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BlueEther ,
@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz avatar

We’ve had one like that, you could even plug it into a computer and access it as a usb flash drive and change the sounds

Donjuanme ,

Would not recommend plugging USB into a computer with access to anything important to you.

I’m not a privacy nut, but USB should be treated like a sex toy or unknown origin.

BlueEther ,
@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz avatar

That is very true.

The toy we had was from around 2010, I think that there may have been less risk back then, but your point still stands (PS I was using linux as a desktop)

MissJinx ,
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

oooff no excuse to turn it off then?

reddig33 ,

I hope it’s not lithium ion. Seems like that would be overkill for a stuffed animal.

pennomi ,

Lithium batteries are very compact and competitive price wise. Not overkill in the slightest.

reddig33 ,

They often get thrown in the garbage instead of being recycled. They can catch fire when punctured. Not something I would want near a small child when a NiMH would do just as well.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

NiMH or regular akaline batteries can also catch fire when they get thrown in the trash.

Also they make lithium ion AAs too.

reddig33 ,

Lithium AA (like Duracell and Energizer) you buy at the drug store aren’t the same as lithium ion rechargeable batteries you find in computers and automobiles.

“When alkaline, NiMH and even lithium AA batteries rupture, the force and heat of the explosion isn’t anywhere near that of, say, an explosive li-ion failure”

uk.rs-online.com/web/…/aa-batteries-guide

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Unless the batteries are easily user replaceable, this is just planned obsolescence to get you to buy another when the batteries die.

If it includes an easy to replace battery? Then you’ve bought from a good company who gives a damn about both environment and consumers.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

If it’s not a phone where size matters it’s almost always some generic battery that you could replace with another that’s not even the same size. They might have different connectors on it, but usually it’s just a positive and negative lead that somehow connects.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

True, but literally the vast majority of people don’t know enough about batteries to do that. Which is what makes it anti-consumer and anti-environmentally conscious.

XeroxCool ,

Many gadgets are smaller than an 18650 (the oversized thumb sized cell), which is about the only standard lithium size I’ve ever seen be replaceable. There’s hardwired rectangles everywhere, not just phones

SpaceNoodle , 

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kmartburrito ,

I know it’s proper usage of the word accumulators, but I’ve basically never heard anyone refer to them that way.

Are you a part of the Borg by any chance, OP? 🙂

slazer2au ,

Not to hold it against them, but they are European judging by the wall sockets.

sonovebitch OP ,

Sorry, English is not my mothertongue. How would you reformulate the title in proper English?

anguo ,

Disposable batteries?

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

They might not even be disposable batteries, they could be rechargeable batteries.

Generally people just say the size of the battery like “AAs”. Or if you’re weird the type like “alkaline batteries” or “nimh”

rbesfe ,

Small cylinder batteries are just called “batteries” in English. If you mean the type that you can charge, we call those “rechargeable batteries”. People will infer that you mean the cylinders even though usb batteries are also rechargeable (I’d call that an “internal battery”).

I like the sound of accumulator more though. In English that word is usually reserved for hydraulics or electrical engineers

kmartburrito ,

I think this is awesome, don’t change your verbiage, it was just interesting. Thank you for sharing! I got some cultural experience today.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

And what is your mothertongue?

halfapage ,

We call rechargeable batteries “akumulator” (accumulator) in polish, for example.

leisesprecher ,

Is it, though? Accumulators are rechargeable by definition. Disposable batteries are, well, disposable.

kmartburrito ,

I don’t know that accumulators have to be rechargeable, just an object that collects (even if only at its initial charge) and stores energy.

It’s just not a term I hear often, and I thought it was interesting. I like also hearing about how other countries use the term, it’s enlightening. I didn’t realize that it is the primary term to refer to a battery in several countries.

p0wer ,

the placement is crazy tho

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