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Queer woman in the UK, mostly posting about cycling, human powered vehicles, camping, tech.

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Webhttps://www.ductilebiscuit.net/
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ALChttp://lightweightcampers.org.uk/

bookmark this: https://connectorbook.com/

it is not just a book--there is an online utility that can help you identify mystery connectors!

"The electronic connector book" - A book by Davide Andrea

Book about electronic connectors

Luddites were people who were very skilled with machines but disagreed that those machines were used to lower working conditions under which they and their offspring would have to work.

This insightful comic shows how AI and regulations are now placing workers in the same situation.

It shows how more and more people say:
I AM A LUDDITE
"I am good with new technology and I want it to be used to benefit individual people."

https://thenib.com/im-a-luddite/
@GeePawHill #luddite #neoluddite

I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The Nib

What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.

The Nib
Computers are like onions. Everything is layers built on layers, and every layer makes you cry. #sysadmin
@Maker_of_Things That's even better than this...

Annoyed that a website is doing something custom on right-click?
Did you expect the browser's context menu (Back, Reload, Save Page As, View Source etc.)?

Just hold the ⇧Shift key while clicking and Firefox will show the built-in context menu.

Edit: I had no idea this was such a widely appreciated post. Credit where credit is due: @dveditz told me about this trick a couple of months ago.

@ukscone We have a small number of mugs that the resident tea-drinker is forbidden from contaminating with horrid brown residue. Also: cutlery.

#Developer Friend: "What does your downloads folder on your computer look like?"

Me: 🤔

@jmb This thread is a couple of years old now, but might be informative: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=107848.0

One thing that's worth noting is that hot air is often the least painful way to de-solder a multi-pin connector from a board with plated through-holes (as most industrially-produced boards are these days), so it's not just about SMD reflow and heat-shrink.
Was there a soldering iron, soldering station recomendation thread

Was there a soldering iron, soldering station recomendation thread

Can anyone give me any recommendations for a new #soldering iron/station? I like the idea of one like BigClive has with the hot air gun so you can do shrink wrap as well, but not essential. No doubt my old crappy missing iron will turn up as soon as I get a new one! #electronics #repairs
@mw1cgg Too late I'm afraid - last two just gone.

Maybe the Walthamstow Tourist Board could be of help?
https://walthamstowtourism.wordpress.com/
Abandoned Mattress Calendars

Walthamstow (unofficial) Tourist Board

Abandoned Mattress Calendars