my browser always asks if I want the simplified view which always bypasses the paywall

it's time for your lesson of the day: race is made up. I remember top gear making fun of the French being called racist as a kid, and that was the first time I really realized that everybody has their own idea about race.

there was a period of time where only black or white people could become American citizens, and people of various ethnicities would have to petition the courts to be declared white. Slavs and Scandinavians and Italians had to gain white status through the American courts...

race is made up.

i like him better when he was still Narsil.

when I'm checking them once a year, I do occasionally find corrosion before it becomes a problem, but I keep Energizer Lithium in all of my important things

you know I was expecting mostly what I got, people commiserating, people giving explanations for why they exist, people talking about how their flashlights don't do that, but something genuinely useful, that I did not expect.l

no, surprisingly, Fleshlight has actually figured out how to make an on/off button.

the vibrator? what brand

I can't remember the last time I had a flashlight that did that. I have one in my bedside drawer that's been using the same battery for at least 6 years. and the other ones around the house, I just double check anytime a hurricane is supposed to be rolling in and they've always been fine

I've generally steered away from them because of price, but I do have their Maximus headlamp. I don't remember spending almost $500 on it at the time, but it was pretty steep especially for not having a removable battery

how do you change the mode?

all these super bright LED flashlights you buy on amazon, or at the checkout counter of the hardware store, I just now realized they don't have adjustable focus and I've never needed it with them.

does it have a brand name on it aside from O'Reilly? maybe a part number somewhere in it

so the solution is installing Linux on the flashlight?

Anker.

I don't know how it is with four AAA, but I had an Anker that had the three AAA cassette, where it holds them all side by side. the cassette broke, and when I called asking for a replacement part, they told me they weren't making that anymore so no more parts, but these three cell AAA cassette could be replaced with a single 18650

I do appreciate you taking the time to look though.

that's what I was looking at. c-cell is kind of annoying, it's the only one that I don't have rechargeables laying around for, 18650 would be more convenient. but, mainly, the lumen output looks awfully low for a flashlight that size

oh man, they're still offering incandescent models alongside their LEDs. none of them are really inspiring hope though, even the smaller LED lights seem to have pretty pitiful lumen output compared to what I'm seeing out there

I haven't looked into maglite since proper LEDs priced them out of the market. I'll take another look

see, one of mine is supposed to be almost that easy. you press the button normally to turn the light on and off, and it always remembers the last setting. then, you lightly press the power button to cycle through modes. the problem is, there's no way to press the button hard without also pressing it soft first, so most of the time you're cycling at the same time that you're powering.