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flummox1234 t1_j1mx6pj wrote
Reply to comment by garylee671 in Tech Journalism Doesn’t Know What to Do With Mastodon by psychothumbs
It's provocative. It really gets the people going.
flummox1234 t1_iuiv6cv wrote
Reply to comment by winelight in Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally by zsreport
It could just be the same connector type, e.g. I once plugged in a 9V charger into a 5V port that had same connector. Poof. Fried that electronic device.
flummox1234 t1_iuexp97 wrote
People commenting really should read the article. There is a certain measure of preventability here that isn't being done.
Many, if not most, of the fires in New York involve e-bike batteries owned by restaurant delivery workers, who work long shifts, traveling dozens of miles a day.
The longer the batteries are used, the more time it takes to fully recharge them, and it can take up to 8 hours. That in turn makes it harder for owners to keep on eye on their batteries the whole time they are plugged in, which is key for safety.
A lot of guys have four, five, six bikes in their apartment and they swap out chargers for different bikes when it doesn't belong to that bike,
flummox1234 t1_j9xim2n wrote
Reply to comment by TheJadedSF in Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by mitousa
you're probably thinking of the partnership of Sony Ericsson that made cell phones back in the day