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I squeezed in a few extra electrons, but I'm not sure if it's enough. Do you think it will last a full day?

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[โ€“] Wahots@pawb.social 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Spicy pillow! Discharge it if you can and then don't charge it again.

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago

It's safely in my garage for now and isn't being touched until I hear from my local fire station about the best way to dispose of it here ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] foo@feddit.uk 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmy needs /c/spicypillows

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago

Iddidn't think to look for one before, but there is !spicypillows@lemmy.world ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

"LSLANDS (LSLAS MALVINAS)"

Why are the capital "I"s printed as "L"s, but the lowercase "i"s in small caps are correct?

Why is "U.K." lowercase (small caps), but "ARGENTINA" in all caps (also in small caps)?

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago

The map is awesome, you can play games of spot the 'deliberate' errors all around the world ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

fun fact: call the bomb squad, call them now

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago

All joking aside, I did mean to ring my local fire station today to find out how to dispose of it in my area. The local guidance is pretty much non existent.

found Saddam Hussein

[โ€“] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Supercharged, actually ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

That's supercool ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] paequ2@lemmy.today 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

looks at map, Falkland Islands

looks at comm, Casual UK

slowly backs away

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago

An elderly man walks into an English pub wearing a military uniform. The barman pours him a pint and asks him where he served, but the man points to a particularly nasty scar across his throat and rasps out the word 'Falklands'.

The barman is moved by this obvious war injury and tells the old soldier that his drink is on the house. The soldier grins, shakes the barman's hand and says 'Muchas gracias!'

[โ€“] 18107@aussie.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its the evolution of removable batteries - the self removing battery.

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It explosively removed itself to low earth orbit earlier. How long should I wait for it to return?

[โ€“] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry too much about the time. Orbital mechanics guarantees that it will return to the exact same place as it left.

Unless the Earth is rotatingโ€ฆ You didn't start the earth rotating, did you?

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

My orbital maths is a bit rusty, but I don't think so? I mean, I am quite close to the top of the planet, and the battery did go pretty quickly, but, uh, I don't think so... ๐Ÿซฃ

[โ€“] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

All (2-body) orbits are ellipses, so the path is guaranteed to travel through starting location a second time.

If your battery does not have enough mass to return to you from below, you may need to speak to the manufacturer regarding warranties.

[โ€“] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like the Falklands are about to explode again ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

[โ€“] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Worked for Thatcher. Starmer must be tempted.

[โ€“] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‘€

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Just put it in the microwave. I'm going to go out into my garden and see which direction the sonic boom comes from.

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

I PUT IT IN THE MICROWAVE, BUT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND NOW I CAN'T FIND THE MICROWAVE

[โ€“] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, the spiciness might be what's making my head tingle when I sleep on it ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

That and the spare electrons! They multiply at night, of course!

[โ€“] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s fine, just fill the gap with some silicone.

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Maybe if I seal it, I can squeeze a bit more electric in and fill any gaps ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

And rice, don't forget the rice..

Whoah, not good.

He's gotta press it down first so it makes a good seal

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 20 hours ago

Needa make some modifications to that map...

[โ€“] cornshark@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this one of those 3d touch screens?

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

Ithink iit is, but I don't like it. It makes my finger feel tingly.

[โ€“] nexguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the daddy of all puffy batteries

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Mmmm... Puff battery. I wonder if it tastes as good as a puff pastry, I'm just going to get a knife and find out ๐Ÿ˜‹