Bradley M. Kühn
(1/3) Welp, here is an unintended consequence of #diabetes that I hadn't considered. #UnDoneCS
had sandwiches for lunch. I knew I shouldn't eaten the bread but I felt bad throwing it away…Aaand my blood sugar alarm went off loudly as it spiked at 250 mg/dL,so I opened my reasonably waterproof bag to grab my mobile device to silence the alarm. Left bag open, & started drinking lots of water as it's best thing I can do when blood sugar spikes (I'm not at level to need insulin)…it gets worse…
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Show threadBradley M. KühnMar 23
(2/3) … I also get really spacey & confused when my blood sugar is that high. So I drink bottle after bottle of water, then realize it's silly to waste the plastic, so I get a glass of water instead next. I proceed to knock it over while 3/4 full & it spills into my laptop. 😬
I do have plastic over my laptop when traveling in case of spills but over the screen, & laptop was upside down, so water got in.
If only I'd (a) not eaten the bread, or (b) closed the waterproof laptop case 😔…
#UndoneCS
Show threadBradley M. KühnMar 23

(3/3)…now I'm in a taxi to a laptop repair shop. I have a copy of my hard drive as of 96 hours ago in my luggage. But if I can't repair this today, I'll need to beg, borrow, buy, or rent a Debian-based laptop that supports Thunderbolt 4 or better to get notes for my talk off other drive & finish my slides tonight.
I may just buy a laptop at the shop if they can't fix it.

I feel like a fool here with a new group of great folks I just met & doing something stupid as a 1st impression. 😰🤦
#UndoneCS

Show threadMichael PiotrowskiMar 23
@bkuhn Argh! Fingers crossed!
Show threadBradley M. KühnMar 23
Right to repair *lives* in #Luxembourg! 1 person repair shop (out of his apartment!):https://www.itechlux.lu/
He had high powered compressed air &microscope to scan disassembled parts for droplets.
Thx too for #NovaCustom's serviceable laptops:≈50ml of water on motherboard? Easily found & dried! It boots;tech guy exclaimed: “wow,this is #Linux!”😁 I shutdown & rest it until tonight just in case. Only damage? Missed afternoon of #UndoneCS,≈120€ in taxifare,& hardcore embarrassment😳
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Show threadMichael PiotrowskiMar 23
@bkuhn Awesome! Relieved to hear this!
Show threadBradley M. KühnApr 26

Final chapter of my laptop water spill at #UnDoneCS:

The cool one-person repair shop in Luxembourg did a great job saving most of it, but the battery was hopeless. It's dead. #NovaCustom debugged with me but we were unable to conclude if it's safe to put a fresh battery — as there might be a short in the battery connector.

Since the water voided the warranty,
@novacustom kindly gave me a 5% discount to reorder.

The laptop I have now works fine as a desktop, as all functions but the battery.

Show threadSebastian Crane 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 26
@bkuhn @novacustom That's very good to hear that it works without a battery. Too many portable devices route power exclusively through the battery :/
Show threadBradley M. KühnApr 26
@seabass Well, that's thanks to @novacustom: the install a standard DC-line (old school) power on the motherboard. I think the USB-C power does require the battery to function (when I use it, the system crashes randomly at high power consumption), but it works fine on the DC power.