• @[email protected]
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    361 month ago

    They probably tried setting it on their wireless phone charger. I hope they aren’t dumber than that, but I don’t really have a lot of hope.

    • @[email protected]
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      421 month ago

      Probably just a brainfart and what they meant was that the device won’t stay powered on unless plugged to a charger. Probably.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          I did say I didn’t have much hope. I considered the “won’t work unless plugged in” option but we don’t know what kind of device it was. I also considered the complete idiot option. All of these are possible.

    • 1024_Kibibytes
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      If both devices use USB-C, that might charge the Chromebook a little bit and make it give a useful error about the quality of the charger.

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          1 month ago

          Okay, I’m wrong. That’s not how this works. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an error on a Lenovo running Windows when I hooked it up to a phone charger.

          How does it work?

  • @[email protected]
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    171 month ago

    Giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming they mean the laptop won’t charge USB devices unless it’s plugged in.

  • slazer2au
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    161 month ago

    I usually do the opposite, I charge people fees because they unplugged something and lie when they say it is plugged in.

  • magnetosphere
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    41 month ago

    This person probably drove to work.

    Practice defensive driving, folks. It can save your life.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      So now I’m supposed to drive, text, and look out for stupid people like this!? Doesn’t seem very safe. I’m just trying to enjoy my beer out here…