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Light Bulbs and Your Mouth: A Cautionary Tale (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"I'll just pop off this U.FL antenna connector...and its socket too I guess..."

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've accidentally peeled like an inch of copper traces off the PCB too, when the pads are attached strongly enough (or the copper is adhered weakly enough? Not sure which). Way worse feeling than nails on a chalkboard, RIP device.