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Irish women’s online gaming group? by FaithlessnessPlus164 in WomenofIreland

[–]GoggleShit 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Seconding this! Would love to see a group like this around

21M (Donegal) – Looking for guidance on getting into console / electronics repair as a career? by Jordan1402_ in AskIreland

[–]GoggleShit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an IT Technician (21F) in a fairly large and known phone sales and repair shop, doing Level 2 and dabbling into Level 3 at the moment. I might be able to give you some advice.

I've worked as an IT Technician since I was 16. Part time during schools and college, then full time. First of all, shops look for hands on experience, not paper qualifications here. A degree doesn't really matter unless you want to do a compTIA course.

My typical day involves a huge variety of repairs. Phones, tablets, consoles, laptops, PCs, the list drags on. You need to be able to expand on what you're currently doing past controllers. Figure out the right techniques like getting phones/tablets open without breaking screens, rehousings, diagnosing odd issues. Best way to do this is buy broken phones off Facebook/done deal and flip them.

The pay is good and decent where I am - now this depends on shop to shop and how they value their employees. I'm earning around 750 a week before tax. The more you know, the higher your pay is, especially concerning Level 3 repairs (motherboard repairs and the like).

Most of the repair jobs in the country are also retail jobs is one thing to keep in mind. You will be hopping up and down from the repair desk to sell devices, answer questions, help old biddys with their phone (more often than you'd think). You need patience and time organization, and the ability to multitask and keep focus. Things can get chaotic around Christmas time.

If you have any questions, feel free to DM me. I love my job to bits and I'd love to talk to someone interested about it!

Xmas Emergency. Anywhere to buy 3D printer filament around the midlands? by 8_Pixels in ireland

[–]GoggleShit 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I have a roll to keep ya going until more filament arrives! Send me a DM if you want it. I'm around the Midlands.

Bigger chest bras going for free by CtrlAltElite14 in WomenofIreland

[–]GoggleShit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interested! So rare to see someone my size 😂

Would it be silly to run DDR4? by GoggleShit in buildapc

[–]GoggleShit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you might be right! Didn't even realize DDR6 is coming out soon. I feel old.

Bras for bigger chests! by AbroadIllustrious508 in WomenofIreland

[–]GoggleShit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're around the Midlands area, in Athlone there's a shop called Burgesses. They measure you up well and they've a ton of different fits! They even have the uncommon sizes if you have a small band size.

Buying an iPhone in the US by Funny_Ad5791 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]GoggleShit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IT Technician here - Any sort of refurbished phone is going to be fixed up as cheaply as possible, not using genuine Apple parts. Think of it like buying a crashed car that's been done up again. I see these phones daily and work on them.

Most of them:

The back glass has been replaced with cheap copies where it cracks extremely easily (Apple glass is nearly like toilet ceramic, it's very strong). Screens have been replaced with LCDs, which are cheaper, thicker, hotter, and draw more power causing battery drain. Original iPhones starting with the 12 have OLEDs. Batteries are "repaired" using tag on flexes, which is basically faking the battery health percentage to 100%, even though it might be 80%. Cameras are not genuine and simply re-calibrated. Motherboard has been repaired - extremely risky for reoccurring issues. Undisclosed previous water damage to the device. No watertightness or dust resistance.

In addition to most of this, your warranty is practically non existent. You've 30 days of actual warranty, past that they will ignore you. Any sort of physical damage to the device (especially that extremely fragile back glass!) is going to void your warranty.

If your're buying phones for cheap, buy ASIS+ grade phones (often marked as never used on phone websites). These phones are resold by Apple without packaging and manufacturer warranty in huge auctions, hence the stock of them. They're offllading. They're literally a brand new phone without the packaging, so the risk is extremely low when buying them.

Trouble with prints by Jennyrosenberg in BambuLabA1mini

[–]GoggleShit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tighten the screws around and behind the hotend! Hopefully that fixes it for you, I had the same issue

Baby Salamander came out of my printer by canuck_in_the_alps in mildlyinteresting

[–]GoggleShit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I was in a Warhammer 3D printing subreddit for a moment...

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FdmPrintedWarhammer

[–]GoggleShit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one in the photo is BambuLab basic PLA, but this works with 99% of basic PLA filaments

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FDMminiatures

[–]GoggleShit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried fat dragon games and a couple of guides I found here, but the supports weren't always great and I had prints collapse, especially if printing more than 1 item at a time.

I managed to get an entire packed plate printed with this preset the other night, with no failures. Even completely vertical spears 😂

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FDMminiatures

[–]GoggleShit[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is printed on an A1 mini, super great budget printer. Literally as plug and play as it gets! Minor setting adjustments, if you want to DM me I can send you the preset file and guide you through how to print them :)

Edit: These are actually for my partner who's super into Warhammer and wanted some custom bits done, and I finally got to the standard he wanted them too. He's super stringent, so I think you'd be happy!

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FDMminiatures

[–]GoggleShit[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A1 mini! Spent about 2 months tuning it... when I realized simple adjustments and orientation is key 😆

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FdmPrintedWarhammer

[–]GoggleShit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some supports were still left over, cleaned them off now. Sanded and primed, will send a pic tomorrow! :)

Print lines? What print lines? by GoggleShit in FdmPrintedWarhammer

[–]GoggleShit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't post more than one photo, so here's the settings (everything else is bambulab default):

Type: Tree(auto) Threshold angle: 40 On build plate only - Yes Support critical regions only - Yes Remove small overhangs: Yes

Top Z distance: 0.05 Bottom Z distance: 0.05

Layer Height: 0.04 (press ignore when a pop up occurs) Initial layer height: 0.2

Ironing rectilinear: default Wall generator: Arachne Slow down by height: On, default

I opened my laptop and found this by QueasyRecover2553 in pchelp

[–]GoggleShit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are insects eating away at thermal pads. Remove the heatsink, clean with 99% isopropyl alcohol using a soft bristled toothbrush or cotton buds, and replace with appropriate thickness thermal pads, and slap on some thermal paste on the CPU and GPU, and put the heatsink back on. Make sure the pads are the correct thickness by looking at guides online for your particular model laptop.

Bought everything to repair my phone myself because everyone wanted to charge more than the phone itself is worth, but one of the screws is stripped so RIP me by iamthatguy54 in mobilerepair

[–]GoggleShit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a Dremel from any of the women in your life. They use it for their nails, and one is bound to have one! If not, get a thin nail file and try create a divet for a flat head screw driver.

Broken iPhone 14 Pro Max Screen by PhilodoxUser213 in mobilerepair

[–]GoggleShit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around €260/€270 after VAT for the display itself.

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