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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • Note: unfinished, will append later when I have time to read the report and related stallman’s blogposts fully, and, possibly, a few times to see what I’ve missed

    Questionable. “Why bring X up now” implies there’s somehow a right time for that or smth like the statute of limitations, which there aren’t, as far as I’m aware.

    On the other hand, some points of the report are just as questionable:

    • Normalization: admitted those statements were (assumed “partiality”, due to his definition of children being different from a generally accepted one; no attempt made to clarify with the man himself) retracted in 2019, then proceeds to include statements from 2018 using exactly the word “child”. Not that I don’t see a problem with how its worded by RMS [note to self: check if it’s mentioned in said blogpost]: being psychologically detrimental is, IMO, merely the consequence of adults being able to easily manipulate a minor into doing something they don’t feel good about.














  • Sounds like one of the cells has died; fully agree that it’s best to replace the battery (given its 7th gen, I doubt it’s still under warranty).

    Alternatively, if you like tinkering with stuff just for the sake of it, you can replace the offending cell (often slightly expanded compared to the rest of them), or all 3/4 of them: in my experience, replacing only the dead one results in another one dying relatively soon after, but may still be a viable temporary solution if you’re short on money or have something of similar size lying around. Also, if you decide it sounds fun, be sure to look up how-to’s, as just disconnecting a cell will make most BMSes lock themselves + possibly burn the fuse, and you probably don’t want to play the game of “is this BMS unlockable without paying 100500 kilomoney for specialized equipment”