Apple Watch Overheats on wrist, explodes later
9to5mac.com
9to5mac.com
If it wasn’t, there certainly is info missing from this story.
I think there’s info missing anyways. For example, the Apple Watch Series 7 has a battery life of less than a day. I can’t see that getting longer when it’s overheating. Even if this occurred overnight (“over 2 days (at least)”, IMO, is not what the article says. It could have started overheating at night, and ‘exploded’ early next morning), did he try to recharge the watch after Apple told him not to touch it?
The article writes: "There was no solution or advice provided after this call, just instructions to not touch the watch until he heard back from the company."
I'm honestly surprised that after the Samsung Note fiasco that Apple support is this bad on the topic. I would have expected a dedicated flow for "flagged as high battery combustion risk" from someone like them. I understand that this is a risk with these types of lithium batteries, but if a user calls support for a premium product and support doesn't immediately recognize the situation I entirely blame the company.
"Their" , than "his", then "their" again. I do not understand this trend of using "they" when there is clearly no harm, and enough evidence, to say "he" or "she". It is sad when speech becomes muddy and ambiguous without any obvious benefit. Sincerely, a non-native speaker.
This issue here is the mixed pronouns. They/them as singular pronoun has existed longer than you have, and it's here to stay.
Sincerely, a non native speaker.
Wow, quite a few surprising angles here. I didn't expect the extra MI:7 drama or the burnt couch.
(Meanwhile, it's also kind of funny to note that CountyComm just released a barebones Casio homage for $25.)
How do people not know that it’s bad to leave smoking things (and potentially explode-y things) out overnight, to put them on couches, etc.? Honestly.
why did you put Emergency Room in quotes? they do exist, I assure you.
electronics have parts soldered to a PCB, and historically solder contained lead. it's not chemistry knowledge that is lacking, it is up to date info on what materials are actually in electronics and batteries these days.
Even metallic mercury isn't especially poisonous, and indeed people used to use it as a "purgative" at which it no doubt excelled, dropping through your guts pushing all before it.
It's the organic salts you need to worry about. The pure metal is about as bioavailable as sand, but lead salts - and in particular organic salts - are really quite spectacularly poisonous. That's what did the Romans in, after all - boiling up wine and grapes in lead pots to make "defrutum", where the lead reacted to form lead acetate. Stick a bloody great heavy metal atom onto the end of a nice big sugar? Sure, that'll help it get into your system!
This is why I said it's important to have a bit of physical literacy in your life.
it's ok to not know stuff, sometimes.
It's okay not to know how hedge funds work or how proteins clump together. It's very much not okay to have no idea how compound interest works or whether or not you can get lead poisoning from picking up a car battery.