There are two types of tech enthusiasts
There are two types of tech enthusiasts
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One isn't a tech enthusiast, but a tech idiot.
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Yeah, who hooks a portable generator up to their laptop without using a surge protector??
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The caps in the power supply should be enough to eat the noise in that power source.
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That model (yamaha ef2000) has an inverter. Nice and quiet, too. Little fucker is touchy about the fuel, though.
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I mean, if you like to live dangerously, sure. Those power supplies can be expensive, though, and surge protectors are dirt cheap.
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Those power supplies can be expensive
Used official ones are like $20 on ebay.
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To be fair, a lot of those are counterfeit.
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Not used. Nobody really sells knockoff chargers used.
Also in the age of USB C it's not even relevant. At this point I just buy USB C to whatever laptop charger port I need.
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Lol, how is this not more common in the answers? Lotta people on Lemmy don't know how to use a generator...
That shit also isn't grounded, though I think some specific generators may be alright without that.
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You're just gatekeeping.
ThinkPad with a generator? Nothing wrong with that --- maybe add LoRa, get a ham license and add some packet radio or digital modes and you have a neat disaster setup.
MacBook that you don't want to scuff? Well, I'm not that precious with my gear, but you do you. Many Mac laptops last a very long time, and the performance of modern Apple silicon is really, really impressive --- and you have UNIX out of the box. Plenty for a tech enthusiast to like.
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