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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep I recently had this happen to me for the first time with a generic handheld gaming system and was shocked when the device let out smoke. I opened it up and sure enough the buck converter for the battery charging circuit was burnt, likely because the non-compliant device had somehow requested more than 5V from the charger... The charger was USB-PD and works fine with my phone/laptop/headphones so I'm pretty sure it's not the problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Is it a SteamDeck? It happened to me once and Steam replaced it even after warranty was expired

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah a generic "K36" game system I bought for just under $20 in China. It played everything up to PS1 games flawlessly with a beautiful IPS LCD which was extremely impressive for the price. It even did one full recharge from a dumb charger without issue before I tried using my normal USB-PD capable charger on it, releasing the magic smoke.

I ended up buying a non-clone R36S for nearly twice the price to replace it, and although it works just as well without any damage yet the screen is noticably worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Lol, I never bought it. Just use PC emulators

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

PC lacks portability and battery life. The many generic ARM Linux game consoles fix both of those problems.