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Genuinely curious: what do you do internally for "male" and "female" connectors?

mgraczyk 4y ago
That one is in the public list. https://developers.google.com/style/word-list https://developers.google.com/style/word-list You're supposed to use "plug" and "socket" instead.
- kyleblarson 4y ago
  That google is at a point where they can pay employees to waste time on crap like this and yet still print money is incredible.
- MatteoFrigo 4y ago
  To be fair, the male/female nomenclature for connectors has been a mess for decades. One old convention, mostly originating with radio-frequency connectors, is that the gender of the connector is the gender of its innermost contact. Thus, the plug of the common 2.5" and 2.1" connector of power supplies is technically female because the inner contact is a hole. The socket on the appliance has a pin in the middle and is technically male. When you try to buy one, half the time the part is labelled as male and the other half it is labelled as female. But there is no problem bad enough that cannot be made worse by government. Years ago some US regulator didn't like the fact that people were plugging big radio antennas into wifi equipment, so they invented the "reverse-polarity" connector. What used to be a "SMA male" connector with a pin in the middle now is a "RP SMA male" connector with a hole in the middle. Here is a random link with a picture: http://cablesondemandblog.com/wordpress1/2014/05/05/reverse_polarity_sma_connectors_sma_tnc_reverse_polarity_tnc/ http://cablesondemandblog.com/wordpress1/2014/05/05/reverse_... If you order this kind of connectors, now you have a 25% chance of getting what you need. One RP SMA male and a SMA female will mate together but not propagate any signals.
- stefan_ 4y ago
  Haha jesus no wonder they added the "AI-powered" hints because who the fuck can be expected to keep track of all this nonsense? > hang, hung > Don't use to refer to a computer or system that is not responding [..] see Avoid unnecessarily violent language.
  - marton78 4y ago
    Oh, that's due to violence? I thought because it evokes phallic associations, as when someone is well hung.
    - redisman 4y ago
      I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I cant let you type “hanging dong”
    - raffraffraff 4y ago
      Well now it does. Thanks for nothing Marton.
londons_explore 4y ago
plug, socket
- formerly_proven 4y ago
  ... tells you where it is (cable-mounted or panel-mounted/fixed), not the gender. plug socket male exists exists female exists exists hermaphroditic exists exists changeable exists exists
- PeterisP 4y ago
  Those refer to different things. Here's a female plug https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-3-Wire-Connector-Orange-R51-515CV-0OR/205165516 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-3-Wire-C... Here's a male socket https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10A-250V-AC-Male-Power-Socket_62128917740.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10A-250V-AC-Male-Powe...

That one is in the public list. https://developers.google.com/style/word-list https://developers.google.com/style/word-list You're supposed to use "plug" and "socket" instead.

kyleblarson 4y ago
That google is at a point where they can pay employees to waste time on crap like this and yet still print money is incredible.
MatteoFrigo 4y ago
To be fair, the male/female nomenclature for connectors has been a mess for decades. One old convention, mostly originating with radio-frequency connectors, is that the gender of the connector is the gender of its innermost contact. Thus, the plug of the common 2.5" and 2.1" connector of power supplies is technically female because the inner contact is a hole. The socket on the appliance has a pin in the middle and is technically male. When you try to buy one, half the time the part is labelled as male and the other half it is labelled as female. But there is no problem bad enough that cannot be made worse by government. Years ago some US regulator didn't like the fact that people were plugging big radio antennas into wifi equipment, so they invented the "reverse-polarity" connector. What used to be a "SMA male" connector with a pin in the middle now is a "RP SMA male" connector with a hole in the middle. Here is a random link with a picture: http://cablesondemandblog.com/wordpress1/2014/05/05/reverse_polarity_sma_connectors_sma_tnc_reverse_polarity_tnc/ http://cablesondemandblog.com/wordpress1/2014/05/05/reverse_... If you order this kind of connectors, now you have a 25% chance of getting what you need. One RP SMA male and a SMA female will mate together but not propagate any signals.
stefan_ 4y ago
Haha jesus no wonder they added the "AI-powered" hints because who the fuck can be expected to keep track of all this nonsense? > hang, hung > Don't use to refer to a computer or system that is not responding [..] see Avoid unnecessarily violent language.
- marton78 4y ago
  Oh, that's due to violence? I thought because it evokes phallic associations, as when someone is well hung.
  - redisman 4y ago
    I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I cant let you type “hanging dong”
  - raffraffraff 4y ago
    Well now it does. Thanks for nothing Marton.

londons_explore 4y ago

plug, socket

formerly_proven 4y ago
... tells you where it is (cable-mounted or panel-mounted/fixed), not the gender. plug socket male exists exists female exists exists hermaphroditic exists exists changeable exists exists
PeterisP 4y ago
Those refer to different things. Here's a female plug https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-3-Wire-Connector-Orange-R51-515CV-0OR/205165516 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-125-Volt-3-Wire-C... Here's a male socket https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10A-250V-AC-Male-Power-Socket_62128917740.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10A-250V-AC-Male-Powe...