https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Andesexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-16T23:54:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2830:_Haunted_House&diff=323953Talk:2830: Haunted House2023-09-18T22:55:55Z<p>Andes: </p>
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I initially thought this was Randall's version of the old joke "The great thing about standards is there are so many of them." Like the zoo of USB cables and adapters to allow you to connect them. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 21:22, 18 September 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Well, shoot. I was hoping to find an online old phone charger cord museum but it doesn't seem to exist. In the late 1990s-early 2000s, every time you bought a cell phone, you automatically got a different charger cord that was basically incompatible with anyone else's. Those flat, wide weird looking connectors that predated USB-anything. Thought maybe someone would have compiled a list. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.192|172.70.126.192]] 22:05, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Pat<br />
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This reminds me of how Eastern Japan uses 50Hz but Western Japan uses 60Hz (and how under the Articles of Confederation each state had their own form of paper currency) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.63|108.162.237.63]] 22:03, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Bumpf<br />
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Not only are doorknobs quite standardized, they are usually already IN the doors. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:29, 18 September 2023 (UTC)<br />
Not always, unfortunately. I once rented an apartment where the bathroom door's inside knob had to be "plugged in" in order to open the door, but would fall out when not in use. If you couldn't find it you'd be stuck in the bathroom till someone let you out. [[User:Andes|Andes]] ([[User talk:Andes|talk]]) 22:55, 18 September 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Household electrical outlets do vary from country to country in Europe, such that I have collected a variety of plug adapters. And world-wide, I have seen it asserted that there are 15 different standards, including a number that are partially compatible with each other, differing only by the arrangement of the grounds. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.197|162.158.62.197]] 22:45, 18 September 2023 (UTC)</div>Andes