• linearchaos@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I really miss it honestly. Kids, so, so many batteries in my house.

    Dad, my blah blah blah isn’t working right. Then I have to go dig out this monster:

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      1 month ago

      Why does it look so weird? I’m not even sure what shape I’m looking at.

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        1 month ago

        Just an inch thick plastic box with a perspective drawing sticker on top of it, But the box is shaped to fit the perspective drawing.

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        1 month ago

        Haha yeah, it looks like a fake picture or some cartoon.

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        1 month ago

        I have no lack of proper test equipment, this is actually kind of nice because the kids can use it easily without trying to wrangle a battery and two leads.

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        1 month ago

        Hopefully not because the kind of batteries that work with this reader are awful batteries. Single use disposable batteries are an absolutely stupid idea we should be moving away from