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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You willingly own a laptop that can open its own shutter?

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  • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I believe they, and pretty much everyone else here, thought you were talking about the mechanical shutter that you have to manually slide over the lens.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s not what mechanical means, but I can understand the confusion.

      Those are manual shutters. If it’s mechanical, unless you are using a very archaic definition or speaking in a different context it is capable of self movement in some form.

      Not that I’d be particularly surprised to find out product marketing on the question is all over the place.

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Does your mechanical pencil advance its own lead? Does your mechanical keyboard type on itself?

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      • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m a mechanical engineer, but what do I know. Just studied that shit for 5 years and worked as one for the past 13.

        But the again, I’m from Germany so maybe there is a language barrier between us somehow.

        We now know what you mean and you probably also know what the other person meant. All is well.

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      • knobpolisher@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Mechanical means relating to Japanese mechas

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