I tried my best to run the app in wine but it was some Active X thing and it was looking like no ammount of wine hacks was going to get it to work. Then after I was done it took windows like 2 hours to shut down becuase it was running all the updates since the last time I booted windows (I think December because I had to electronically sign a document with Adobe Acrobat)

@M4Gunner how's your little project?

i got a little starter pack of modules, sensors, resistors, etc. with practice projects , and then garbo 30w soldering iron, multimeter, and cheap dremel

and i picked out a smol tracked chassis

and im still having some display issues here and there

so ill probly do a bunch of small learny projects for awhile and work on the tank longterm

what about the coding?

It looks like the actual code involved will be pretty simple

did you fix the hdmi problems?

not fully, i bought another hdmi cable to test whether i just have a bad cable or not

If you want to get into soldering, I advise you to get some good shit. A soldering station, with temperature control.

Also, get a vice to hold the circuit board.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/88018/what-is-the-best-tool-to-hold-small-printed-circuit-board

I absolutely agree with @DanielKO on the soldering. Hakko and Goot make amazing tools. Be sure to get a vice with adjustable arms.

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1009301211466649604

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1009554561420447744

what kind of vice is non-adjustable?

what the hell sort of vice would that be

lol

Probably adjustable orientation.

Some vice are meant to hold an object firmly while you use heavy tools on it.

i thought all vices do that

ah

now all is clear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

@What Would Jack Conte Do? There's flat board vices that are used for surface mount soldering. They basically look like stanrdard press vices but they have plastic inserts with notches on them.

``like the time i hired a bangkok prostitute to do my taxes while i fucked my accountant``

Anyone know a thing about building computers?

Yes.

I haven't built one in a while though. There's a subreddit or two dedicated for that, you can go and ask.

It feels like the biggest mistake is buying a shitty motherboard.

I just built a completely new machine about a month ago. Build a lot of scrap machines too.

@Brave Brave Sir Robin did you have a sepcific question?

I was digging for some parts and found my old PC-G1 - the sony vaio with the Crusoue processor

plugged it in and it seems to be completely functional

one of these:

this was actually a really nice form factor. I'd easily go for a newer machine in this size and layout