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Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year ago

Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded

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Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded

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Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year ago
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While the lithium-ion batteries in disposable electronic cigarettes are discarded after a single use, they can continue to perform at high capacity for hundreds of cycles, according to a study published December 12 in the journal Joule.
  • Dark Arc
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    54•1 year ago

    That reminds me of this monstrosity https://www.walmart.com/ip/Neutrogena-Light-Therapy-Acne-Treatment-Face-Mask-1-ct/168984043

    You have to buy new “activators” every 30 uses as a way of increasing profits… You know rather than just letting users replace the batteries.

    • @[email protected]
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      12•1 year ago

      This seems easy to hack. Just dig into it and hook it up to a wall wort with the applicable resistor, then sell the monstrosity on eBay for 2x the cost.

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        8•1 year ago

        I can imagine the company suing

        • @[email protected]
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          12•1 year ago

          I can imagine them fucking off.

          • @[email protected]
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            13•1 year ago

            I can imagine all of you naked.

            • kamen
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              4•1 year ago

              That escalated quickly.

              • Cosmic Cleric
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                2•1 year ago

                I imagined that it would escalate quickly.

            • YeetPics
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              1•1 year ago

              Wait, you guys are clothed?!

        • @[email protected]
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          1•1 year ago

          Nothing to sue over.

    • @[email protected]
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      8•1 year ago

      Reminded me of this: https://www.trojanbrands.com/en/products/sex-toys-vibrators/trojan-tandem-couples-vibrating-ring And Louis Rossmann’s repair video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv88A4vI960

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        I bought one of those once and when I realized what it was (something disposable that really shouldn’t be) I was quite upset.

        It’s 2023 for gods sake we should be able to buy rechargeable teledildonic cock rings at every corner store by now ffs. Alexa, suck my dick.

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      4•1 year ago

      I used to have a radio that would use the leftover battery from a Polaroid 600 cassette.

      Iirc that was some sort of a lipo and it handled the flash and motors, but had more than enough power after the paltry 10 pictures were taken to power an AM/FM radio.

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      3•1 year ago

      You have to buy new “activators” every 30 uses

      “Please drink…”

      Who knows the rest?

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        This ancient greentext?

    • @[email protected]
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      1•1 year ago

      60 dollars for 10 dollars worth of electronics with no moving components… of course they wouldn’t let you just keep using it for years

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