to my house
If you get the light bulb with radar, they might come by and tell you.
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
unless you meant submarines that aren't underwater.
Which they might not be if they're in your bedroom
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@loopback0 But they might be if you have a water bed.
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
unless you meant submarines that aren't underwater.
Which they might not be if they're in your bedroom
What if your bedroom is inside a submarine, though?
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@Gurth Then it will merely indicate that you are surrounded by submarines.
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@JBert said in Internet of shit:
@Gurth Then it will merely indicate that you are surrounded by submarines.
If you are surrounded by submarines, you may shortly not be surrounded by a submarine.
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
unless you meant submarines that aren't underwater.
Which they might not be if they're in your bedroom
has you covered ...
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@Luhmann Are you sure they're not underwater? They're clearly under a lot of watermarks...
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@Medinoc they’re stylised bubbles, obviously.
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@Medinoc
since the thing in the background is a zepplin ... yes ...it was just what my could find ... feel free to knock yourself out with the term 'panamarenko submarine'
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The car can't tell the time. What an inspiring time we live in.
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@DogsB yes, being in 2002 is so inspiring, freshly into the new millennium and all that.
I’m sure there’s a meta comment about 2002 and a coronavirus causing respiratory problems, vs 2020 and a coronavirus causing respiratory problems to be made.
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@Arantor said in Internet of shit:
I’m sure there’s a meta comment about 2002 and a coronavirus causing respiratory problems, vs 2020 and a coronavirus causing respiratory problems to be made.
It's just more proof than "rebooting" an old idea only creates a terrible result.
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status: seriously considered doing something nefarious when I came across this...
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@DogsB said in Internet of shit:
The car can't tell the time.
4 times out of every 39 my truck can't tell the time either, despite it being connected to GPS (which inherently knows the time).
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
status: seriously considered doing something nefarious when I came across this...
Yeah. I find blurry photos annoying, too.
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@Tsaukpaetra
ordering an espresso and have it generate a 418 error?
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@Zerosquare said in Internet of shit:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
status: seriously considered doing something nefarious when I came across this...
Yeah. I find blurry photos annoying, too.
I was holding my phone steady, I swear! Next time I'll go back and get my tripod for the next candid event.
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
@Tsaukpaetra
ordering an espresso and have it generate a 418 error?Putting ponies on it.
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@Tsaukpaetra
that's even worse then drinking that espresso
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
@Tsaukpaetra
that's even worse then drinking that espressoW̵̞͑ã̸̬s̶͉͑ ̵͍͆m̸̝̃ẙ̵͍ ̶͚̒ủ̴̖ṣ̸͆a̷̠͑g̵͎͗è̴̼ ̷̛̣o̸͙̓f̷͖̀ ̷̡̿ť̷̫ḩ̶̎ë̸͓ ̵̩̒w̷̛͕o̴̪͝r̸̞̃d̵͍̄ ̴͚̏n̶͜͝ê̷̯f̴̮͗a̷̮͒r̷͉͑i̵͖̇o̵̦͋u̷̬͌s̸̟̀ ̷͔̾u̶͎̓ǹ̷̥c̵̮͒ľ̷͈ê̵̤a̵̜̔r̷̫̓?̴̖̎
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fix the clock issue all 2007-2011 CRV sold in America with nav system has a clock/date issue since 2022
Honda: There's your problem.