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"Tesla protesters are planning their “biggest day of action” yet, aiming for 500 demonstrations at Tesla showrooms across the world on March 29th..." (www.theverge.com)
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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I even read it can gradually spontaneously self-charge if left alone long enough with the terminals insulated from each other. I don't know if that's actually true (it would seem to be a sort of Maxwell's Daemon at that point), but yeah, best to not take chances.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

They do charge over time when terminals are not shorted, but it's not like they go from discharged to spontaneously fully charged in seconds. It's a slow creep that happens over an extended time period.