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Not sure if any of you are aware of these speakers.

They charging cables are utter shite (latest models now use USB-C) and don't last very long.

Had a random barrel charger and it actually fits!

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nice. Put some ferrules on those leads, and it'd be a professional-grade permanent fix.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I have a bunch of these plugs and just got an assortment of these ferrules the other day. It looks so much better with them.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And some self-adhesive shrink-wrap for strain relief.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can you do me a huge favor and make another post about how you washed your hands?

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] oneser@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Now do one after a bit of hand moisturizer!

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've got this thing (probably a misconception) where I think that if my hands are soft and moisturised I'll get even more cuts than I do now.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Na, won't happen, but you'll get less cracking and actually better usability. Think of a cracked dry leather glove vs a well maintained one. Also, the ladies tend to appreciate smooth fingers and trimmed, filed down nails.

In the first workshop back in the days when I was an apprentice, they had what they called "invisible glove" a silicon containing foam for before work and a really good hand moisturizer from some industrial supplier for when you left work. Walking from the locker room and clocking out was usually enough time so my steering wheel and gear shifter didn't suffer.

One of the more important things I learned back then, there's no second chance to take good care of your skin, especially when you're handling cutting fluid, various oils and the like.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... or while sexily applying it?

...It puts the lotion it's skin....

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Don't listen to them, OP!
we all know electrical work gets one as dirty as an oil change! ;⁠-⁠)

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How did the ring fit on your left thumb?

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Just slid it on.

I'm in my 40's now so I've got fatter thumbs

It only comes off with the help of fairy up liquid

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is it a bad thing that there are two cables sticking out?

[–] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Depends. If I had to guess, I'd say it's a USB cable and the other two cables are just for data signal and don't appear to be used by the device (the barrels connector only has two terminals for positive and negative voltage). Probably, won't hurt anything, but it would be a good idea to flush cut then and throw down some heat shrink just so the loose wires can't snag anything.

[–] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They said the latest models use USB-C, and I'm assuming that theirs is not the latest. So it's probably an older USB A to Barrel cable. (the product page supports this hypothesis).

USB A cables have 4 wires. Two for power and two for data. That's just a power plug, so nothing is going to be happening on the two data wires. Totes safe.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 1 points 1 week ago
[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Nope, just not used

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apart from the shrink wrap, how would these help?

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They distribute stress on where the wires attach to a solid object. And they protect from dust and UV. Why they have a version of it on ends of most phone cables.