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What Cueball never grasps is that his irrational need to hoard a supply of batteries tending to the infinite is the real cause of his stress. In reality, he only needs to consider the maximum amount of time that he spends between recharging his phone, and divide that by the average lifespan of a phone battery, and round up that figure to get the minimum number of batteries required to avoid a power outage (multiplied by 1.5 if the mere state of running low causes stress). If he charges up his phone and backup batteries every night, he would only need 2 to 3 backup batteries, tops. | What Cueball never grasps is that his irrational need to hoard a supply of batteries tending to the infinite is the real cause of his stress. In reality, he only needs to consider the maximum amount of time that he spends between recharging his phone, and divide that by the average lifespan of a phone battery, and round up that figure to get the minimum number of batteries required to avoid a power outage (multiplied by 1.5 if the mere state of running low causes stress). If he charges up his phone and backup batteries every night, he would only need 2 to 3 backup batteries, tops. | ||
| β | The title text says that Cueball's backpack will turn red if it is | + | The title text says that Cueball's backpack will turn red if it is below 20% of its energy capacity, similar to the battery indicator on a smartphone when at low battery to warn the user. Cueball probably gets similarly stressed when that happens, perhaps requiring a backup backup-battery backpack. Most backpacks do not have this function.{{Citation needed}} It is unclear by what mechanism the backpack turns red or detects that it should do so. |
That [[Randall]] has issues with low battery power on cell phones can be seen in the earlier comics [[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1802: Phone]] and in the later comics [[1965: Background Apps]] and [[2680: Battery Life]]. | That [[Randall]] has issues with low battery power on cell phones can be seen in the earlier comics [[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1802: Phone]] and in the later comics [[1965: Background Apps]] and [[2680: Battery Life]]. | ||
