@shahnm Putting bras in your fridge too now? Or did you have in mind twins working as “escorts”?

@phendrick I cannot be responsible for how individual Mehtizens might interpret my answer, nor for any ostensibly unsavory comments that they may proffer.

@shahnm Ordinarily, I’d flag this for the admins to fix, but I’m busy being amused.

@shahnm @werehatrack I dont see an issue with the comment. Actually I can think of a few comments lately that have been about braziers, bust size, cleveage or lack thereof.

@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack For the record, I didn’t say I saw an issue, I just said that I cannot be responsible…

@shahnm I dont see any issue with the post. I was reacting to:

Ordinarily, I’d flag this for the admins to fix, but I’m busy being amused.

@mediocrebot it’s THE BOT that went under- age there.

@mediocrebot those twins are a little too accurate. Very much the same but with true to life tiny differences.

@phendrick I mean… you didn’t say women….

@phendrick The girls from The Shining apparently clean up pretty well when they’re not… um… dead.

@ergomeh And the hands/fingers actually look normal!

@ergomeh @macromeh Some Heberden’s nodes going on, but pretty close to normal.

@phendrick @shahnm
I guess it’s a judgement call…
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@mediocrebot Indeed.

@mediocrebot My spirit fairy

@dasred
No Lithium batteries included, no deal…

@ergomeh Just one. It wouldn’t be a very big raft, but it would float…

@ergomeh @shahnm It depends if we are making a raft big enough for Jack too.

@ergomeh @shahnm @yakkoTDI

@ergomeh Are you trying to have a coconut-to-flashlight conversion, Professor?

@pakopako I was assuming floats on water not carried by a swallow…

@markmeltzer As a point of comparison for those not familiar with lumens, this puts out about as much light as a 1/2" wick kerosene lantern. The long run time might make it useful for long power outages but it won’t do much for you outdoors.

@MarkML If they’re in the middle of the lane, straddled by the wheels, probably. But the jerk in the Suburban three vehicles back is gonna bullseye these suckers just because he can. (The military driver knows better than to intentionally hit something that might be an IED.)

AI is truly going to change the world

@phendrick
until you hit them the first time …

@craigcush well, it’s not a “bulb” in the way they used to be; it’s a LED which have electronic “driver” circuits that process the input power and control it to give the LED what it wants. So it’s possible it works fine with the 3V input, and as you say it’s unclear if adding 2 more batteries gives it 6V or maybe really in parallel but either way the LED should be happy. (Just happy for longer with 4 batteries)

@craigcush I saw 6 volts in the specs and my brain was wondering how it’s making that from a pair of 1.5 volt D cells. These things used to use big square 6 volt lantern batteries! You’d get weeks of battery life out of one of those with a single LED…

@jandrese hahaha. Yea, 20 lumen led flashlights are the norm… lmao

@gwrankin @jandrese I’ve seen LED illumination devices that dim. They’re typically found in promotional giveaway keychain things that use button batteries. I have one in front of me that has a photovoltaic cell to charge its tiny internal battery.

@KlfJoat yeah, and hardware and sporting goods stores usually had a rack of the big square one near the counter. Those were serious.

@KlfJoat and the business model is sell to the folks who remember those lights and don’t read the description; surprise !

@KlfJoat Weirdly, 6 volt lantern batteries that recharge over USB-C are a thing now.

My grandfather had a lantern that used two 6V batteries and had fluorescent tubes instead of an incandescent bulb. Really heavy and kind of pointless, but it was fun to use.

@brennyn @KlfJoat I recently saw a not-kidding 5K lumens spot-beam flashlight designed for those old 6V lantern batteries; having the rechargeable version would make it that much more useful if I didn’t have things in that general class already.

@El_Oel I think that’s a testament to just how pointless these things are; oversize case and reflector for an LED that’s a bit dim by AA-battery keychain-light standards. Yes, it can be powered by two D cells. Does it need them? Unlikely. Will they probably leak and kill the contacts long before getting close to running flat? I’d bet on it.

@dvshrt Hmmm?

EDIT Would be nice to see close-up photos of internal connections. Since it touts the “400 hours” seems like it is trying to use all it can.

@dvshrt What? That’s bizarre. It’d be nice if they actually took 4-Ds or option for a lantern battery

@pmarin Here Ya Goenter link description here

i watched the video but it still makes no sense. why would anyone want to open the flashlight and swap batteries rather than just have them connected and run for twice as long? as some kind of a low battery warning?

@gwrankin The Meh writer apparently had other things on his mind when he was writing up this product…

@gwrankin DD batteries do exist (https://www.batteryjunction.com/collections/dd-batteries) but I’m pretty sure these flashlights take a pair of regular D cells.

@gwrankin @themicah yah, exist. good luck buying some.

@gwrankin my mistake when adding that bullet – 2 D batteries turned into 2 D’s (DD) in my head.

@themicah They almost look like the 18650 ones I use in some of my flashlights. No banana for scale though. They could be larger or smaller.

Edit: And at least with 18650s you know they’re 18mm wide and 65mm long.

@arosemena
hard to find.

@arosemena A type of injury that handsy strip club patrons risk.

@arosemena @macromeh Or an unfortunate motorboating assault…

@arosemena @macromeh Take my belly laugh!

@Wollyhop Good story.

@matttys i still have one of the “free” RS flashlights. (free with the purchase of overpriced batteries to fill it – and the thing takes 5 D cells)

@lisagd22 looking for zoombies in da bayou

@lisagd22 Louisiana is swamp and duck blinds (hence the Robertsons)

@lisagd22 One guy buying 800 flashlights to pass out to trick or treaters.

@brennyn @lisagd22 So they can find their way home after getting high on sugar?

@username My thoughts exactly!

@username A voltage regulator. Same deal as how most phone batteries are 4.2v at full charge but it keeps running the same at 2.6v.

i would guess a boost converter would be a relatively expensive circuit for a lamp this cheap. more likely they’re just undervolting it.

@brennyn @username Technically, the usual device is a “buck converter”, but knowing about that distinction is hardly going to make a real difference to anyone who doesn’t actually have to deal with it. (A regulator reduces overvoltage on the supply side to produce a stable output on the delivery side. A buck converter can take a lower voltage and convert it upward to a higher one. There are technical reason why doing this can be a really good idea.)

@walarney

more likely they’re just undervolting it.

That’s my guess as well. Added bonus: Suitably undervolted LEDs can be really sketchy (and therefore cheap) and still provide reliable results. (Overvolted, not so much!)

@walarney @werehatrack do you think it’s actually 6v LED? Does it give off same brilliant 80 lumens at 3v or do 4 batteries make it brighter? Or just heavier

Probably floats better with 2 batteries, maybe that’s the main requirement they started with

@user56981541 Put both batteries on one side.

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