After that, plugs became a national peculiarity, as cartels of national manufacturers drew up proposals for plug designs that met the safety standards of the day - and kept overseas competition at bay.

BBC: A universal plug socket... at last?

So what can we do to restore a sense of safety to the market without simply pulling the plug and losing access to all the liquidity computers enable?

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