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- Comment on Do it. 5 months ago:
Do it
- Comment on Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating? 5 months ago:
far different size.
Size first. Power electronics don’t have the same miniaturization benefits (or expectations) for laptops as they do for phones. Some factor here is that there’s just a different convention for these two different types of devices.
larger bricks that have separate mains cable which plugs into the brick
There’s a manufacturing benefit having one circuit where you can just change the mains cable for length or country adaptor types. High probably the wall warts have the same ability, but it isn’t as obvious if the plastic parts are press fit.
Why is that so?
Some laptops could run off of 65 w, but only the very basic types. An Alienware m18 R2 gaming laptop has a 280 w adaptor and it isn’t close to the same size or price as a phone adaptor.
Same for phones. 65 w is pretty beefy for a phone charger. It will come down to the requirements of the device.
Generally speaking, a charger can have more amps than the phone or laptop requires and that’s usually okay. The voltage is what you have to be careful about. 5v is kind of a common electronics safe voltage. Good chance all these “universals” chargers are 5v.
Again, something like an Alienware m18 R2 is going to require more than 5v.
Or is it simply cheaper to manufacture while being sold for the same price?
Good chance of that. Much easier to price fix on big warehouse type online marketplaces.
- Comment on After six years of hardware ray tracing, the best examples of it are modified old games, like Quake and Minecraft. 5 months ago:
Voodoo 3 2000
- Comment on Sympathy for their PTSD 5 months ago:
Sympathy for the devil
- Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer. 5 months ago:
AI and the discussion around it doesn’t live in a vacuum.
Occasionally you’ll get shit opinions like this. Easy slutty greek frat bro strawmen that’ll sleep with anything that moves and then dodge child support payments.
We all have to remember the true Chad argument against AI is that it’s built on degenerate theft and corporate soulless shills. AI is the Shikrelli of creativity.
- Comment on A little essay I wrote about "mods are power tripping" 5 months ago:
The ship is sinking, flex tape isn’t enough
- Comment on A little essay I wrote about "mods are power tripping" 5 months ago:
What To Do?
Regulation. Vote and support things like net neutrality, days ownership, privacy, and breaking up tech monopolies.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
They crave the algorithm
- Comment on Could use some help. 6 months ago:
Others have mentioned, but looks like 1st z is too low and it’s squishing the lines together on that top right widget.
If there’s a corner of the bed that’s a little higher that could be doing it. The touch is supposed to ameliorate leveling, but I would check the mesh and see if it is crazy bad
- Comment on Why do I feel sick every time I go out to eat with my gf? 6 months ago:
Bahahahah