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- Comment on Do it. 3 weeks ago:
Do it
- Comment on Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating? 3 weeks 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. 3 weeks ago:
Voodoo 3 2000
- Comment on Sympathy for their PTSD 4 weeks ago:
Sympathy for the devil
- Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer. 4 weeks 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" 4 weeks ago:
The ship is sinking, flex tape isn’t enough
- Comment on A little essay I wrote about "mods are power tripping" 4 weeks ago:
What To Do?
Regulation. Vote and support things like net neutrality, days ownership, privacy, and breaking up tech monopolies.
- Comment on X's controversial changes to blocking and AI training saw half a million users leave for rival Bluesky in just a single day 5 weeks ago:
They crave the algorithm
- Comment on Could use some help. 1 month 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? 1 month ago:
Bahahahah
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
Except out doesn’t have to be that way. Bringing back anti monopoly regulation would prevent more consolidation.
- Comment on Does the word "burger" have any extra meaning in some parts of the gay or lgbtq community? 1 month ago:
Here’s the context I think
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
The CEO already talked about, and then walked back after backlash, a subscription mouse. Sounds like they’re going forward without saying anything this time.
@RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world time to drop all Logitech gear and never buy from them again.
- Comment on If a corporation were subject to normal human health risks, we would have a clean environment and trillions invested in fighting climate change. 1 month ago:
Or they think the consequence won’t apply to them, and they’re probably right. The nz compounds are real.
- Comment on There exists a position inside the earth where it is possible to cook a perfect pizza just by leaving it there 1 month ago:
Igneous extruded, is a type of pizza crust you’d get at a hipster pizza joint
- Comment on Is martial arts really that useful? 1 month ago:
MMA has an interesting trajectory where people actually didn’t know which style would win at first. Dudes in gis would actually fight some dude in kickboxing gear. Look up some old MMA fights and you’ll see the fights were usually awkward and bad.
Someone else called out in this thread that the rules of MMA influence what wins. I think that makes sense. They can’t just immediately kick each other in the balls.
I say join a gym and try out a few fights just so you know what it feels like to get punched in the face, and then do like everyone else says and get good at cardio. If you have asthma carry concealed I guess.
- Comment on Notendo [RetroPie - RP 5] 2 months ago:
Fucking love it
- Comment on Alcohol from peppers? 2 months ago:
Before you put in the work of making this yourself, try some hot pretty e beers first. Jalapeno especially imparts a waxy aftertaste, and the heat his differently in the back of the throat because your drinking rather than eating. Too close to a heartburn sensation for me
- Comment on Why is the community for Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact like this? 2 months ago:
She looks 14, but actually she’s a thousand year old vampire dragon, and she’s horny
- Comment on Shh, someone could hear us! 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why is the community for Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact like this? 2 months ago:
I like to do a quick Goog and post the character’s age whenever an anime pfp floats up into hot
- Comment on The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble 2 months ago:
I used to follow the Penrose stuff and was pretty excited about QM as an explanation of consciousness. If this is the kind of work they’re reaching at though. This is pretty sad. It’s not even anything. Sometimes you need to go with your gut, and my gut is telling me that if this is all the QM people have, consciousness is probably best explained by complexity.
ask.metafilter.com/…/Is-this-paper-on-quantum-pro…
Completely off topic from ai, but got me curious about brain quantum and found this discussion. Either way, AI still sucks shit and is just a shortcut for stealing.
- Comment on I think I am socially ostrasized, what should I do? 2 months ago:
I recognized I went a little crazy last week with some acquaintances. I’m going to ask them next week if it was ok. It’s hard to ask, but you just gotta do it and own it when it’s on you to improve.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
These companies barely release data sheets for pla filaments. I wouldn’t boil anything with resin in it in any garage for any amount of money.
www.elegoo.com/blogs/…/elegoo-resin-sds
Isopropylidenediphenol, aka bpa
Brother, I hope you’re in one of those Andromeda Strain full body suits.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
This is legit cool, but the fact that you’re doing this on a garage floor instead of in a hood or outside is terrifying
- Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous? 2 months ago:
Thanks, that’s what I was getting at, but I still also hate ai shit.
- Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous? 2 months ago:
Also brigade them
- Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous? 2 months ago:
We need to reveal downvotes so we can identify the ai lovers.
- Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous? 2 months ago:
I will always downvote ai shit. Brigade 100%. I’m fact this reminds me I need to get through all the ai subs and downvote everything again.
- Comment on Bryony Page 3 months ago:
Turning a raptor bone into an ocarina is the plot line of like 30% of Jurassic Park movies. The other 70% is using raptor bones to pretend disembowel children. It’s all raptor bones.