the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

@starkatt noodles (iron fortified)
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apparently there's a game called resident evil village and: why did they not call it resident evillage
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@trysdyn that really shouldn't be allowed
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@lioness Probably... to make us feel our full, real bodies more intensely
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@socks Hey this is really cute
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@socks that would be neat! and rather gooey
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@socks i am not sure what that would imply but it would be neat!
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@socks you could be
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@socks you are also neat!
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i don't know if i have one today but they're neat
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gender
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@starseeker good job on the thingmaking!
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a video game fortunetelling minigame thing just told us that our key to luck is a plush ferret and honestly? yeah i think that sounds about right
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@Roxy hi, that's here, yes
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@Corina@weirder.earth oh yeah and if you want to check how well a charger can charge without needing to see how long it takes to charge your phone, you can get usb power meters (this one appears to be the same as the one we have, which works well enough and isn't too expensive) to measure it. Note that any power supply that supports USB-PD will only do so over a USB-C connector, though, so you'll need a different one if you go that route (though I doubt you will, if you want something cheap)

Of course, these power meters are more expensive than a cheap usb power supply, so it's probably not worth it if you just want something that works.
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fun fact we just learned: stars have negative heat capacity
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@kobi_lacroix taaaaail. that's a very good one
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@Corina@weirder.earth So it depends on what your phone needs and what it supports

Super cheap chargers (which, note, are actually power supplies--the charger itself is internal to the phone) will only provide a tiny amount of current; standard values for USB 2.0 are 100 mA and 500 mA, and you'll commonly see 1 A and 2.1 A as well (these were later extensions to the standard to address phone charging specifically).

A 1 A or 2.1 A charger will almost certainly be able to charge a phone adequately overnight unless the phone is doing something that consumes a lot of power during that time.

Modern devices commonly support one of two major extensions to the idea: either Qualcomm quickcharge (the earlier, less "official" standard) or USB Power Delivery (the later standard). Both of these require support from both the device and the 'charger' (power supply), and they both allow the device to negotiate a higher charging voltage, up to 20 V at 5 A for USB-PD (though this is way more power than a phone would need; that mode is used for charging laptops, phones will negotiate to something like 9 V at 2 A or thereabouts). Power supplies that support these can charge a phone very quickly, but tend to be more expensive.

If you're looking for a cheap way to charge your phone, and you don't need a super fast charge, look for something that can do 2.1 A. I'd go for a brand like Anker if you can, they're known to be reliable and some of the super cheap ones might lie about their specs

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@kat pies of har
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