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Good one! I wasn't thinking in those lines, but now that you mention it... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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-1 You're not the father
-2 You're not their father
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Sounds rather primitive, using just your digits to check pregnancy.
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I bought a Kindle Fire 7, just a bit over 1 year ago on a Black Friday deal for $34.99.
Can't complain too much at that price.
I mostly used it for reading books in Kindle reader software.
I was very careful to charge it before it became too drained and to not charge it to often.
Now, if I charge it and unplug it before work (7am) and then attempt to look at it again that night (around 7pm) it has about 17% charge left.
Even if it's on Airplane mode it is basically dead by that evening.
Is that all you get out of these batteries & devices? 1 year?
The hardware (except the battery) all seems fine. Seems like it performs well and all.
Again, it was only $35 so I understand 1 year is a long time, but it just feels like a "throw-away philosophy" taking over.
Anyone else have a Kindle Fire 7 for over 1 year? What's your experience?
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raddevus wrote: Is that all you get out of these batteries & devices? 1 year?
Depends a little on the exact type of the battery, but essentially that is correct. Lithium polymere batteries, for example, have about 100 good charge cycles. It probably is a battery with only one or two cells and should not be too expensive to replace.
Edit: It's a single cell lithium polymer battery (3.7V, 4400 mAh). Discregarding its extremely flat shape, you could get such a battery for a remote controlled toy for about 5$. But not this thing. We begin at 25$ and can also reach 50$.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 17-Feb-17 8:41am.
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Only 100 charges!?! wow! I guess that is about right. Charge it about every 3rd day over 1 year and it's toast. 
That's great info. Thanks very much for sharing.
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They wear out a little more each time they are charged. The capacity gets lower and the internal resistance of the cells rises. In the end they become as tired as you described them.
I use those[^] for some outdoor activities. By now they are in their third year and have seen some action, mostly at the weekends and only occasionally during the winter. They sre still in good shape.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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When my Nexus 7 died, I bought one to tide me over until the WookieTab arrived.
It was cheap.
It felt cheap.
It was - frankly - rubbish. The Amazon philosophy of "Google is the Antichrist" ruins it, along with the ads it tries to stuff down your throat all the time.
In comparison, my Nexus battery was still fine after four and a half years ... Then the electronics died.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Most electronic devices run on smoke. If you see the smoke escape, the device will no longer work.
Rules for playing Javascript frameworks.
1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't get out of the game.
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That's funny you had a Nexus 7 and then bought a Kindle Fire 7.
I did the same thing.
The Nexus 7 was really nicely made Asus pad. I can only use the Nexus 7 as an alarm clock now but it stays charged for over a week as long as it is on Airplane mode.
The Fire 7 hardware does indeed feel very brittle.
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I don't even like the back of it! The Nexus has a nice, textured back that stays in your hand well. The Fire is cheap slippery plastic that you have to hold or it falls to the floor.
But the real bugger for me is that it won't "see" the Chromecast - exactly the same software on the Nexus sees both my Chromecast and my Fire Tv stick!
It's going up on FleaBay as soon as I get round to charging and fully resetting it. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've had a Kindle Paper White about two years, and charged it about 3 times in those years.
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That really is amazing technology. Very cool battery conservation.
Can you read on that at night though? Does it work with a book light?
Or does a book light reflect off the screen too much?
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The screen is backlit, ideal for reading in any ambient light. Midday, overcast, complete darkness, all the same on your eyes.
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I've had an EZReader (Astak reader) since 2008. Still have the original battery in it, but now I have to charge it about once a week if I'm actively using it. It used to go for 6 weeks or so.
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Wee Tom keeps an eye on the weather for a timely cultural reference (13)
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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@melchizidechh You won yesterday, so we is a-waitin'!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'll keep you busy in the meanwhile...
Frysian pregnancies (8)
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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Stephen[^] isn't pregnant, he's just "big boned"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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POsted, sorry for the delay. Held up with, y'know, work 'n stuff.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Who wants to help me write a browser plugin that blocks all the silly and annoying acronyms in The Lounge?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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document.clear();
document.write('<html><body></body></html>');
You're welcome.
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CRPOTD.js
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I wondered why so many kids were shuffling around so slowly, this morning, and it turns out that a bunch of new pokies was released "into the wild".
So, over to Mark for the traffic report:
If you have to travel, today, allow extra time, because millions of addictive idiots will be driving slowly and erratically.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Install this[^] in your car and that will never be a problem anymore. I would also add a cow catcher in the front to sweep aside the debris.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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