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allisonmy iphone insists on telling me that if i'm charging from my laptop's USB-A port, I'm using a "slow charger." i dunno, keep your opinions to yourself man. maybe you're just bad at charging, did you think of that. "waaaah i'm only getting 500mA" entitled little asshole
a libi rose@aparrish most annoying message, omg
@aparrish like, i'm sorry, that is the charger i have currently. would you prefer to die? i can let you die.
@rose_alibi tim cook stop watt-shaming me
Ehay2kOh , I like #wattshaming and hope it trends.
Those messages aren't only from Apple, many other vendors provide the same annoying message.
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Jenni Polodna@aparrish also like it's not a fuckin race, my guy, if you learn to live in the moment and accept whatever speed you *are* charging, you'll be a lot happier
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Cassandrich@nazokiyoubinbou @catsalad @aparrish That's gotta just be a garbage quality product, because you should be able to produce well over 10W cranking a proper dynamo by hand, plenty for a "fast charge".
LisPi@dalias @nazokiyoubinbou @catsalad @aparrish The good ones are also very expensive here.
As in "it's much cheaper to buy a foldable solar panel charger" expensive.
As in "it's much cheaper to buy a foldable solar panel charger" expensive.
@lispi314 @aparrish @catsalad @nazokiyoubinbou Used 3D printer stepper: $0-2. Rectifier diodes: Maybe $1? Capacitor: a few cents. USB PD module with integrated buck-boost: $5. Gearing: a few cents. Plastic housing: a few cents.
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Used 3D printer stepper: $0-2
I love that you assume we have a 3D printer already to install that in... Those few dollars/cents suddenly becomes several hundred... And what if we don't really have the know-how to actually modify and use one?
It would be cheaper just to buy one of these things than to try to make one that will fall apart after three uses.
@nazokiyoubinbou @lispi314 @aparrish @catsalad No, I mean motors from outdated 3d printers are something cheap you can find on craigslist/ebay/fb-market/etc. Motors out of broken vacuum cleaners made to break as soon as the warranty period runs out would also be very suitable.
@dalias @lispi314 @aparrish @catsalad Can't speak for them, but I sure wouldn't know how to modify all that. How do you guarantee it's the right voltage even? You'll tear up your electronics pretty fast if it starts putting out 120V on that USB cable... I think you'd have to add a DC-DC converter or something? Though even that could blow out if it's too extreme. I have no clue.
It still just suddenly turned into a whole huge thing that I'm pretty sure still isn't really that much cheaper and certainly is a lot less ideal than just buying a cheap one.
@nazokiyoubinbou @lispi314 @aparrish @catsalad Rechargeable vacuum cleaners typically are labelled with the voltage the motor runs at, which is what it should produce if turned at the same RPMs it'd run at. You'll get lower voltages turning it slower. The USB PD module with integrated buck-boost (a DC-DC converter) was in the "BOM" in my above toot.
@dalias @lispi314 @aparrish @catsalad Oh rechargeable vacuum cleaners. I thought you were suggesting a full blown one since you wanted to get lots of wattage out of it.
Well, that's another point where this gets more complicated than "just slap a few parts together." If one just reads vacuum cleaner, well, you see where this is going.
Not everyone can just slap all this together and presto, they have one of those. That's all I'm trying to say. You treat it as if it's weird that we don't just fire up the 3D printer and grab the soldering iron and presto, but it's not really a thing just everyone can just do on a whim.
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@aparrish I have a power adapter [multiple of them] that cannot fully charge the mobile device to %100 percent while it is powered on. I'm always happy to turn that thing off for 30 minutes to an hour. I just wish it wasn't so convenient. I have a computer in my pocket, but it's a terrible design. I always bring my laptop to work with me, so I get an far better compute experience. But it helps when I cannot communicate with someone who doesn't know English... To that, I'm grateful for the thing.
@mrgrumpymonkey @aparrish you know, having a charger that is unable to force your phone to 100% I would consider a feature. That charger has got to be awesome for battery health.
Unplug it around 80-90%, or whenever you get to it and find it can't charge more, and go on with your day.
Most battery wear happens in that 90-100% range of charging, or in the 10-0% discharging. It generates more heat to use the battery in those conditions. Fast charging does the same.
ā Fish Id Wardrobe@aparrish i plug my android phone into a 30ma charger and it says "fast charging!" with an added decimal to the charge % so you can see it whizzing past. the "wheee!" is implied but obvious. so: do better, apple. :)
Ćlbaum@aparrish Thereās an indicator for charging speed? Is that new? Iāve never found one.
@oscherler the "slow charger" text appears on the lock screen when you're plugged in. i think it's new with ios 26 or something? it doesn't have any other useful informationāi only know it was 500mA because that's the max that my laptop's usb ports support (and i measured it with my usb power meter, it was actually more like 460mA)