piecat

joined 2 years ago
[–] piecat 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Leaded is objectively better for everything except health/pollution. Which is the point of RoHS.

Leaded solder has a lower melting point, flows much better, easier to visually see bad solder joints, and doesn't form whiskers. Also less brittle, so cracked joints are less likely.

[–] piecat 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fumes don't contain lead, it's not nearly hot enough. Those fumes are flux burning.

[–] piecat -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Either it's bad enough to ban and should be immediately banned, or it isn't really that bad and shouldn't be banned.

[–] piecat 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Lead free sucks ass and you can pry my leaded solder from my cold dead hands.

Seriously just wash your hands.

[–] piecat 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What downsides?

[–] piecat 12 points 6 days ago

Milwaukee and Madison at least..

[–] piecat 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Put it on the parents. That's enforceable, and the root of the problem..

[–] piecat 3 points 6 days ago

Alpha and beta? I'm released on service pack 2

[–] piecat 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Congestion pricing bad, private tolls good

[–] piecat 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably not enough surface area. Magnesium alloys are mostly dangerous when you're metalworking. Dust, shavings, turnings, that's a real hazard.

[–] piecat 18 points 1 week ago

Slash budgets and sabotage government services

Government services fail

:o

[–] piecat 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that probably sounds so unintuitive and weird to anyone who has never worked with RF.

30
I hate my job... (self.funny)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by piecat to c/[email protected]
 

My job is so fucking unbelievable.

I'll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:

First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.

The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm not sure she even showers, much less shaves her "womanly" parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.

But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the fucking stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I'm sure after work. He probably hasn't been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he's only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960's, and to make things worse, he brings his big fucking dog to work. Every fucking day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it's trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonalds and Burger King, every single fucking day.

Anyway, I drive these fucktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shit.

view more: next ›