@rockhandle to SelfhostedEnglish • 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lolimagemessage-square188arrow-up11.07Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lol@rockhandle to SelfhostedEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square188
minus-square@jamesorlakinlinkEnglish6•1 year agoIt’s probably to avoid it being left charged all the time and potentially swelling into a ‘spicy pillow’
minus-square@venglinkEnglish2•1 year agoI don’t think I’ve discharged a laptop battery below 80% since 2011…
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkEnglish2•1 year agoAnecdotal I know, but I had an old Alienware laptop battery swell and get fat and become unusable once. So it can happen, but I think it’s rare.
What does removing the battery do?
It’s probably to avoid it being left charged all the time and potentially swelling into a ‘spicy pillow’
I don’t think I’ve discharged a laptop battery below 80% since 2011…
Anecdotal I know, but I had an old Alienware laptop battery swell and get fat and become unusable once.
So it can happen, but I think it’s rare.
First time I’ve heard that term…using it from now on