Because the last time you saw that packaging was the 90’s and those colors were everywhere 😆

So only 4, 100 packs… and a slot loading drive with a robot arm. We can do this ;-)

You’d think the bride AMD paid would be enough to subsidize the memory prices… /S(nark victory)

True. There’s lots of pretty dodgy cells floating around these days, and they are often marked as being from more reputable manufacturers… I’m speaking mostly of packaging batteries 18650 and larger (probably smaller too) rolled type batteries, though I assume there’s shitty prismatic/pouch types as well.

I didn’t see anything like that in OP’s image, which is why I wasn’t advising undue caution. Personally I try very hard to stick with reputable brands and establish manufacturers when playing around with bare cells, power banks, weird Amazon gadgets, etc.

I’m certainly not a proper expert either. I do try to exercise an abundance of caution with unknown or questionable products, damaged cells, etc.

Years ago when getting into quadcopters/drones I read some good advice; high powered batteries should be treated more like fuel than traditional NiCad/NiMh batteries. That advice has always served me well.

I mean… there’s that company big ass fans, I feel like they definitely refer to it as such ;-)

It’s fine. Even if they were lithium batteries —still fine. See battery manufacturers actually design batteries specifically so that they don’t fail catastrophically (🤯 crazy right?) but it’s true. Turns out they have whole-ass warehouses full of them.

Obviously it’s possible for lithium batteries to fail catastrophically, but this isn’t a typical failure mode. Generally catastrophic failures happen when a battery is damaged and or under load.

Typical household batteries are not as energy dense as EV batteries. And are not packed as densely such that a single cell puffing won’t cause a cascading failure.

I do recommend keeping them in bags to contain leaks, coin cells are generally already well packed, but it can’t hurt. It’s also not a terrible idea to write the date you bought them on the bags and properly dispose of them after ~5 years.

I actually worked next to the original Dinan for years, we did a lot of minor body work for them… definitely some true car car enthusiasts out there 😎 When they moved out we bought the building 😉

European Parliament?

TBF, almost nobody who buys a BMW has ever even opened their hood. 😉

Global currency collapse ensues, everyone’s money is now worthless.

Getting some Stargate vibes from that arch…

Content but hopefully play time soon.

And you think you have that? Uber got around Apple’s control and then bribed their way back in… Apple’s basically telling you they’ve abdicated responsibility at this point.

“The developer states…” honestly I barely trust apple anymore. I miss the days of human app reviews and a curated App Store. Gay Grandpa has sold us out, Jobs was an abusive narcissistic sociopath but I still miss him.

Right? Their “study” seems to have been reading the Google App Store and disclosures 😂

$290B for licensing his name 10 billion to build five new hotels.

“Whoooooooos slushing my fuuuuuuundssss?”

Probably said the same thing about the Walkman…

Well… I know what I’m doing today 🎨🖌️

LOL …whole sentence, basically :-)

Here to help ;-) Which one was it?