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Cake day: March 3rd, 2024

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  • We’ve had them for quite some time. They don’t change price for individual customers, I don’t think they change the price in the middle of the day either. But, I guess, they can change the prices just before opening, like if the wether service forecasts a rainy day they could rise the price of umbrellas and raincoats. Cold? Hot chocolate and soups. Hot? Ice cream and cold drinks. Certain asshole died overnight? Champaign and confetti cannons through the roof. And so on…








  • Ive done it with dozens of boards (not pc boards tho, but basically the same: processors, memories, capacitors and transistors… just less expandable and much more expensive), but I’ve used an ultrasonic cleaner, I’m not sure just letting it soak is going to do the trick. It could even make it worse, the ipa can dissolve the liquid-ish part of the gunk (oils) and leave the solid residue once dried. If you don’t have such a machine, they’re not that pricy but you’d need a fairly big one so not cheap either, my advise would be to use a toothbrush.

    Some precautions: use 99.9% IPA, not any other alcohols and definitely not acetone. Take the whole thing apart. Take out any batteries off the boards. Most glues will be dissolved, which hasn’t been a problem for me ever but if some of your parts aren’t soldered, screwed, or fastened any other way they’ll fall off. Let it dry very well, even help it a bit putting it in some warm place or using a hairdryer. As other have said thermal paste and pads will have to be replaced most likely. About the fans, I’m not sure, I’ve never done it. I’ve cleaned bigger motors, but those fans are cheaper to just replace than to service them unless it’s a quick blowin’ and dustin’.



  • considerable checks and balances on executive power

    Lol. The 'Muricans use to boast about theirs too. Not anymore, do they?

    At the end of the day those are only words written in a piece of paper and can’t do anything if the gang of thieves (politicians) with a gang of thugs (forces) decide to wipe their asses with it.

    As I said, I’m not an expert in law, but for what I’ve seen when someone tells me their country (or maybe not theirs but one they have idealized) is different, it ends up not being true. Usually it’s just luck they’re wealthy enough and shit hasn’t hit the fan yet.