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California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#52 · Quote Reply

do you mean explode? xD

nah, if i tune it right i can let out the magic smoke when i accelerate

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#53 · Quote Reply

That would be a cool ass project ... Make sure you use a steel box for when it catches fire. I'd totally do it just for fun.

nah, let's do tungsten and make the box a heatsink. also heavier as fuck.

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jwt programming.dev jwt@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-10-06
#54 · Quote Reply

The news clip just casually showing an AI answer as fact. /smh

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Corkyskog sh.itjust.works Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#55 · Quote Reply

Meanwhile if you're interested in harvesting batteries and other parts from these things, there are lots of DIY projects to try out. Example

I wish they had more smaller projects. A powerbank or Ebike battery is just a lot of fire risk for the average person to deal with, as cool as they are.

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Tar_Alcaran sh.itjust.works Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-06
#56 · Quote Reply

The problemis that they are all different so recharging it safely is quite a challange

Nah, you just need one controller per type. There are probably some more common types you could focus on.

I miss the times when you could just scavenge 18650s out of anything from laptops to ebikes. I built a home battery system out of those.

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dai lemmy.world dai@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#57 · Quote Reply

now you've got me wondering how many of those i'd need to wire up a new ebike battery.

I've got around 100+ cells so far, wanting to replace the lead acid batteries in an oldschool dell rackmount ups in my rack. Bit more involved than I'd hoped, but the batteries are so easy to obtain. The risk of burning the house down and killing my family currently outweighs the cool fufo factor, for now.

Biggest issue is the differing sizes and shapes depending on the device. Lots are approx 16500 but you get the odball square or some tiny thing that's half useless.

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ZILtoid1991 lemmy.world ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-16
#58 · Quote Reply

Who thought disposable vapes were a good idea in the first case? Is charging a device that hard?

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#59 · Quote Reply

So disposable vapes are not allowed on beaches and in battery fires?

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TrollTrollrolllol lemmy.world TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#60 · Quote Reply

Who thought disposable vapes were a good idea in the first case? Is charging a device that hard?

Good ideas in America mean ideas that make money. Environmental impact doesn't even play into what's considered a "good idea" here. The only thing that is important is making money. As long as you have an extra million to toss at the Administration should some state attempt to hold you accountable you're all good.

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bitjunkie lemmy.world bitjunkie@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-19
#61 · Quote Reply

The fuck? Maybe because of medical users I guess.

There are probably people going through THC vapes at the same rate as most people do nicotine ones, but they are definitely the outliers. That shit is potent.

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