Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
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@nblr something working doesn’t mean it’s not stupid. A AAA battery and a AA battery? The AAA would run out faster needing to be replaced and you have to stock two different types of batteries.
@griffin30007 @nblr It's a clever but silly-looking "lockout* system that lets you use one AA or two AAAs, but without letting you mix different cell sizes at once. So it's actually meant to allow you to use whatever you happen to have on hand instead of needing one specific kind of battery.
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr AAAAA!
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@nblr how...??? Do I get to choose between AA and AAA or do I need both to run the mouse?
@catmisgivings @nblr it's meant to let you use two AAAs or one AA, but without letting you mix different cell sizes at once
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr this is absolutely chaotic evil. The dissymmetry and layout of the thing make me scream and I don't even have a clinical OCD. It works in the same sense as the optimal 17 square packing works.
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr Is the idea that it works with a single battery and you can choose either kind of battery?
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@nblr AAAAA!
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr so this his how the mouses work at Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
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@nblr Is the idea that it works with a single battery and you can choose either kind of battery?
@timolaine Correct.
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@nblr this is absolutely chaotic evil. The dissymmetry and layout of the thing make me scream and I don't even have a clinical OCD. It works in the same sense as the optimal 17 square packing works.
@ska Exactly. The infuriating thing is that it is actually useful design - it even could be construed as "good design" because it physically implements the "either AA or AAA, just one is fine" constraint unambiguously. grr!
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr God bless the glorious Mad Bastard who came up with this.
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@meeper YES and NO.
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@nblr that's some @NanoRaptor shit.
@pawv I fear, it's slightly below that level. @NanoRaptor level would mean fitting the matching battery in:
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
Obviously you just need a battery type XXX for this.
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr I don't see the evil part so def chaotic good.
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@nblr something working doesn’t mean it’s not stupid. A AAA battery and a AA battery? The AAA would run out faster needing to be replaced and you have to stock two different types of batteries.
@griffin30007 @nblr
No. They cross over so you physically cannot use both at the same time.
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@timolaine Correct.
One or the other but not both. XORing battery placement. I approve.
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr Where can I buy this? Asking for a friend.
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@nblr I don't see the evil part so def chaotic good.
@the_moep The evil part? well… reading the comments…this design seems to upset some people unduly.
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Something between "Chaotic Good" and "Lawful Evil", I guess.
@nblr@chaos.social X marks the spot
