• @renzevOP
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    164 days ago

    Damn, sounds impressive! The experience that inspired this meme for me was swapping the buttons in my mouse for newer ones from a dead donor mouse, which admittedly took much less than 2 hours haha

    • Arghblarg
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      154 days ago

      Imagine the reduction in e-waste if everyone in high school took a short course in how to use a soldering iron, solder-sucker/braid and heat-gun to replace common bits in consumer electronics. So many things could be saved that get thrown out only due to a bad microswitch or cracked solder joint to a USB or headphone connector …

      • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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        74 days ago

        When I went to trade school I jumped all over the opportunity to learn how to solder for exactly that reason

      • @renzevOP
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        44 days ago

        When they went to school, my mother learned how to use a sewing machine, my father learned basic carpentry, and they both learned how to shoot and maintain an AK-47. Although the UUSR may not have been the perfect paradise that many people make it out to be, it does feel like modern school systems could learn a thing or two from the communists.

    • @ch00f
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      34 days ago

      That’s so great. You should be proud.