People who joke about legos haven't stepped on this bad boy

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (8 children)

this is something I've heard a lot from people in the UK, do UK electronics not have switches on them or something? all electronics I've ever seen living in the US have a power switch on them, do you think we unplug our stuff to turn them off?

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't know you people had only one of them.

    I have:

    1. A switch on my appliance
    2. A switch on each socket of my extension board
    3. A switch on the wall
    4. An MCB connected to groups of sockets
    5. An MCB for the whole house
    6. A circuit breaker on the nearby distribution station
    7. A circuit breaker in the power plant
    8. A generator start/stop system in the power plant
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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Lots of devices have status lights and other circuutry that still gets powered when "off". Its not a huge difference, but its nice to skip the unnecessary draw.

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  • [+] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    What a bizarre way to look at things. Did you break even on writing that comment, or was it a waste of time?

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  • [+] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago*

    Im not getting paid for every second of my life. If you want to be all logical you must use actual logic. The opportunity cost you've projected on the action is not a real one.

    I also dont think i ever mentioned saving money, did I? You just want to put words in my mouth and then argue about it.

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