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Image 1 — Bought some cheap solder, how bad is it?
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Bought some cheap solder, how bad is it?

Supposedly leaded 63 37 solder. Flux was added and the solder temp was 365c. The test solder points used was on a clicky switch thing i messed up. Fresh solder points on it. Wondering how bad everyone thinks it is.

More information for anyone curious

I've used this brand before and the joints are solid for how shittily some of my older joints were.

I've wanted to get MG Chemicals leaded for a while but it's pretty expensive. I instead opted for this Mechanic branded solder. I've heard good things about the Mechanic brand's other things, but little about their solder. It kind of looks like it's leaded mixed with unleaded. I'm not sure how accurate my soldering station is but i measured it to melt around ~210c (if I'm remembering correctly, and yes the soldering iron does have a temperature probe in it, I've had to disassemble the station before.)

The solder is some cheap stuff i got off of aliexpress. Didn't have any and didn't want to be sentenced to use walmarts shitty lead free solder lol. The solder shown is Mechanic TY-V866 0.8mm. Retail value on it is like $4 for G.W.: 40g net weight 28g. Plus shipping, although I didn't have to pay shipping.

u/Hunter_Ware — 3 days ago

Over the past amount of time, i had tried to use linux. Specifically on an older laptop that has ewaste specs. However one thing i CANNOT cope with is the mousepad integration. Even a wired mouse (razer,) it still feels bad.

I do realize the distro I'm using (ubuntu) has mouse acceleration disabled by default. However, enabling it feels nothing close to windows. It's like far off. Is there a way to make the mouse acceleration feel the same on linux as it is on windows?

Edit: To preface, I've spent probably more than 10 years of my life using computers with mouse acceleration enabled. I don't want to re-learn a mouse. It feels weird with it disabled and unnatural, especially on a touchpad.

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