Random Thoughts

[geotrig]

ta pete must check that out that as had been looking on the site the other day

[ChrisBEANS]

I use SRA solder:

https://www.pcb-soldering.co.uk/sra-solder

Along with non acid liquid flux.

Which specific solder?

I was recently (very sympathetically) informed that I have completely inappropriate plumbers solder.

It’s a wonder I’ve achieved anything at all with it!!!

[geotrig]

bar the stained glass stuff which i know nothing about they are all for pcb soldering ! just different diameters and or weights mainly

[Pete]

I use SRA solder:

https://www.pcb-soldering.co.uk/sra-solder

Along with non acid liquid flux.

Which specific solder?

I was recently (very sympathetically) informed that I have completely inappropriate plumbers solder.

It’s a wonder I’ve achieved anything at all with it!!!

https://www.pcb-soldering.co.uk/sra-no- ... -113g-reel

& This:

https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/gaugemaster-gm05.html

Good flux can make all the difference.

[ChrisBEANS]

Fantastic, thanks!!

[ST67]

I mostly drink water these days.

This. I kicked my caffiene habit (again) at the beginning of the year, and nowadays any kind of regular sugar intake gives me heartburn.

The quality and flavour of the water in this area is top notch (we get zero limescale), so straight out of the tap is fine.

I was completely off coffee for 3 years straight, but now I'm drinking several espressos with heavy cream in them on the weekend. It used to be Lattes, but I'm never touching regular mink again, so cream is just perfection. I just missed the ritual of it all so much, I even refurbished my Rancilio Silvia with new parts and am trying to perfect my espresso game.

Our tap water is great too, no lime.

I won't be giving up coffee any time soon, but here in Switzerland the water is extremely hard and limescale is a nuisance. It tastes good, though, but everything needs cleaning (more) regularly.

[geotrig]

have all but givenup coffee the last few weeks now just 1-2 cups a week and feel a hell of a lot better for it , it was affecting my running as well (stomach) not that ive done much recently

[geotrig]

It took me way too long to figure out why I had this greeny yellow colour instead of blue ... It made no seneas all 3 colours seemed to be firing other screen seemed ok except they where slightly off the colour test screen showed red green blue and white
Even saying it over and over again in my head RGB ,RGB and looking at the 3 wire hooked up to the monitor
And then after about 15 mins on the colour test screen I really green was hooked to blue switched and All was fixed

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[SuperPang]

[ChrisBEANS]

Where’s the apostrophe??

[thomj]

My immediate thought is that I bet that photo was taken in Scotland.

[TheRedKnight]

Nope. Has to be China. Because of the pandas. I'm 100% sure.

[Pete]

It made me think of some of the "Jamma+" cabs at R3play all those years ago.

[FrancoB]

I'm thinking the cab isn't broken. It's just a comment on the CP 'effort'

[FrancoB]

& This:

https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/gaugemaster-gm05.html

Good flux can make all the difference.

Cheers Pete. I'll give that flux a go. I had a 250ml bottle of some generic no clean flux which I bought from ebay ~15 years ago. It's just about ran out and unsurprisingly I can't find what I bought before. I bought some of [this] recently but it doesn't seem half as good.

[geotrig]

My immediate thought is that I bet that photo was taken in Scotland.

Nah too bright and modern looking and it still intact

[geotrig]

It made me think of some of the "Jamma+" cabs at R3play all those years ago.

Sounds like the j+ logo especially the last part

[Pete]

Genuinely the only thing that made me laugh recently was when we took the back of this cab & saw a off the shelf Dell pc:

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At least the Japanese try to hide what they are using.

[sven666]

Raw thrills? Or who made that..

[Pete]

Yeah we had a Jurassic Park DX brand new at work & that had a Lenovo tower in it.