TL;DW: Specification says that the holes are optional, but they are often used to facilitate the manufacture of the plug blades. It defines a position and size for the holes so that they will be out of the way of the actual part of the plug that makes contact
Alec (the person who runs this channel) has a habit of rambling on about all sorts of semi-related historical facts and other such nonsense.
I understand if that is not to your taste. I quite like it.
Huh. Are laptops made for the US market not able to take multiple voltages? Idk, all my electronics are rated for both 120 and 240 volt and when I went to europe, they didn't seem to care about the frequency at all.
Which always just made sense to me -- Computery electronics like cell phones and... Well, computers. Actually use DC current and so they have those power bricks that act as converters.
Then again it wouldn't surprise me if manufacturers went "eeeeh this one is for the US market, they just get the same voltage everywhere, make the power brick only take this specific configuration so we can make it cheaper", since my country has different voltages depending on which state you are in.
Commenting so I can come back to this later. You most certainly have my attention.
This is really cool. In general we should use our waste better.
... But also, my immature ass can't not laugh upon reading the phrase "Urine Economy".
Imho no.
Rather I feel like identity politics, taken on its own, has no side on the capitalism/anticapitalism spectrum. It concerns itself with other social relations, less material ones. Meaning you can support identity politics and be either a full communist OR an ultracapitalist.
Neoliberals LOVE identity politics. A lot of modern neolibs are very supportive of, for instance, GSM rights. Does that mean they're anti-capitalist? Fuck no. They just want queer and gay folk to be allowed to participate in capitalism without getting harrassed for their identity.
Console exclusivity is dying.
Repost to make it die faster.
I have looked. And sadly no. Usually whenever a product exists there is some way of getting it imported over here, even if it ends up costing a fortune and a half. Re-sellers that buy from the US or China in bulk and then sell it here. One of my mates had a Steam controller acquired through one of those.
But every month or so I'll go on MercadoLivre (it's Latin American e-bay, for the gringos reading this) and snoot around for importers that might be selling the Steam Deck. And it doesn't even seem to exist there.
I should say that it doesn't help that Valve named the d**n thing 'Steam Deck'. Because you know what happens when you search 'Steam Deck importado' on Brazilian shopping sites? You get a bunch of misspelled listings for the ElGato Stream Deck [impotent anger sounds]
[Me getting slowly skeletonised as I wait for any whiff of a hint that the steam deck might one day be available for purchase in Brazil]
You forgot to give the feudal gentleman a deformed chin from generations of inbreeding. But thanks, I shall use this, for like, things.
[listens to the song]
Y'know, with the urban myth that it could kill an old HDD, I expected something a lot more aggressive sounding.
π€ I won't argue because it does sound like something that can happen. It just sounds -- Weird -- To me. Lmao.