Fermion

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[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 9 points 8 hours ago

It's one-sided...

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (40 children)

Step 1: clean out the lint from the charging port

Step 2: make sure you actually got all the lint out and there isn't any hiding to the side.

~~The sim ejector pin that used to come with phones can sometimes just barely fit between the center blade and connector housing. Otherwise a paperclip with a slight hook bent into the end can work well.~~ Flosspicks work well to dig out the lint.

Also consider getting a wireless charger for nightly charging if your phone supports it.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I in general agree with what you wrote, but the Israel/Iran brinkmanship does feel a bit like the portrayal in this comic at times. So the comic seems relevant to recent events.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Having the receiver phone home would have the benefit of generating more accurate viewership data, where broadcast tv has historically relied on representative cohorts.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The whole point of captchas is to train bots. Did you think they were all road object and optical character recognition based because those are the categories humans really excel at?

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 11 points 3 days ago

Sounds like white labeling the cybertruck would be a great cultural fit for them.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

From a product development viewpoint, the gun is an uninteresting part. It's better to use something that already has a mature production line and has been thoroughly field tested. It's the vision and control systems they are interested in developing, the gun is just the chosen end effector for this application.

Even when they're ready to start deploying systems like this, there's a lot of value in using compenents that the military already has a lot of spare parts for and that personnel know how to maintain. I wouldn't expect a custom gun until units like this are commonplace.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 8 points 4 days ago

Won't someone think of the tech companies in these unprecedented times.

The focus should be on the widespread devastation to peoples lives. Who cares if the semiconductor industry has to deal with worse yields and higher prices? That's not what matters right now.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't know the answer, but I found this discussion which seems relevant.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/69666/atx-power-supply-front-end-how-does-this-work

The explanation given says it has to do with the functionality allowing the psu to be used with either 110VAC or 220VAC mains.

Does the psu you measured without input capacitance have a physical switch for selecting 110V or 220V?

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 23 points 4 days ago

That area has never had that level of flooding since it was settled. Sure, everyone knows floods are dangerous, but not even the meteorologists were expecting the extent of flooding they actually got.

Have some humility and realize that you have access to knowledge now that would have sounded crazy before the events.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I could see the racing sim community wanting something like this. Having haptics that respond to engine throttle and road bumps would be interesting.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 9 points 5 days ago

For example, I used to use generic eye drops. Then there were a bunch of recalls on eye drops made in India because they weren't kept sterile and people were getting eye infections. So now I make sure to only buy eye drops that are manufactured in countries with actual controls on health codes. It turns out that imposing that restriction elliminated all the generic options. I'm certainly not happy to be paying double for brand name pataday, but I don't care to mess with the chance of eye infections.

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