fun fact: the uk tv license rules say im allowed to watch TV on my laptop when im at uni, but ONLY IF said laptop is not currently plugged into the wall
just an absolutely majestic rule lmao. so entertainingly arbitrary
daisychaining 3 battery packs together so i can bingewatch taskmaster without having to stop to use the wall outlet

@mynotaurus Oop, careful! The battery packs aren't the laptop's "own internal battery" ;)

(but yeah, it's comically silly)

This actually sent me down a rabbit hole of whether TV Licensing is correct to use that wording - it looks like their wording is pretty explicitly copying that of the law, tbf:
"A license [...] for the use anywhere of any television receiver powered solely by its own internal batteries by the licensee or by a person normally living with the licensee at the specified location." (The Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004, Schedule 1)

Weird.

@lyrenhex when you put it like that, yeah. That makes sense