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   Martin Hamilton (m@martinh.net)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 02:34:24 JST Martin Hamilton

   Them: Can you confirm you have no more than 15 personal electronic devices in your carry on?

   Me: (excitedly infodumping) Well, it really depends what you consider to be a device. Many of these computers themselves contain multiple smaller computers. Consider these microSD cards (waves a small anti-static bag around), each of which has a tiny ARM processor - designed by a trans person from the BBC Micro team, if I might go off at a tangent for a moment. Or the battery controller chip on the LiPo pouch protection circuit, which significantly reduces the probability of a thermal excursion. And let's face it, nobody wants a spicy pillow in their lap at 30,000 feet-

   Them: Just say yes. (Pleadingly) Just yes. That's all I'm asking. I'm begging you.

   #39c3 #AuDHD

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 22:39:27 JST Rich Felker

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     • ishotjr ✨💙✨💗✨

     @ishotjr @m They're asking for the sake of limiting battery capacity. "Device" here means something that might have an internal battery (or, theoretically, supercap) of some sort.

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     ishotjr ✨💙✨💗✨ (ishotjr@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 22:39:29 JST ishotjr ✨💙✨💗✨

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     @m who has this requirement? I've never considered a limit; mostly just encountered limits on others' patience as I carefully fill half a dozen bins for scanning.... 😅