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What Happened To Duracell PowerCheck?(hackaday.com)

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Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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It was gimmicky as hell. Did it work? Who cares. It was irrelevant for 90% of consumers.

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linearchaos@lemmy.world
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I really miss it honestly. Kids, so, so many batteries in my house.

Dad, my blah blah blah isn’t working right. Then I have to go dig out this monster:

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Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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Your kids will inherit that charger, and their kids afterward.

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Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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Hopefully not because the kind of batteries that work with this reader are awful batteries. Single use disposable batteries are an absolutely stupid idea we should be moving away from

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hOrni@lemmy.world
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Why does it look so weird? I’m not even sure what shape I’m looking at.

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linearchaos@lemmy.world
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Just an inch thick plastic box with a perspective drawing sticker on top of it, But the box is shaped to fit the perspective drawing.

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Myro@lemm.ee
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Haha yeah, it looks like a fake picture or some cartoon.

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Petter1@lemm.ee
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I just use an old multimeter that I saved from eWaste 😂😇

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linearchaos@lemmy.world
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I have no lack of proper test equipment, this is actually kind of nice because the kids can use it easily without trying to wrangle a battery and two leads.

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oldfart@lemm.ee
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What in the fuckiest of fucks is this? 😱

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linearchaos@lemmy.world
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Ancient voltmeter for children

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Mwa@lemm.ee
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i think it did

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