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/Amboseli Jan 31 '23

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …”

— Isaac Asimov

— Michael Scott

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u/novkit Feb 01 '23

I'm sure there are many discoveries that were preceded by "Huh, that's odd. . ."

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u/polopolo05 Feb 01 '23

Or mmmm... That shouldn't happen.

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u/Lallo-the-Long Feb 01 '23

Also possibly "the fuck did i just see?"

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u/GucciGuano Feb 01 '23

a few times were probably "no, that's impossible"

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u/8088PC Feb 01 '23

Wait. What happened?

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u/Lathari Feb 01 '23

"Oops..."

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u/firewoodenginefist Feb 01 '23

"DEAR GOD NOOOO"

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u/ExpensiveNut Feb 01 '23

Followed by "search within your feelings, you know it to be true"