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I have multiple devices with lithium batteries plugged in 24/7. A kindle that I use as a display for example. So far nothing exploded. If exploding kindles were a thing I guess I would have heard.

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I have not had anything explode, but I have had Macbook batteries expand on me on two separate occasions to the point where the case was visibly warped. Both times I was away from home, so it was extremely inconvenient.

you use a kindle as a display?

For home automation, how much energy my solar system produces, birthdays, weather forecast. Stuff like that.

did you flash it or do you just use the browser?

I flashed it. Don’t know if always on works with the browser. But jailbreaking is easy and I think even reversible. Then you can ssh into it and even setup a cron to download a picture and refresh the screen.

that's cool

i may have a case to buy a kindle then

any model recommendations?

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