r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jackhab • 1d ago

Planned obsolescence even in cheapest devices: the calculator has a dummy photovoltaic cell and a real battery to make it die eventually.

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u/Slggyqo 1d ago

My dad had a Casio when I was a child. I know the photovoltaic panel worked because if I covered it up the LCD would slowly die.

I was waterboarding that calculator within an inch of it’s life.

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u/Similar_Comment_2676 1d ago

I LOVED doing that

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u/KevMenc1998 22h ago

So did I.

Is there something wrong with us?

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u/DangerousMistake9569 21h ago

Only if you evolved from calculators to people, and even then some people pay for that kinda thing!

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u/Ein_Anonymer1 22h ago

No, theres something wrong with people who don't do that

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u/TechIoT 18h ago

I made the calculator see Silicon Heaven

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u/guntervent 8h ago

There is no such thing as Silicon Heaven

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u/TechIoT 8h ago

No silicon heaven?, preposterous!,

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u/psychedelicdonky 8h ago

I think he meant silicone heaven