nyan

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on how long and hard you want to run it.

A Pi5 uses a 5V 3A charger. Four AA batteries in series should give you 4-6V (the voltage changes as they discharge) and around 2A (going by the labelling on my rechargeables). So you might be able to run a Pi5 at full throttle for an hour or so given 8 AAs. There would be some loss at the buck-boost converter you'd need to guarantee an output of exactly 5V.

Using four Ds instead would simplify the wiring a bit and keep it running longer.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 16 points 19 hours ago

Yup, lost a battery to that (2019 Impreza). Pulled the fuse for the modem, and it's been fine ever since. I never used (or wanted) any of those features anyway.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, if there are headlines about it, it isn't actually all that quiet.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If you have a slam-dunk case, you can usually find a lawyer who's willing to take their pay out of the winnings.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Slip a pointless easter egg into the code. Make sure that if you don't know it's there, it can only be found by careful examination. Then sue any company whose code displays the easter egg and didn't follow the terms of the license, and you're set for life.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

"American man" is all the explanation you need here. If you have to pay for doctors, of course people who can't pay are going to turn to a free alternative that seems to offer some hope. That's one of the reasons why you don't have to pay to see a doctor in civilized countries.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 12 points 4 days ago

But ya, the car the Edsel was a dud.

From what I understand, it was less of one than the Cybertruck, though. Lots of marketing issues, lots of QA issues, but the only serious design flaw seems to have been the weird transmission setup, whereas the Cybertruck . . . actually, let's not go there.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 27 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Trump's understanding of science is on a par with that of Flat Earth and Hollow Earth believers. It's hard to foster what you don't understand.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago

Might be usable as a compose key for typing accented characters and such. It wouldn't need to be held for that.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 24 points 1 week ago

Because "compared to the US" is a very low bar to clear these days.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a simple swap error to me. Probably the nurse who was affixing the bracelets got distracted and got the two mixed up, so each baby ended up with the other's bracelet. North Dakota and only two babies born that day makes me think it was a small hospital where a lot of things were being done by hand, and not a lot of checks were being made.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago

Legally, yes. I'm pretty sure a pilot is still responsible for their aircraft while the autopilot is engaged, too.

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