All the shit you buy from china is made by hand

and typically not made by automated machines

many 22nm and 14nm SoC from China. now do they assemble that by hand?

make chink socs great again

ayy

@tulio (túlio) obviously integrated circuits aren't, but the components get assembled onto the circuit board by hand. If you wanna learn more, see the first chapter of "The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware" by Andrew "bunnie" Huang.

do they solder SMDs by hand too?

Do you think there could ever be something like Shenzen in a semi-free country? I'd love to live close to someplace where all the components and electronics books are cheap af, but I don't wanna give up muh freedoms in order to do so.

@tulio (túlio) Not sure, but just look at a Foxconn assembly line and see how much is done by hand. There's over 500 people in those lines.

I've seem them, I stand corrected

Seriously tho, read the book I mentioned. It's well written and interesting af.

@(import (srfi 151)) does HK sort of count?

it's just next door to shenzhen

Hmm… maybe.

cost of living is quite though though

Shit…

nazi

nazi

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GLASS THE FUGEES, @Cuerex ?

is it worth buying chinese solder/soldering iron?

Yeah, I use a chink soldering iron.

My only regret is not buying a stronger one.

tempwise?

the yihuas I hear are decent

or did it break after like 20 heats

I use it every so often. I've gotten more than 20 uses out of it.

I dunno if I'd use Chinese solder without a proper fume Hood.

Just make sure your room is ventilated.

Yeah, basically.

solder is solder

Ye

it's all bad to breathe

Do it anyway though.

now i have to build a fume hood

Is lead free solder still shit?

Or just do your soldering outside.

are chinese fume hoods worth it?

🤷

lol

just get the lead solder

soldering now and then wont give you cancer