@IOHK_Charles Just because of ego, what a shame. Can't become anonymous because you are better than me and the world needs to know your opinion. Lost the cause buddy, it was never about you
Your phone charger can electrocute a toddler who pokes a fork into the socket. The British plug cannot. That difference comes from a 1947 engineering project that refused every shortcut and turned a household plug into one of the most deliberately safe objects ever mass-produced.
Britain published BS 1363 in 1947, built for the post-war housing boom. The country was wiring millions of new homes at once and needed one standard that would work safely for everyone. They picked the most paranoid option available.
The earth pin (the large top prong) is longer than the other two. When you push a British plug in, the earth pin goes in first. Inside the socket, it presses a lever that opens two metal shutters covering the live and neutral slots. A fork pushed into an empty British socket hits only shutters. The shutters block it.
The two conducting pins are also coated in plastic for their lower half. A plug halfway out of the wall is still safe to touch. You would have to pull it completely clear before any live metal is exposed.
Inside every plug is its own fuse. UK homes wire their sockets in a loop called a ring circuit, which runs at 32 amps, enough to melt a lamp's cord if the cord fails. So each plug carries a fuse matched to the appliance: 3 amps for a lamp, 13 for a kettle. When something goes wrong in your appliance's wiring, only that plug's fuse blows.
The standard US plug (flat two-pin or three-pin) has none of the pin coating and no individual fuse. American building codes began requiring shuttered outlets in new construction in 2008, decades after Britain made shutters standard. Even those newer shuttered versions lack pin coating and plug-level fuses.
Britain's plug is bulky because a fuse, a shutter mechanism, insulated pins, and three contact prongs all need room. The plug looks the way it does because safety engineers refused to sacrifice any of those features to make it smaller, and that decision is now 79 years old.
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That should never happen in a modern NHS.
Labour built the NHS in difficult times. Now, in difficult times once again, we must be bold enough to modernise it.
We cannot afford to keep looking the other way.
We must go big on giving patients more control, go big on embracing technology, and go big on building an NHS fit for the future.
Patients deserve better. NHS staff deserve better. The technology exists.
Now we need the courage to act.
@CryptoWatcherOG@empowa_io , still selling out collateral NFTs. Still building homes in Africa. Not a single peep from Charles or anyone else. They are the ONLY project are Cardano that are still fulfilling the original Cardano promise.
Nuvola Legal Update
In line with our commitment to transparency and fiduciary responsibility, we are providing a factual update regarding ongoing legal matters against Iagon LTD and its officers.
Nuvola unequivocally dismisses all claims made on September 4th and thereafter, by Iagon and it's officers, as meritless accusations and defamatory in nature.
โข After failed mediation attempts late 2025, Nuvola filed a criminal complaint in the United Arab Emirates.
โข February 2026, the complaint was formally accepted by the relevant UAE authorities.
โข A criminal investigation has been ongoing for several months with the Cyber and IT criminal division, with authorities continuing evidence-gathering procedures.
โข Nuvola has worked together to furnish evidence and proof of wrongdoing with respect to the complaint to help the concerned authorities uncover the truth behind the defamatory statements made against us.
The case relates to claims including:
โข Cyber Defamation
โข Tortious Interference
For clarity, Nuvola has not been subject to any legal action or lawsuit in connection with the accusations allegedly and falsely made by Iagon in September 2025.
We remain focused on executing our roadmap and delivering value to our partners, users, and community.
As this is an active legal matter, we have legal restrictions in providing the detailed information of ongoing investigation.
We assure you of our integrity, our commitment to quality, and our dedication to maintaining the trust of our partners, users, and community.
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Iโve spent years building the Clarity Act so America doesnโt have to play catch up. We must act now.
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