I am not a robot. I promise.

  • 239 Posts
  • 8.31K Comments
Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: July 9th, 2023
  • over_cloxtomemes•Using AI for trading
    34·
    39 minutes ago

    I know a homeless guy that swears by AI, and aspires to be a realtor LMFAO! Like, dude ain’t even got himself a home but he’s trying to hock homes and properties???

    Sometimes I wonder if he bothered asking AI just how much the average person trusts a wirey balding homeless person that’s missing like 4 front teeth…

  • over_cloxOPtoDull Men's Club•I painted our clock today.
    2·
    18 hours ago

    Nah, I figured it out, it was a couple accidental drips from using rubbing alcohol to thin out the ink in the marker.

    Oh well, I already put the front glass back on, I ain’t about to take it back apart just to clean a couple accidental drips.

    It is what it is…

  • over_cloxOPtoDull Men's Club•I painted our clock today.
    2·
    19 hours ago

    When I looked back at an old photo before I painted it, those black spots weren’t there, so perhaps the marker slipped a couple times 🤷

    Oh shit, I think I know what happened, I had to thin the ink in the marker out a few times with rubbing alcohol, those must be accidental drips 🤦

    Oh well, I done put the face glass back on, and a few of the screw mounts managed to crack and break in the process, so I ain’t about to take it back apart to clean it.

    It is what it is, its way more visible now 👍

  • over_cloxtoDull Men's Club•Replacing a laptop keyboard
    5·
    2 days ago

    I don’t know what the current tech scene is like, but I prefer military grade approved laptops. My old Dell B130 is one such laptop.

    Sure it’s old and came out in 2006 I think, but their military grade line is meant to be easy to repair even in the field, better RF shielding, underclocked a bit for CPU longevity, and runs cooler than consumer grade laptops…

  • over_cloxtoDull Men's Club•Replacing a laptop keyboard
    4·
    2 days ago

    Oh man, you would remind me, my more modern laptop is an HP 15 DW0083WM, and my F10 key is so messed up that it would probably fly off if I sneezed on it.

    I’ve already been inside the laptop before, but only to cut a service panel to easily remove/exchange the SSD module. I quickly realized that if I ever do have to replace the keyboard, I’ll have to gut all the boards and parts to get to it, not much different than OP’s journey…

  • over_cloxtoretrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org•Testing the CPU and RAM boards from the badly damaged Apple Lisa
    1·
    2 days ago

    Damn, that’s hella corrosion!

    That wouldn’t stop me though, I already have half an arsenal of techniques stemming from salvaging flood damaged and house fire damaged boards. I’d probably try to tackle such boards something like this…

    • Ultrasonic cleaner with vinegar
    • Rinse thoroughly and empty the vinegar
    • Ultrasonic cleaner with baking soda and water
    • Rinse thoroughly and empty the soda water mix
    • Spray the boards thoroughly with WD-40
    • Pressure wash the boards
    • Air compressor to mostly dry
    • Heat the boards with a hair dryer to finish drying

    Then it’s obviously a matter of good luck, inspection, testing and tackling any particular issues that the above process didn’t quite clean up. I like dude’s use of phosphoric acid, but I’d rather keep away from the extra strong chemicals until the end stages as spot cleaning only.

    It would be cool to see if he ever manages to actually get all the boards running again. Obviously they’ll need new capacitors and some soldering touchups and whatnot, but still these are rare relics of the past…