Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Hell yeah brother.
I legit contracted with an OEM over Alibaba to make a custom piece of glass to adhere to the new LCD screen to replace the broken screen in my wife’s Playdate.
Though in that case it was like $150 total.
renzev@lemmy.world 1 week 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@lemmy.ca 1 week 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@lemmy.world 1 week ago
When I went to trade school I jumped all over the opportunity to learn how to solder for exactly that reason
renzev@lemmy.world 1 week 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@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s so great. You should be proud.