this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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What is this thing?

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Pencil for scale. Circuit board, 1 USB plug that lights up an LED when you plug it in. Windows doesn't recognize it as a device. Two little metal leg things with "feet".

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[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FYI. Do not plug random hardware you don’t know the source of into your computer.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unless you work at an Iranian uranium enrichment facility, then it's fine.

[–] Smatt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Haha oopsy, my centrifuges are all wonky.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Smatt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Solved! Thank you. You've saved me from my curiousity.

[–] mykl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hi OP, could you edit the title of your post to add [SOLVED] as we don’t have flairs here? If your computer hasn’t crashed of course :-)