Post 9tnUGDNhlxTLEZ6z8S by glow@chaos.social
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 (DIR) Post #9tnSvZ9hWPgAjJ9Ruy by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T09:50:03Z
       
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       One of those USB magnetic cables just shorted and started melting. Luckily my phone seems to have survived with minor damage.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnSvZi5SZBWRxEuW0 by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:03:00.770670Z
       
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       @glow What sort of minor damage?
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnSvmJObg9tX8msKm by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T09:52:17Z
       
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       Music cuts out and then smell burning and then smoke.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnT4pSgGVvDuORiC0 by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:04:04Z
       
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       @laggard Black plastic residue around the USB port.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnT4pxARAJBQwi3iC by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:04:43.258625Z
       
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       @glow Perhaps solvent (lösungsmittel) can get rid of that?
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnTEKDpGh0rut1fJQ by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:06:14Z
       
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       @laggard Yes, I just recently ran out of solvent because @draemmli ate it or something. But more is already on its way.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnTGITIkNsl4DCkN6 by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:06:48.026197Z
       
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       @glow @draemmli Silly draemmli, nomming solvent isn't good for you
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnTWO6RZsanAKBaIi by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:07:03Z
       
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       @laggard I'm more amazed that the phone, not even the USB port, got seriously damaged.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnTeiOM1nW8PIXArA by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:11:11.906703Z
       
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       @glow Yea, quite surprising! A phone probably has a better power circuit than, say, a RasPi, which would've probably died
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnTmudUO9T6hLWQyW by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:12:32Z
       
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       @laggard I think, because the plug shorted with itself now power was actually transferred into the phone.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnUGDNhlxTLEZ6z8S by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:13:39Z
       
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       @laggard It would probably have started burning, had I not reacted so fast. I am quite worried about using more of these USB cables now, even though I have been using them for years now.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnUITn3jewGhk3D5k by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:18:24.073847Z
       
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       @glow Perhaps standard cables are more reliable?
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnUVO58Gqk2lSewKW by glow@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T10:20:31Z
       
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       @laggard Maybe. But the data is inconclusive. It may just have been a freak occurrence. Or caused by an external influence. Like I've been playing with magnetic ball bearings for a while now, maybe there was a lot of magnetic dust, that would have been attracted to the magnetic cable.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnUYViqJuBRKVisWO by laggard@doesnt.undo.it
       2020-04-07T10:21:17.723393Z
       
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       @glow Oh, yeah perhaps that might be it. Well... your call on what sorts of cables you use next!
       
 (DIR) Post #9tnrAyVBxoDOaJ5GqW by draemmli@chaos.social
       2020-04-07T14:10:43Z
       
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       @laggard @glow My intestines are now sparkling clean!