Coincidentally it's nearly time for a major hardware overhaul, and once Ryzen 2 hits I'll give Linux as a main OS a try.
That was the intention, right Microsoft?
I doubt the wires are constantly powered. The charger likely does communications and tests before it blasts energy across to the battery....so they're likely to kill the people who use the chargers instead.
I just can't believe people are this goddamned stupid, and I'm quite cynical.
It's probably the juvenile macho peckerheads who roll coal and drive loud motorcycles who are doing stupid bullshit like this. Excess machismo leads people to do extremely idiotic things.