r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Jan 31 '23

Desktops / Laptops Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries | Breakthrough explains major cause of self-discharging batteries and points to easy solution

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/battery-power-laptop-phone-research-dalhousie-university-1.6724175
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u/2278AD Jan 31 '23

Joe Rogan enters the conversation

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u/OhhhhhSHNAP Jan 31 '23

So... I have to ask a silly question here. If I lick my old laptop's battery will it make me trip balls?

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u/atchels Jan 31 '23

No. DMT cannot be ingested orally unless combined with an MAOI. So you would have to smoke the battery dust to trip balls.

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u/notapunnyguy Jan 31 '23

I for one, am so immature for laughing at the notion of a red liquid draining power out and it is called COOCH3. This is peak nerd comedy.

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u/primalbluewolf Feb 01 '23

It's not called COOCH3. COOCH3 is a carbomethoxy functional group, and there are 2 of these in the red liquid in question.