• April (She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Its a stupid trend, but at the end of the day teenagers will do stuff like this no matter what generation you look at. I hope they can become educated to why this is bad and you shouldn’t do it.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I’m no electrical engineer but:

    Why the fuck can you short a chromebook at the power port? Shouldn’t that have some sort of safety? Can you short a toughbook through the power port? Definitely keeping the little cover closed on mine when it’s not plugged in from now on (garage machine)

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOP
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      5 days ago

      That’s my thoughts as well

      I once abused a USB port on my laptop to use as a 5v power supply but I later shorted it by connecting the wrong wires. It didn’t explode but it did blow the fuse for that port.