price is insane for a genuine reader

99%?

speed

the reader is always on

it probably works fine but it isnt motorola

job, sure. dev. hackery

any recommendations for those diy power bank kits

like a mintyboost?

for lipo?

i'm throwing away tons of old laptops at work and so i'll get a ton of 18650 batteries

mintyboost?

mintyboost is for AA so no

there are a ton of different on ebay and ali but dunno if any are good

like this? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Removable-mobile-power-box-mobile-power-box-18650-free-solder-DIY-kit-two-mobile-power-shell/32601272502.html seems fun

if they use those old cells they're probably really fucking old, but yeah send them to ebay dude

at least ebay them. those are worth $10-20 a piece if they're on the nadir of the bathtub curve, more if older

can't sell govermental property :^)

nah i've always had Tore as name here

the problem with this thing is that honestly it's not much juice

it's more of an emergency battery

Last time I put all old IT equipment we were throwing away in one of those cages outside

but yeah those circuits work and they're cheap

and some retarded eastern europeans would constantly come and vandalize it

i'd give the stuff away but tbh theres nothing of value

someone would have to organize it too and i don't have time for that

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if i were nearby we'd make a class out of a bunch of old lappies

you'd put proud faces on a bunch of kiddos

hmm

tfw some 7th graders stole a ton of ram out of the newest desktops we have

should put locks on them

yea you should

you work at a school i guess?

IT guy at an elementary school

it's part time so i'm not there a whole lot

brb checking dinner

i'm sure chinkshit kensington locks exist. make a purchase order and save yourself some headache

Why didn't your school had locks already ?

It's really basic in any public place