Dell is really crappy about third party chargers. When you get one of their laptops, you are stuck in their ecosystem. They used to do this with memory as well.. then they didn't... then they did again. Don't know which phase they're on right now, but I'd dig on eBay or Craigslist for an exact replacement.
I've had a few Kinesis boards, and honestly the build quality wasn't there for the price of competitors. I'm running a ZSA moonlander now and it is a significantly better experience than I had with the split boards from K.
I like to tell myself that these are the death throes of a dying ideology.
Git gud, scrub
As a constant international flyer, I will only use Delta.
200000 beard-seconds tall.
If you have a soldering iron just replace it with some screw terminal banana sockets. They're sturdy, can take almost anything and cheap.
Florida is Dum-Dums?! I love it.
Backpfeifengesicht x1000
Make sure you're not pitching in a cold sink. Learned this in Lincoln National Forest, and so glad I had an emergency bivvy in my pack.
Clear heat shrink. Probably 20 or 22AWG. You can get a whole set of them at an auto parts store. Don't use a lighter to shrink the tube, use a heat gun, or if you have no other option use a soldering iron.
The lighter will heat up too fast, and depending on the shrink rate will tear the tube, and you'll damage the wire insulation.
Armachillo from Duluth Trading Co. A bit too tight around the waist after I gained about 10lbs for a medium, but best I've owned so far. They stay up, elastic doesn't wear out, the colors don't fade, and they don't trap a ton of heat.