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I always see laptops come with larger bricks that have separate mains cable which plugs into the brick. Even if the adapter has some low power rating.

Example for comparison:

On the right is a standard laptop adapter.
Same price, same connector, same protocol, same power rating, far different size.

Why is that so?

Actually, the GaN adapter on the left also advertises itself as being meant for laptops, but by default, almost all laptops will come with something like the one on the right.

Or is it simply cheaper to manufacture while being sold for the same price?

They're custom stickers from StickerMule, which is not quite a nice company, but they have some deals they almost surely loose money on.
I've put these together:

$1 for 10:
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/4b02bdaf

$0.80 for 10:
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/f167bd20

$1.25 for 10:
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/fcde0915

$1.11 for 10:
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/66a85adf

$1.11 for 10 (Italian):
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/88e0209a

$9 for 50:
https://www.stickermule.com/deals/ee2c2ae3

Yes, that includes worldwide shipping. Each of those can be ordered just once, but somewhere I heard a legend they don't check for duplicate accounts, but I haven't tried that myself.
There's also a $1 Unixstickers pro pack (account not required)

Edit!!:

~~After 2 such orders they almost charged me EUR 18 on that $1.25 for 10, even though the checkout page did say $1.25 when paying.~~ So choose the option with proof if given option to skip it. (It will let you cancel before approving the proof.)

Edit 2: I see the problem. If choosing different currency (EUR in my case) the deal price will be converted correctly in checkout page, but not be valid. So just pay in the default currency (USD).

Edit: It seems kiwix-serve once again supports splitted ZIM. So I may have a workaround for FAT32.

As usual, I once again can't decide between something.
I am deciding between Ulefone Armor 24 and Motorola G54 5G. I did get to play around with both, and I feel like that just made the decision harder.

I first got the Ulefone. Finally some exciting smartphone, massive battery, thick, heavy, with IR night vision camera, strong light and FM radio that works without earphones as it has integrated antenna, and it has an IR blaster.
I actually like it being that large and heavy (647g - 1.43lbs). It feels like a serious device. I always slap the thickest case I can find on a phone for this reason anyway. (Yes, I was also excited by Energizer P28K and earlier P18K).
I immediately loved it, but unfortunately found it only supports FAT32 for SD card. As I also have Kiwix archives on it, I decided on returning it.
It also had some more minor issues like headphone jack cover getting in the way and a mono speaker that is... present at most, and only supporting 4G.

Then instead I ordered the Motorola, which I still posses. It's just safely in a box at home, I am not going to return an actually used device.
It does support exFAT, it has great stereo speakers, camera with OIS, supports 5G and has eSIM functionality.
BUT, after finally setting it up, I realized it has no support for 4K video playback. I didn't even realize I should check for that, just like support for exFAT, as even my 2 prior, cheaper devices supported both.
SW decoder in VLC seems to work with 4K h.264, but HEVC is a no-go. Can't blame it though, my i5-8365U powered ThinkPad can't handle 4K HEVC either.
The 3 button navigation also dies when I set minimum width to >= 600dp.

Both support band-locking which I want too.

The Ulefone's Helio G96 may or may not support 4K. Even info from MediaTek itself is conflicting between 2K and 4K max.
I wanted to test it with a displayed device in that shop, but was told they aren't allowed to put anything into display pieces, and to just order it again like I did, and then return it possibly.

I don't know what I could put up with better. 4GB file size limit or no 4K video.
~~Workaround for the former would be putting .zim files onto internal storage, effectively halving it,~~ and passing Termux backups through split and cat.
Workaround for the latter is... I guess there isn't. There will always be that functionality loss. Only 4K@30fps H.264 can be passed to VLC. AV1 doesn't cut it either.

That aside, 5G may be important soon, but for now my carrier only covers a few cities. eSIM is cool, too, as are stereo speakers.
On the other hand, that Ulefone is just something else. A very unconventional smartphone, finally something else than a glass slab with different SoC, and the 3 button navigation doesn't break at high dp. Actually, it even improves, adding app icons and app tray. I hate gesture navigation.

Also... maybe it sounds important, Ulefone is known to have shipped their phones with irremovable malware in 2017, ...and possibly in 2020, also detected by different user.
I did scan the phone with Hypatia, and tried Calculator, FM radio and sound recorder APKs on VirusTotal too. Though I am not sure how much access Hypatia has, I know APK extractors didn't work for me. I had to use ADB.

My phone died a few days ago, and the Cisco Duo app overwrote 2FA key backup after connecting my old phone to the internet.
Lemmy has no backup codes, nor can you disable 2FA even while logged in without a valid token.

Anyway, I noticed there's no rate limiting on 2FA attempts.
So following Lemmy API docs I wrote this exceptionally stupid script (look at my foolish way of parallelization and no auto-stop).

I got the JWT token from logged-in Firefox session, using cookies.txt extension to export it.

Anyway, just make sure your password is secure enough, It's obviously (potentially) better than 6 digits, probably with 3 valid combinations at each time (current 30s, past 30s, future 30s windows), if I am guessing how it works right.

My attempt also clearly involved a lot of luck with just 21,830 attempts (less than 5 minutes). But, if you're lucky enough, you may guess it on first attempt, or never if you aren't.

My phone with 2FA codes has died... again... for the 3rd time in something over 2 years (average Poco X3 Pro experience).

I've used the Cisco Duo app, mainly for the convenience of automatic backups. After all, this has saved me the last time my main phone died. Connect GDrive, download DB, enter passphrase to decrypt, there you go.

I've turned on my still barely functioning 2017 Moto G5s Plus. There I had the Duo app. Upon opening it says something along the lines of "Device offline, showing on-device accounts only."
How does that read to you? Auto-sync, I thought.
I connected to the internet, refreshed the app, nothing. I go to settings, check the backup... horror!
"Last backup: October 6th 12:06"
I opened the app at 12:06.

Why would you update the backup if it has more recent timestamp than current version?
"Hmm... this phone last backed up in 2023, most recent backup on cloud is 2024, yep, OVERWRITE IT WITH 2023 VERSION!!"

Hmm... this also means I've lost access to my Cisco NetAcad school account...

Welp, lesson learned, switching to Aegis.

Since disabling TOTP requires TOTP token, I have no way to disable it. I hope the instance admin can, but SDF has far more important shit to care about.

I am thinking on getting something crazy like Ulefone Armor 24 brick. Though it lacks things like 5G, stereo speakers, and 4K video recording, but I can afford it and have it shipped tomorrow morning.

Just bought a pineapple for the first time. Checked a few videos and posts on internet to see how I am supposed to cut it up, everyone said to throw the core away or use it in a smoothie at best. Even my mom said to throw it away.

Anyway, I tried to eat a small amount of it, and then ate the entire core. It's pretty edible, feels like throwing out pizza crust.

Much more chewable than celeriac. Though I would label it as "Dental floss mandatory" type of food, but so is anything with poppy seeds.

So how do you use it? Do you eat it, throw it out, something else?

They clearly show wear.
I am not sure if they were replaced from another older device, or the entire cover is from L390, but that one would have a plastic cover for where this one has a stylus. It doesn't seem like anything was snapped out of there.

I couldn't find replacement ones online, and I am not sure if contacting the shop is a good idea. See, the L390 Yoga has a touchscreen with better colors and seems to be a bit more expensive (but not much).
However, I bought this as "L390". I noticed the description said "Touchscreen: yes", which I realized meant they likely mistook the Yoga version for the base version. Indeed, that is the case.
Currently they have one L390 Yoga in similar condition and same configuration, but the screen has some white spots (this one is flawless), ...and it's €46 more expensive.

If you're curious, i5 8365U, 16GB RAM (single-channel), used 256GB Samsung SSD (I don't remember if SATA or NVME), €180 and 2 year warranty.

Also, if you're wondering what that port with network symbol is, it appears to be a proprietary connector used on ThinkPads requiring an "Ethernet Extension" adapter to be usable.

Probably dust particles and slight rotation while in the backpack.

Just from "a quick query" by the admin.

there'll be a better one later, this is just a quick query