In some ways, I\u2019m a curmudgeon. I don\u2019t always adopt new technology immediately, which I know sounds odd given I write about consumer electronics for a living.<\/p>\n
But when it comes to laptops, hanging on to my barrel charger was more a matter of self-preservation than any outright prejudices (or as my colleague Gordon Mah Ung likes to accuse me of… In some ways, I\u2019m a curmudgeon. I don\u2019t always adopt new technology immediately, which I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement.jpg",2000,1334,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement.jpg",2000,1334,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/71260-i-chucked-my-original-laptop-charger-for-this-awesome-replacement-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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