- Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 50•8 months ago
- Natanael ( @Natanael@slrpnk.net ) 39•8 months ago
Your phone can’t put out 4000 lumens
- Floshie ( @Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 12•8 months ago
Is that a challenge ?
- XTL ( @XTL@sopuli.xyz ) 8•8 months ago
And it never needs to.
- hemko ( @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•8 months ago
Oh my god I recognized this picture right away but no way did he say something that dumb… Rewatched the diablo immortal announcement and holy shit
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English49•8 months ago
Theres also one on lemmy c/flashlight
- Einar ( @original_reader@lemm.ee ) 23•8 months ago
Checked.
Subscribed.
Hooked.
Thank you, kind stranger.
- ParsnipWitch ( @ParsnipWitch@feddit.de ) 2•8 months ago
I love the small but powerful LED lights that can light up an entire room. Was able to impress a few people in just the right moment with those and always have one with me.
- MoonMelon ( @MoonMelon@lemmy.ml ) 25•8 months ago
This is similar to the feeling I got a few days ago when I finally got to use the shopping cart wheel unlocker that’s been in the back of my mind since watching the Defcon talk about it. Instead of the misconfigured and disabled cart being a giant roadblock in the store I was able to take it and use it normally. Feels good.
https://www.begaydocrime.com/carts
WARNING: DO NOT PLAY SOUNDS ON THIS PAGE THROUGH HEADPHONES
- S_204 ( @S_204@lemm.ee ) 23•8 months ago
Where the heck y’all live where the power goes out so often?
I’m in the middle of the frozen tundra in Canada, we’re powered entirely by renewable energy, we’ve got snow storms, blizzards, floods and some serious thunder storms and I can’t even recall the last time we lost power for any noticeable amount of time. If anything having to reset the clock on the microwave is the only reason I’d know it went out. There’s talk of moving to a smart grid system because ours is dated, so wtf are you people working with?
I do love me a good flashlight though, I’ve got a couple around the house just in case and one in my bag at all times.
- Hathaway ( @Hathaway@lemmy.zip ) English12•8 months ago
Likely Texas, they have a private grid(as far as I last checked) and are prone to rolling blackouts.
- CulturedLout ( @CulturedLout@lemmy.ca ) 7•8 months ago
I am also in Canada. Our province runs the power grid on coal and sold the utility to a private company that doesn’t bother with the expense of upkeep on infrastructure. They built a sweet skating rink though.
- S_204 ( @S_204@lemm.ee ) 5•8 months ago
Energy in Canada should be a crown corp. I’ll fight you over that one!
- CulturedLout ( @CulturedLout@lemmy.ca ) 7•8 months ago
Uh, I agree?
- S_204 ( @S_204@lemm.ee ) 5•8 months ago
Damn straight you do!
- S_204 ( @S_204@lemm.ee ) 3•8 months ago
Energy distribution in Canada should be a crown corp. I’ll fight you over that one.
- janabuggs ( @janabuggs@beehaw.org ) 4•8 months ago
In Florida we lose power during storms very regularly. After one particularly bad hurricane we lost power for weeks.
- S_204 ( @S_204@lemm.ee ) 4•8 months ago
Weeks? That’s fucking insane. A neighbourhood might lose power for a few hours during a major storm up here but I can’t think of the last time it was a day. I was probably a kid, 30 years ago.
- ipkpjersi ( @ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ) 2•8 months ago
Where the heck y’all live where the power goes out so often?
we’re powered entirely by renewable energy
That’s probably why. For example, Hydro One uses old equipment and doesn’t give a fuck about maintaining their aging equipment so it all just breaks catastrophically eventually, especially during bad weather. Transformers blow fairly often in bad weather tbh.
- Buttons ( @Buttons@programming.dev ) English21•8 months ago
I get so aggravated by video games with weak flashlights. Like, we live in an age where my keychain flashlight can light up the nearest mountain.
- Dandroid ( @dandroid@dandroid.app ) 18•8 months ago
I have solar panels and a backup battery. I was actually disappointed when the power didn’t go out when it got cold here in Texas last week.
- azimir ( @azimir@lemmy.ml ) 12•8 months ago
I value having good tools. I bring a small flashlight when I travel. How often have I needed it? Not often, but when your in some hotel and the power goes out, it’s my time to shine!
Hell yes, it’s good to be prepared!
- atocci ( @atocci@kbin.social ) 6•8 months ago
Imalent MS03 my beloved
- pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) English6•8 months ago
I have three niblings (2 nephews, 1 niece). Each one is getting a flashlight and a tiny Nitecore whistles when they get to a certain birthday, not sure which age yet. I know their parents would never forgive me if I gave them the whistles now.
The power was off for a little over two days, so we used our flashlights and other lights a lot. It really doesn’t take much money to prepare. A lot of the gooseneck lamps these days use USB, so you can combine a lamp and a power bank to create a task light away from the backup battery.
- GiveMemes ( @GiveMemes@jlai.lu ) 6•8 months ago
I can tell you from experience of being a boy scout camp counselor: Do NOT give whistles to minors!
Tho tbh, would’ve probably helped with what was happening in scouts in the 80s.
- pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) English1•8 months ago
Yeah, I was probably going to wait until 18 for the whistle. It’s not as loud as a pea whistle, but it’s still annoying. The only reason I would ever give it to them earlier would be because we’re in an area that is under threat of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake. But if they’re just going to get it taken away because they can’t control themselves, it’s not going to be much use. For this particular whistle it is hard to produce a nice satisfying screech, though I suppose they might just take that as a challenge.
For the flashlight, I was thinking more like 15 or 16. The only risk there is losing it, but it’s cheap so that’s kind of their call on whether they value it enough to replace it.
- Krauerking ( @Krauerking@lemy.lol ) 6•8 months ago
I’m not like a full prepper but I have a rechargeable flashlight in every room of the house in case the power goes out…
Not because it does often but because I stub my toes on shit even with the lights on and I’m not going through the gauntlet in the dark.
- jonsnothere ( @jonsnothere@beehaw.org ) 5•8 months ago
This is like the r/edc guys whipping out their knives at every opportunity or r/guns hoping some day they can justify shooting someone
- Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) 9•8 months ago
One of these things is not like the others.