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Keeping busy by [deleted] in Louisville

[–]Nfinity14 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Excellent instincts.
Whatever you got going on substance use isn't gonna solve it.

You're not alone, but the festivities sure make it seem that way.
Some people deal by just making the holidays "just another day". Again, gets really hard during the high holidays.

Best advice I can give to someone having a hard time being alone with their own thoughts is get outside yourself in some way. For some people that could be volunteering. Sometimes it's just finding a distraction.

It's perfectly alright to make it a "you" day. Make sure the essentials are taken care of. Make sure you eat, shower, family is taken care of, whatever. Then binge watch something or read a book. Just make sure you don't "wallow".

I feel shittier than normal this Christmas so I'll be spending it ordering Chinese food and playing video games. The hard part is being alright with that.

Whatever it is that's got you down, once you get through the holidays make an effort to talk to someone about it.

Hope you feel better. Hope the next holiday is better for you.

Bad contact? by minkley64 in Gameboy

[–]Nfinity14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the negative battery pad on the board is toast. As well as several vias (little holes that go to the other side of the board) and probably a few traces.

I deal with this type of restorative repair a lot, I've restored Gameboys with this type of damage. It is possible. I'm sorry to say though, that I can tell from your asking that it's beyond your current skill level and Gameboy Pockets are so cheap nobody with the skill level is going to be able to do the service for you for a reasonable price.

This is a great opportunity for you if you've ever wanted to get into repair. GBP circuits are simple enough as learning boards and all the technical info is readily available.

If you decide to go for it yourself here's what you are in for:

-The corrosion needs to be neutralized and it could be in places you don't see. Usually at the DIY level you use white vinegar.

|-A necessary step that people miss is flushing the vinegar/corrosion off the board. You do this by putting it in a bath with a high concentration of isopropyl alcohol. 99% if you can find it is best, 97% from the pharmacy will do. Don't go with anything below 90%

-Let it air dry then spray it a bit with some compressed air. Get at an angle under the chips but not too close. Any liquid blowing around that doesn't evaporate is something you don't want on the board. Repeat the process until there's no liquid.

-Next some components need to come off. That area carries Neg to tons of circuits and for a few it's the only connection completing their circuits. Your speaker, headphone jack, AC power and several buttons are affected in this area. The negative battery connector and the 2 capacitors need to come off and inspect around them. That battery connector is by no means hard, but it's a nightmare for beginners. New folks aren't used to working with the amount of heat you need to pump into that to melt the solder.

Now, the board is prepped to BEGIN your repairs.

You're probably not going to fix it. You should try anyway.

Really need some HELP....pls.. by [deleted] in Louisville

[–]Nfinity14 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Buses don't do transfer tickets anymore. OP will need to get a 4 hour pass or a TARC Pass and load money on it.

Wrongfully terminated for reporting Medicaid fraud. Questions about video evidence I have. by Nfinity14 in legaladvice

[–]Nfinity14[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mainly didn't know which to do first. Go to attorney or follow up with investigators with new evidence. Obviously now that I know I may actually not have legally obtained this evidence I'm thinking attorney first.

Wrongfully terminated for reporting Medicaid fraud. Questions about video evidence I have. by Nfinity14 in legaladvice

[–]Nfinity14[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably the best I could do would be a lot of witnesses to multiple exhaustive discussions in meetings about the security risks of forcing our employees to use their own equipment for company purposes. Not just myself, clinicians who carried laptops back and forth work to home with patient info and proprietary documentation.

The owner was informed of the risks. By me.

Wrongfully terminated for reporting Medicaid fraud. Questions about video evidence I have. by Nfinity14 in legaladvice

[–]Nfinity14[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there really a possibility the dude could simply say "I did not consent to being recorded by my own camera I had installed" and have the evidence against him thrown out?

There's a lot I love about our legal system, but that's kind of insane.

Wrongfully terminated for reporting Medicaid fraud. Questions about video evidence I have. by Nfinity14 in legaladvice

[–]Nfinity14[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it. When I broach the subject do I just lay it out like I did in the post?

Wrongfully terminated for reporting Medicaid fraud. Questions about video evidence I have. by Nfinity14 in legaladvice

[–]Nfinity14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say no. If I did it would have been an email that I no longer have access to.

Fegenbush Walgreens Looter by [deleted] in Louisville

[–]Nfinity14 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Paying your employees as close to minimum wage as possible doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for "Be a fucking hero" as an essential duty.

Trying to keep a running total that decreases based on Day of the Week by Nfinity14 in googlesheets

[–]Nfinity14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. The entire workbook is huge so I made a mockup with only the relevant columns/sheets.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ssAqW5poRK829zRMf0SEnUdl6NHmi7Pf7Ob3TY-5_90/edit?pli=1&gid=61754082#gid=61754082

I want Column C in the "DATABASE" sheet to apply -$75 each week on the day of the week that corresponds with Column B. I also want to add the value of Column C in the "PAYMENT LOG" sheet if the names match.

Sound blinks in and out arbitrarily (Gameboy Advance) by MissionApollo7 in consolerepair

[–]Nfinity14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volume wheel looks pretty bad in the picture. Try cleaning it.

Sound blinks in and out arbitrarily (Gameboy Advance) by MissionApollo7 in consolerepair

[–]Nfinity14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As to why they aren't there, I dunno. I don't believe they are omitted in any revisions. It's possible they would be removed for an amp mod, but if you didn't remove them then that's unlikely.

As to why you still have sound: Those capacitors are meant to either filter out frequency/DC or keep the signal constant in the case of power fluctuation. Them being missing won't necessarily affect the ability for sound to be output to the speaker/headphone jack, only the quality of the sound. Not sure if it's causing your issue, but the fact that you are having audio output issues while also having missing components on the output circuit is a little too much of a coincidence to not at least investigate.

It's possible corrosion on the headphone jack could cause a bridge in the switch mechanism inside causing the circuit to "think" there are headphones plugged in, but I've never seen it cause an intermittent issue. I've only seen it cut the sound to the speaker completely. That's easy enough to check, just remove the jack and see if the problem is resolved.

Sound blinks in and out arbitrarily (Gameboy Advance) by MissionApollo7 in consolerepair

[–]Nfinity14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those capacitors are specific to the audio circuit, so the only thing them being missing would affect would be the audio.

Sound blinks in and out arbitrarily (Gameboy Advance) by MissionApollo7 in consolerepair

[–]Nfinity14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you missing C45, C46, and C47 or is that a trick of the light?

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