#battery

Compaq SLT - Battery Power

With off-the-shelf parts, I've hacked together a battery for my Compaq SLT/286.

Rich Infante · EN

Annoyance on low battery

Laptops should be a bit annoying when they are low on battery. Otherwise, I will not realise it until it’s too late, and my computer will turn off in the middle of whatever I was doing. Proper linux Desktop Environments already do this, but since I am running the Awesome window manager with a custom config, I only get what I add myself. My solution is as follows. First, the annoyance script: ~/.local/bin/checkbattery #!/usr/bin/env python3 import subprocess import math import sys with open ( '/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status' ) as f : status = f . read () if status in [ "Charging \n "

cosarara.me · EN

METALLICA Shares Pro-Shot Video Of 'Battery' Performance From Fifth Show Of Las Vegas Sphere Residency

METALLICA has shared professionally filmed video of the "Battery" performance from the fifth show of the band's "Life Burns Faster" residency, which took place on October 15 at Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check it out below. The residency includes 24 performances presented as 12 "No Repeat Weekend"...

Blabbermouth · EN

Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights

Hello! Recently I needed bike lights for my bike. And I remembered that I already had rechargeable bike lights that I bought ten years ago, that I hadn’t tried in a long time. I tried to recharge them, but after fully charging them, they only worked for maybe 5 minutes before they turned off again. I don’t know much about electronics, but I’ve been curious about whether it’s possible to fix old electronics for a long time, and this seemed like the perfect repair project because I might just need to replace the battery. So I went to the local queer makerspace where I&rsq

Julia Evans · EN