Notices by muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social), page 18

Love all the enthusiasm and passionate ideas you people have! Truly inspiring, keep 'em coming!

So, let's assume you had the chance to work on your own startup idea for one year with all your personal expenses covered... what would you work on?

Who remembers this classic article in The Independent from December 1993?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anti-soviet-warrior-puts-his-army-on-the-road-to-peace-the-saudi-businessman-who-recruited-mujahedin-1465715.html

Bought a new drive to replace the disk I just lost... and guess what: DOA - dead on arrival.

My luck with new hardware knows no boundaries.

First casualty of the summer heat: an 8TB disk died on me today :blobugh:

Closes reddit.com tab to finally start focusing on some work. Opens a new tab, types redd... GOD DAMN IT.

It's so hot right now, every time I go to the fridge to pour me a glass of iced tea, I end up drinking it on the way back to the desk... just to sit here again with an empty glass 😂

Multiple TCP-based remote denial of service issues found in Linux and FreeBSD kernels:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/17/5

@lukespacewalker

Pretty good, how about yourself? o/

That one time when I almost killed a guy with a drone, but then somehow didn't, and the laser-cut wooden trophy I got for it 😂

Reads: "Award for safety in model making"

That one time when I almost killed a guy with a drone, but then somehow didn't, and the trophy I got for it 😂

Reads: "Award for safety in model making"

@TheEnbyperor

Great, I just spilled a drink 😂

@mdszy

Yeah, regulating up would be much harder. I'm guessing it's a down-regulated 3-cell as well, which might provide a steady 8.5V for a prolonged time.

In that case they may actually be 650mAh indeed, just at 8.5V not 9V.

@BalooUriza

Not that I'm aware of. With this particular type (li-ion) it's particularly tough because a single cell provides 3.7 volts.

That said, there are regular AA/AAA chargers that can be powered via USB.

@gamehawk

You're absolutely right there, and that's obviously always a problem with li-ions... that said, they actually advertise this specifically for smoke alarms. Which makes me think that may be a down-regulated 3-cell, that may keep the voltage steady for a prolonged time.

I'll let you know once I figure it out 😉

@mdszy

8.5 volts fully charged. Which is somewhere right in the middle, so I'm still not sure whether that's two or three li-ion cells 😆

@mdszy

Yeah, that's my best guess right now, too.

@mdszy

Yeah, I'm also highly confused how they're doing it.

7.2V would definitely be too low for most use-cases, however they're already up to 8.3V while charging them right now, so I give them the benefit of doubt for now.

I don't buy their capacity either, but I guess I'll find out soon.

@DC7IA

You can easily find them on Amazon. Just search for "Palo 9V"

Be warned though: I still doubt they actually deliver 9 volts, and also don't quite buy the 650mAh capacity either (just yet).

I'll try them out and give you a verdict soon 😆