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317 points diwank | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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throwaway48476 ◴[15 Oct 24 16:22 UTC] No.41850185[source]▶
It is interesting that one of their examples is a "community repair fair", they want to market a sheen of social responsibility without actually taking part themselves.
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giancarlostoro ◴[15 Oct 24 16:42 UTC] No.41850430[source]▶
Lowkey wish their laptops would be as they used to be. Being able to swap RAM or hard drives is so basic but so useful.
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adolph ◴[15 Oct 24 21:32 UTC] No.41853334[source]▶
Hot air rework is more accessible than ever. This video is kinda over-the-top breathless, but removing components and reballing new ones isn't rocket science.

https://youtu.be/apEKAY11NQs?t=328

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1. wasabinator ◴[15 Oct 24 21:48 UTC] No.41853460[source]▶
It is and will always be rocket science to most people, and orders of magnitude more difficult than swapping a drive or ram sticks.
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2. adolph ◴[17 Oct 24 14:57 UTC] No.41870274[source]▶
I disagree that the current state of an art will not change. Consider the solution-state as a vector. 18 years ago people were performing reflow repair with candles! [0] Pathfinding hackers are able to perform the task now more precisely and with consumer priced tools.

SMD and BGA are definitely headed in a direction of non-specialized solubility at an individual level. What will drive it most quickly is that it is easier and more precise than holding an iron, solder wire and two components together.

0. https://www.geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ib...