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There are two types of tech enthusiasts (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

One isn't a tech enthusiast, but a tech idiot.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

You're just gatekeeping.

ThinkPad with a generator? Nothing wrong with that

maybe add LoRa, get a ham license and add some packet radio or digital modes and you have a neat disaster setup.

MacBook that you don't want to scuff? Well, I'm not that precious with my gear, but you do you. Many Mac laptops last a very long time, and the performance of modern Apple silicon is really, really impressive

and you have UNIX out of the box. Plenty for a tech enthusiast to like.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, who hooks a portable generator up to their laptop without using a surge protector??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Lol, how is this not more common in the answers? Lotta people on Lemmy don't know how to use a generator...

That shit also isn't grounded, though I think some specific generators may be alright without that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The caps in the power supply should be enough to eat the noise in that power source.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That model (yamaha ef2000) has an inverter. Nice and quiet, too. Little fucker is touchy about the fuel, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if you like to live dangerously, sure. Those power supplies can be expensive, though, and surge protectors are dirt cheap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Those power supplies can be expensive

Used official ones are like $20 on ebay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, a lot of those are counterfeit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Not used. Nobody really sells knockoff chargers used.

Also in the age of USB C it's not even relevant. At this point I just buy USB C to whatever laptop charger port I need.