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[itisnotlogical]

Accidentally clicked on the Members List and realized that there are thousands more members of Bay12 than those I see around day-to-day. Many of them have less than a hundred posts and haven't been active for over a decade. Who are these people? Where did they go? What are they doing now? Why am I so invested in these people that are literally nothing more than a name on a screen to me?

Also, God I really miss Legends and Adventure, AKA The Sacred Realm, AKA the best damn Zelda fan site the world has ever seen.

[DeKaFu]

Not being able to play Skyrim is making me kinda bummed out right now.

I only played a short way in a few years ago and actually really liked it... never got to see most of the content I was really excited about. Now people are talking about it again and it's making me really itch to play it properly, but I can't because of my stupid fucked up hands. Not without some serious pain.

I mean... that's not entirely true, I'm sure I could with some strict time management. But. It seems like playing Skyrim for a maximum of 15 minutes a day would drive me way crazier than not playing at all.

Also, watching shows lately with other people marathon-gaming in them is making me feel sorry for myself. Bleh.

[Shook]

Bluargh, i feel you. I've had shoulder/arm/hand pain for a long time now, and i'm not sure what i can game because of it. :<

also it's not even 6pm yet and my nose has already bled 3 times today

5 if we count after midnight but before sleeping

Something is prodding my allergy pretty badly. Last night i thought i was catching a cold because of how violently overproductive my nose was. :I

[Nirur Torir]

My keyboard randomly died last night for no reason. My new one feels weird.

[Eric Blank]

Something is prodding my allergy pretty badly. Last night i thought i was catching a cold because of how violently overproductive my nose was. :I

Huh. I've been having the same issue. I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

Something is prodding my allergy pretty badly. Last night i thought i was catching a cold because of how violently overproductive my nose was. :I

Huh. I've been having the same issue. I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of.

Illegal human field testing?

[Yoink]

Bathroom sink was clogged again so I had a bloody hard time shaving.

Also had my first wash in over a week. :-/

[alexandertnt]

I tried to open a battery pack from an old laptop, as I heard that you can replace the cells cheap. Thought it might be a neat mini-project to do over the weekend.

Spoiler: So much for that plan (click to show/hide)

I have heard people say that there is some conspiracy to disable the pack after time/charges to make you buy more, even though the cells are fine. 4 out of 6 of the cells were completely dead, so that doesn't appear to be the case here.

[Arcvasti]

Had to take the cat in to the vet on short notice today. That was a three-hour adventure, but at least the kitty seems to be alright. The thing is, my cat is long-haired, sheds when nervous and doesn't much like vet visits. Result: My clothes are now eligible to be classified as a fursuit.

[Gunner-Chan]

I have heard people say that there is some conspiracy to disable the pack after time/charges to make you buy more, even though the cells are fine. 4 out of 6 of the cells were completely dead, so that doesn't appear to be the case here.

conspiracy theorys are often just that... And to be honest making up some kind of circuitry to stop or weaken the charge capacity of a battery pack is more work than just installing proper charge limiters to prevent overcharging or overdischarging.

So what are you gonna do with those two good cells then? You still got the makings of a fun little project right there so long as you don't accidentally explode them like I did last year.

[Orange Wizard]

I have heard people say that there is some conspiracy to disable the pack after time/charges to make you buy more, even though the cells are fine. 4 out of 6 of the cells were completely dead, so that doesn't appear to be the case here.

That's basically just planned obsolescence tho

[alexandertnt]

So what are you gonna do with those two good cells then? You still got the makings of a fun little project right there so long as you don't accidentally explode them like I did last year.

Firstly, test their capacity on my charger. To do that though I need to basically find several hours straight to babysit them (which is hard at the moment) to make sure they don't get hot during charge.

If they turn out OK, I was thinking of using them to power a RaspberryPI + RTL-SDR, for use with the shortwave antenna in my back yard.

How did you manage to explode yours?

That's basically just planned obsolescence tho

I imagine if that's what they were going for, they would have built the whole battery pack into the laptop, rather than making it user replaceable. Like a lot of new computers are.

[Rose]

Nah, a lot of laptop battery packs are super expensive for that reason.

[alexandertnt]

Nah, a lot of laptop battery packs are super expensive for that reason.

Eh, the battery pack I took apart was made in Japan, and seem to contain just about every type of protection in existence on the PCB. They are much higher quality than aftermarket packs (some of which use recycled cells themselves).

[Gunner-Chan]

How did you manage to explode yours?

I think I managed to somehow make them discharge into eachother in a really weird way... I'm not entirely sure why it happened either.

Pretty much blew up right next to my head and now my daughters japanophile girlfriend likes to joke I'm Balalaika or Hanako depending on my mood at the time.