Post Aweqaqv0aQFZFGjWEa by ThreeSigma@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #Awd2c6dIXLA2lBncRM by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-07-29T14:47:37Z
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I'm not sure how aware younger folks are of just how wild it is that for *decades* the only standard consumer DC power jack we had was the *automotive cigarette lighter receptacle*
(DIR) Post #Awd7VIWARwtrMf2M8u by okennedy@discuss.systems
2025-07-29T15:42:21Z
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@ricci But is it any wilder than the current standard having data lines?
(DIR) Post #Awd9VwFMwDIyUSc3sG by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-07-29T16:04:57Z
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@okennedy except when the cable doesn't have them and damnit why doesn't this cable work with my webcam and ARGHHHH
(DIR) Post #Awd9w8x8JvGTQTZwYa by rk@mastodon.well.com
2025-07-29T16:09:35Z
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@ricci Even my most recent car, from 2024, has a cigarette lighter port. I referred to it as such and then had to explain to my children what that was, and how absurd it was that such a thing even existed.It led to a neat conversation about legacy technology though and terms like “rewind” and “hang up” and such that made sense when they were coined.
(DIR) Post #Awdb49nfkd1F8KCPhI by bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org
2025-07-29T21:13:38Z
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@ricci and it did its job and had multiple uses, plain and simple, without needing to update the driver..#amsorrywillgetmycoat
(DIR) Post #AwdbiF5fV8xR7kjNFg by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-07-29T21:20:55Z
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@bituur_esztreym well, except for the fact that you couldn't necessarily predict its voltage, which would spike when you started the engine...
(DIR) Post #AwdhxX83JgNJ8cWKfY by fwaggle@moodoo.org
2025-07-29T22:30:50Z
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@ricci @bituur_esztreym Also it often felt about as nice to plug in as stepping on a banana barefoot (I have the same complaint about the SCART video connector, just absolutely terrible plug-in feeling)...... and some genius car manufacturers oriented the socket vertically, so if you lost the lighter or otherwise left it open, a lost coin was enough to blow a fuse 🤣
(DIR) Post #Awdw4Xlse3hPA4TsHo by countdracula@mas.to
2025-07-30T01:08:57Z
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@ricci Are cigarette lighters even in cars anymore?
(DIR) Post #AwdwNndfsEaZsNpBGS by SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange
2025-07-30T01:12:30Z
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@ricci Still have them. They still work. The last time I used was to charge someones cell phone.
(DIR) Post #AwelbWpwEgxjTurfl2 by bradr@infosec.exchange
2025-07-30T10:46:25Z
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@ricci Such beautiful designs.
(DIR) Post #Aweqaqv0aQFZFGjWEa by ThreeSigma@mastodon.online
2025-07-30T11:42:20Z
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@ricci So much so we deal with minor generational trauma: my wife refuses to learn the two types of usb connector we have (micro and C) because she firmly believes it is too complicated. We’ve trained a whole cohort that it’s impossible to know anything.
(DIR) Post #Awev1YIcJten8NlM1o by abosio@fosstodon.org
2025-07-30T12:31:59Z
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@ricci I’m not sure younger folks are aware of AC/DC.
(DIR) Post #AwhJoOXIC88SG9Mz4q by tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk
2025-07-31T16:19:09Z
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@ricciMy car (2024) still has one. It delivers a lot more power than the usb ports so has a 100w usb power adapter plugged in.
(DIR) Post #AwhMepg2jHthP2avvk by DamonHD@mastodon.social
2025-07-31T16:50:59Z
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@ricci And *not* a very reliable connector at that. I supply 12VDC from my off-grid system to my desk and kitchen with those as the connectors for intermittent use, but for anything reliable such as my off-grid server I hard-wire.
(DIR) Post #AwhNFyPLERwLC9Uc8O by rolenthedeep@rattodon.nexus
2025-07-31T16:57:44Z
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@ricci BACK IN MY DAY we had ten-pound transformers hanging precariously off an outlet with a 12V automotive jack dangling off a cord. What a time to be alive