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  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

    There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

    Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
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    Hugo Mills
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    @cstross That one at least is so bad that you couldn't actually match it to anything in a real plug. The one up-thread is much worse, because it looks more or less like the innards of a plug.

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    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

      There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

      synlogic4242S This user is from outside of this forum
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      @cstross adding that diagram to the set of things I remember when someone tells me they're adding AI to some product/domain as a Good Thing

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      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

        RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

        Notes for Americans:

        1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

        2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

        3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

        Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:F This user is from outside of this forum
        Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:F This user is from outside of this forum
        Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:
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        #14

        @cstross

        oh yeah, well 60hz works better for clocks.. And our Sonic ran faster than your Sonc... So!.

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        • Daniel CarosoneU Daniel Carosone

          @cstross only missing the enormous rat-penis

          Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
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          @uep @cstross Why bring Elon Musk into this?

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          • Hugo MillsD Hugo Mills

            @uep @cstross Why bring Elon Musk into this?

            Daniel CarosoneU This user is from outside of this forum
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            Daniel Carosone
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            #16

            @darkling @cstross well now, I can think of worse places to apply 13A of 240V

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            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

              There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

              GillingerG This user is from outside of this forum
              GillingerG This user is from outside of this forum
              Gillinger
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              @cstross
              Looks plausible to me 🤣

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              • Eric GoodwinA Eric Goodwin

                @cstross Blive implies the existence of a Bdead

                CrystaleD This user is from outside of this forum
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                @auxonic @cstross I blive I can flyyyy

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                • MozM Moz

                  @cstross that one is such obvious garbage that even if someone tried to follow it they'd fail.

                  The danger is with plausible but wrong. OTOH the one showing phase and neural linked is going to go bang quickly, where swapping phase and earth is a known killer. Maybe that's why the LLM wanted a fused earth?

                  sabikS This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @moz @cstross
                  I mean, you'd hope that a plug which shorts live and earth would just trip the house breaker or RCD, but it could also make nearby appliances live or cause a fire, if there's a fault or if the rest of the wiring is to the same standard

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                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                    There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                    NfoonfN This user is from outside of this forum
                    NfoonfN This user is from outside of this forum
                    Nfoonf
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                    #20

                    @cstross yeah right….

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                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                      There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                      Nicovel0 🍉N This user is from outside of this forum
                      Nicovel0 🍉N This user is from outside of this forum
                      Nicovel0 🍉
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                      @cstross MY EYES

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                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                        There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                        J.J.Fux 1660-1741M This user is from outside of this forum
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                        J.J.Fux 1660-1741
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                        @cstross Elon Musk's Grok has its own quirks:

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                        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                          There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                          ColmD This user is from outside of this forum
                          ColmD This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @cstross

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                          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                            There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                            quello che perde i pezziL This user is from outside of this forum
                            quello che perde i pezziL This user is from outside of this forum
                            quello che perde i pezzi
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                            #24

                            @cstross
                            that's what you get feeding Escher drawings to AI bots

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                            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                              There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                              ParsingphaseP This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @cstross Ok I think I know who did the wiring in my house now. They literally painted the end of the wire when they used the wrong one.

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                              • CrystaleD Crystale

                                @auxonic @cstross I blive I can flyyyy

                                Steve HerseyN This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @darckcrystale @auxonic @cstross

                                Oh, you'll fly all right, but the landing's gonna hurt.

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                                • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                  There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                                  Cadbury MooseC This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Cadbury MooseC This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Cadbury Moose
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                                  @cstross

                                  How the Holy Hell did they generate that? I mean, the UK has had more than enough competing designs over the years (some more dangerous than others), but that one's a physical impossibility.

                                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_British_and_related_types

                                  I've used most of those, over the years, plus the bizarre one with standard earth pin, one round pin and one rectangular (rotated 45 degrees) with fuses for both small pins (Bi-phase 240V centre-tapped to Earth!) That one was at Dunlop, and now gone. (Thank the Gods.)

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                                  • ColmD Colm

                                    @cstross

                                    GunChleocG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @dotcolm @cstross That bit of stripped wire on the bottom left is also going to hurt

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                                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                      RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

                                      Notes for Americans:

                                      1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

                                      2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

                                      3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

                                      Steve GloverA This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Steve GloverA This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Steve Glover
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                                      @cstross 1.a) The UK still had homes wired with the old round pin (2,5,15 amp) plugs until stupidly late.

                                      A 2a round pin gave just enough energy to use a wee heating element to boil a cup of water.

                                      For 13A plugs, the lowest available fuse was 3A so an old boilette could overheat for minutes before the fuse would blow....

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                                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                        RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

                                        Notes for Americans:

                                        1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

                                        2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

                                        3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

                                        Drew Towler 🇵🇭D This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Drew Towler 🇵🇭D This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Drew Towler 🇵🇭
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                                        @cstross It's OK, I've called the Darwin Award committee, they'll sort it out.

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                                        • Orb 2069O This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @jmaibaum @cstross

                                          I thought 'that needs a confused looking roly-poly wandering around in it.'

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