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Can confirm using "plug" for both male and female ends interchangeably
by quirkot 5y ago
Can confirm using "plug" for both male and female ends interchangeably
- cdot2 5y agoWhich is clearly a more useable syntax
- lallysingh 5y agoThe plug is part of the cable, the socket is part of the device. The geometry of the connector itself is irrelevant.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoHow would one differentiate between the type of cable end that goes into this outlet? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-Locking-Grounding-Power-Inlet-Outlet-Gray-4716-CWP/301344359 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-Locking-...
- lallysingh 5y agoUse a second word to identify it. A "Foo plug" or if it's just the reverse of what you normally have, an "inverted plug."
- lotsofpulp 5y agoAdding an avenue for confusion when you can tell anyone in any language that you need a wire with a female end for a male outlet seems like a less than ideal use of resources.
- lallysingh 5y agoSounds like you're conflating connector types with which side goes on the cable. Your ontology only works for simple connectors where the gender metaphor is trivial. But it's still a metaphor, and a poor and crude one at that. You could say "pinned socket" and "holed plug" and be simpler and more direct. But sure, keep with the 6th grade penis joke instead.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoWhat is an example where the ontology does not work? It seems like a pretty accurate metaphor for all the everyday electrical/plumbing use cases I have come across. What makes it “poor and crude”? And viewing it as a 6th grade penis joke is more of a 6th grade penis joke mentality than just using male and female. We use allusion all the time to use words to mean different things in different contexts all the time.
- chha 5y agoAnd this will cause issues when you have cable-into-cable. Then you'll have a plug into a plug, with no apparent difference.