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Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension... by ghaff on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:18AM (#32867248)
Why would you think that most people would just know it’s a terrible idea? After all, the vast majority of (digital) cables that people use mostly work just fine so long as they fit—leaving aside vagaries of USB-C and Thunderbolt.
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Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension... by xani_ on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:35AM (#32867538)
> Why would you think that most people would just know it’s a terrible idea?

I dunno, statistic about deaths from electrocution?

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Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension... by ghaff on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:42PM (#32869512)
And why would they connect overall statistics about deaths from electrocution to that particular thing? Lots of ways to get electrocuted.
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Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension... by xani_ on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:40PM (#32870310)
Sure but they're pretty much overall, so adding "coz he used a suicide power cord" would show even less people actually affected"
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Re:CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension... by zardo on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:09PM (#32871397)
The problem isn't that it won't work, it's the exposed live prongs.
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