• @Darkard@lemmy.world
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    913 months ago

    “I found evidence of ancient aliens!”

    I sure am getting my money’s worth out of this image

  • @chulo_sinhatche@lemmy.world
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    743 months ago

    “I found this in the middle of nowhere, far from human settlements! How else could it get there?” - the electrical engineer who hiked to said spot

  • Maxnmy's
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    453 months ago

    Good to know that aliens use the same standardized outlets and plugs.

      • @Stupidmanager@lemmy.world
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        63 months ago

        You’d think they’re want at least a level 2 charging rock, though. 110v is going to take years. Silly aliens, they should know better.

    • @then_three_more@lemmy.world
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      163 months ago

      Good to know that aliens use the same standardized American outlets and plugs.


      It’s very lucky they don’t use European or British of the other dozen or so types of plug that exist globally.

        • @then_three_more@lemmy.world
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          23 months ago

          No, British are rectangular pins. Thinking on it I think I may have seen them in specialist use for theatre lighting.

          So I take it back, they’ve chosen a bit of an obscure plug. That or it really is 👽👽👽👾

    • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      83 months ago

      To be fair, if we’re reverse engineering from alien tech, that’s likely what we would use as well.

      Not that it’s likely in the first place.

  • Inductor
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    403 months ago

    That’s literally just an XLR3 plug. It’s used for analog audio and DMX lighting controls.

    Don’t know why you’d put it in a rock though.

    • @Clusterfck
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      103 months ago

      Well duh, it’s because we used the alien technology for ourselves in our most important projects.

      XLR3 stands for Planet X (the place the aliens came from) Long Range (because it’s far away, duh) and 3 is because it took three tries to plug the rock in correctly.

    • @SteveTech@programming.dev
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      83 months ago

      Haha yeah, I sell these at work and recognised it immediately! It’s literally just the inner part you solder the wires onto, without the outer casing.

      I tried to find a photo, but I struggled:

      3 Pin XLR Connector in parts

    • sylver_dragon
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      43 months ago

      Don’t know why you’d put it in a rock though.

      It’s a good way to get attention. It’s working right now. It may have also been useful for increasing his bank account with the money of morons.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      183 months ago

      It’s too bad he didn’t tell anyone where it was or we could confirm that. But I’m glad to hear of his revelations.

  • @Monument
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    263 months ago

    Those prongs must be alien metal to not have oxidized away.

  • @Lemmeenym@lemm.ee
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    223 months ago

    Okay, nobody else has said anything but what’s really bugging me is this. Why does the rock have the male connector? It’s not even flush with the surface, it’s embedded slightly recessed. Attaching a cord with a female connector would be a much bigger annoyance than if they were switched around.

    • genuineparts
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      It’s an early CPU and those are the pins. Three pins, clearly a very prototype Transistor :D