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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by vel0city on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:49AM (#29715405)
The Schuko plug referenced above is a plug used in some EU countries. The pins are all-metal and shows a picture of an example where the half-inserted pins are exposed and does not have a ground connected.

So yes, some EU products feature all-metal pins. And yes, on those plugs half-inserted plugs do expose metal parts.

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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by qayxc on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:09PM (#29715622)
> So yes, some EU products feature all-metal pins. And yes, on those plugs half-inserted plugs do expose metal parts.

Ever tried to half insert such plug? You'd be met with a thick plastic since these plugs cannot be half inserted while exposing the pins (hence the full metal pins).

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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by vel0city on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:07PM (#29716816)
Ever look at a link included in a comment chain?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko#/media/File:Schuko_plug...

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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by qayxc on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:29PM (#29797333)
That's not a Schoku socket!

Plugging the wrong type of plug into the wrong type of socket will lead to that.

That's a nice strawman, since the plug and the socket belong to different systems.

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