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  • The logical extremes of obsolescence

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    Oh hey there, fellow darners and intrepid blogworms! Obsolescence is quite the nice little earner for OEMs everywhere. They love seeing ordinary folks like us pop into shops buying their latest stuff. Throwing away perfectly usable things we otherwise can use for other tasks. And when we point out the vast mountains of waste growing…

  • Spicy pillows: what are they exactly?

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    Ah, ‘spicy pillows’. It’s basically a term the techies among us use to describe how batteries which puff up overtime. Now, chances are you notice a battery in your tech gadgets which looks like it’s about to pop at any moment. In fact, there’s even a whole subreddit that showcases pictures of swollen batteries! Batteries…