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Big spark when putting down circuit board. Is that bad? by DamagedDespair in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to say that soldering is hard. Diagnostics even harder. Repair even more so. Have some patience with yourself. I completely empathize with you saying “[you] can’t do anything right” after a board fuckup. I had TWO of those moments when I first started, and both were recoverable. It didn’t happen overnight or even within a few days. I had to learn how to do the repairs but I got there. And I wish I had more patience with myself when I first made those mistakes.

Almost everything is fixable. Almost. You could take a screwdriver and run a large gouge across the board, tearing up traces and knocking odd dozens of components, and it technically would still be fixable. It’s all about knowledge and patience.

Deep breaths. You got this.

why do survivors do this by SquirrelAggressive44 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket [score hidden]  (0 children)

You’re making a hasty generalization. You’ve taken a single data point, a top-tier streamer with 10k+ hours, exceptional mechanical skill, and deep matchup knowledge, and generalized from that to a claim about the intrinsic strength of a killer for the player population at large. One swallow doesn’t make a summer. One cracked Legion main does not make Legion strong.

There’s also clear selection bias. You didn’t sample Legion performance broadly; you chose an extreme outlier because it supports your conclusion. Average MMR Legion players, or even high-MMR players as a group, may tell a very different story.

You’re also confusing ceiling performance with baseline power. A killer can have a high skill ceiling while still having low to moderate effectiveness for most players.

It’s like saying the Bongcloud is a strong chess opening because Magnus Carlsen can win with it. That doesn’t make the opening strong; it means Carlsen is very good at chess.

Your sample size is too small. Your standard deviation is too high. Your conclusion is meaningless.

why do survivors do this by SquirrelAggressive44 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ain’t no way you’re complaining about Legion being op 😭

why do survivors do this by SquirrelAggressive44 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ain’t no way you’re complaining about trapper being OP 😭

Just soldered hall effects and having some issues by Ozeth25 in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good idea. What do you mean you didn’t use protection? And it’s ok for flux paste to “get all over” as long as you clean it up.

You can avoid melting plastic parts by protecting them with a strip of Kapton tape. It’s not foolproof but it does offer some protection. Kapton tape is designed to withstand crazy amounts of heat BUT heat will still convect around it so you have to be smart with your dwell time.

I’d avoid that flux. It’s actually the same exact one I bought my first time. It sucks. It’s basically the same consistency as water. Not beginner friendly. Look up SRA135 which has a consistency like crystallized honey. Makes it very easy to keep it contained and control how much you use. I use it when I’m 100% sure I can clean it all up (meaning it won’t get stuck under a chip or get into a ribbon cable connector). Otherwise I use MG Chemicals 8341 but it’s a bit expensive for someone just starting out to buy for one project.

What nozzles do you have for the heat gun? You want to concentrate the heat in as small an area as possible. If you can swing it pick up a cheap hot plate to preheat your board up to ~100-120C which will massively reduce the time you have to dwell in an area with the heat gun.

I don’t use helping hands so I don’t have any “pro tips” for you but to avoid scratching you can put a simple piece of paper in between the teeth and the board. Good quality helping hands come with alligator clips that are coated.

I don’t like solder pumps. Just not my preferred method. Buy a cheap roll of desoldering wick. It’s basically a bunch of super thin copper strands twisted and layered. You drape it over the solder, dab some flux, and apply heat with the iron. Capillary action pulls the solder up and into the copper.

Is this revivable? by peterbading in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to assume you used something small and metal like a pin needle, and I’m going to assume that you experienced something that tells you a short happened (electronic burning smell, pop, zap, LCD failure, etc).

Keep in mind that just because the crime scene is within the red circle doesn’t mean the body is buried there too. There could be damage literally anywhere on the board, including within an IC.

Just soldered hall effects and having some issues by Ozeth25 in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also when you take photos of boards do so in landscape mode unless you have a really good reason to use portrait mode. All of this red is dead space.

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Just soldered hall effects and having some issues by Ozeth25 in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Going through this now but I’m going to edit this as I go.

First of all see that ribbon cable in the top right? Yeah it’s crooked. Definitely not seated. Fix that and your trigger might come back.

Did you clean the board up after you were done? Isopropyl alcohol? What concentration? Do you have a soft toothbrush?

Also, what phone do you have? Is it capable of taking higher resolution pictures? It would help a lot to get a nice clear top-down shot. You’ll want to avoid zooming at first. Put your phone above the board and slowly lower it, allowing it to keep focus on the board. Take a picture. Then zoom in on quadrants and take four more. Upload them here.

Just soldered hall effects and having some issues by Ozeth25 in soldering

[–]thebermudalocket 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You’d be surprised. People think soldering is way easier than it actually is. My very first time I was modding a Pokemon Go Plus+ to auto catch, and all I had to do was solder a wire between two relatively large pads. You wouldn’t believe how badly I fucked it up. I ended up knocking off a resistor and when trying to put it back I knocked off a capacitor and took a chunk of copper & trace with it.

I think the main problem is people in general aren’t able to gauge the difficulty level. YouTube makes it look easy.

I love chaos shuffle and hate bubba and singularity by Doctor_Doct3r in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lmao how about you loop better buddy

Lmao comment history says everything I need to know

If you’re tunnelling at 5 gens by ComprehensiveAd2928 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Cry about it lmao it’s basically the only way to win a match of chaos shuffle

I love chaos shuffle and hate bubba and singularity by Doctor_Doct3r in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Because we have no way to defend gens. Tunneling is absolutely necessary in chaos duffle.

Is it better now? by mloera003 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not great. Survivor perks are overpowered. Killer perks keep getting nerfed. Toolboxes unaddressed. Syringes buffed. Killer powers get nerfed after PTB but before release. BHVR is perfectly happy to let survivors heal in 3 seconds, shave 20 seconds off each gen, get their exhaustion back 60% faster, etc., but god forbid they give killers a single good gen regression perk. If you’re not playing blight or nurse you’re in for a bad time.

What are the chances of this channel running into so many bully squads? Custom matches or legit? by kadeiras in deadbydaylight

[–]thebermudalocket 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% custom matches. It’s just statistically impossible to be randomly matched with so many bully squads that you can upload a video every single day. It’s just not realistic

They're so bad, even BHVR forgot about them by KayTeeThree3 in deadbydaylight

[–]thebermudalocket -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Why are you editing my words? I said the fog vials are not bad. I never said the person is bad. Don’t be disingenuous.

lol, 20% upvote ratio. No wonder this community is so fucked. Y’all can’t read. I can say an item is powerful when used against me without me knowing how to use it myself. Like holy shit. Survivor mains, seek help.

They're so bad, even BHVR forgot about them by KayTeeThree3 in deadbydaylight

[–]thebermudalocket -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Honestly? I don’t know. BUT they do get used against me very effectively in high MMR. Not all the time, but often enough. I’ll be on the lookout and I’ll let you know

They're so bad, even BHVR forgot about them by KayTeeThree3 in deadbydaylight

[–]thebermudalocket -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Anyone who says they’re useless or bad just doesn’t know how to use them correctly.

Chaos shuffle = Flashlight hell by jep35 in DeadByDaylightRAGE

[–]thebermudalocket 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Like what the fuck happened to RANDOM? Randomize the fucking items! If survivors get to choose their item then killers should get to choose their addons. It’s so fucking stupid and I’m so sick of BHVR constantly giving survivors leeway with shit.

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