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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by mathw on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:50AM (#14314453)
Batteries do get lighter as they discharge!

Just not by enough to matter.

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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by robin_reala on Thursday May 11, 2017 @04:15AM (#14314538)
OK, if we’re being pedantic ;) This SE answer puts the difference between a fully charged and fully discharged Chevy Volt at half a microgram: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/34424/134467
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