Just got a notification about this from my kids school district in Northern CA.
this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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Chromebooks are absolute garbage.
Most computers I have used over the last 15 years will disable USB power if you short out the port (working with electronics you tend to replicate the "sticking scissors into a USB port" with some regularity)
Pencil lead I am sure causes other issues though... it gets red hot and melts eventually
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When I was a middle schooler I definitely wanted to see what would happen from messing around with things like that would be like...
But I also wasn't inundated by short form videos trying it out and encouraging me to do it myself also as part of a trend...