[paradaux]

With physical access, sure. The same could be said for shutdown with physical access. Nothing stopping the user without group membership from holding down the power button or unplugging the kettle cable.

[implements]

Grumbles something about standard computer power cables (IEC 60320 C13) not being ‘kettle leads’ (IEC 60320 C15) …

Though you can use actual high-temp rated kettle leads if you like - they fit and are safe in C14 sockets.

[didroe]

In the UK and Ireland (and maybe elsewhere?), a kettle lead is actually C13. I guess you need a beefier cable/pins in the US, as you're drawing more current at a lower voltage.

Most kettles now have a base with an integrated cable though, so the name doesn't really correspond with the cable's most common usage any more.

[totetsu]

My Japanese kettle has a MagSafe cord.

[paradaux]

As another post has commented, in Ireland we indeed use C13 cables, and it's pretty common to use this term for that here !

[Gordonjcp]

You mean your computer's PSU doesn't need a 120°C rated plug? Bro do you even CUDA?

[faangsticle]

What about wake on lan?

[robertlagrant]

Poor Ian.

[em-bee]

or type ctrl-alt-delete to start a reboot, if that's not been disabled.

[SoftTalker]

I think at one point that caused a console message: "This isn't DOS"

ctrl-alt-delete has not rebooted OpenBSD in a long time.