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Backwards S-Pen Can Permanently Damage Note 5
tlhIngan writes: Samsung recently released a new version of its popular Galaxy Note series phablet, the Note 5. However, it turns out that there is a huge design flaw in the design of its pen holder (which Samsung calls the S-pen). If you insert it backwards (pointy end out instead of in), it's possible for it get stuck damaging the S-pen detection features. While it may be possible to fix it (Ars Technica was able to, Android Police was not), there's also a chance that your pen is also stuck the wrong way in permanently as the mechanism that holds the pen in grabs the wrong end and doesn't let go.
It doesn't require you to jam the pen in. It requires no force at all to mess it up.
Um, they've designed around that. The diesel nozzle is larger than a gas nozzle.
Can you do it the other way around? Yes.
Probability of fuck up at each attempt: 0.001
Probability of no fuck up at one attempt: 0.999
Probability of two no-fuck-ups in a row: 0.999*0.999
Probability of x no-fuck-ups in a row: 0.999^x
Five attempts per day, for a year, is 1825 attempts in total.
So, probability of getting to the end of the year without a fuck up: 0.999^1825 = 0.16
Probabilty of not getting to the end of the year without a fuck up (i.e., having a fuck up): 1 - 0.16 = 0.84.
84% chance of having a fuck up in a year.
I think it's called the multiplying-things-together-a-bunch-of-times function.
TL:DR; You calculate the chances of it never happening (there's only one way for it to never happen, whereas there are many ways for it to happen - on day one, on day two, etc) and subtract them from 1.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
I have a Note 3 as well.
You are correct FOR OUR PHONES.
The Note 5 redesigned the S-Pen and this is no longer the case - the Note 5 pen can be inserted backwards with zero resistance.