<viric>
how to solder them well? They have a plastic core in the middle
<whitequark>
do it really quickly.
<whitequark>
put a blob of flux on it, press it against whatever you want to solder, use the iron at, say... 230° or 250°
<whitequark>
touch it for half a second to a second
<whitequark>
you'll get away with almost no damage to plastic
<viric>
I really don't master that.
<viric>
the soldering is always too bad.
<viric>
the result soldering.
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<whitequark>
do you use enough flux and a decent iron?
<whitequark>
the iron they use to solder galvanized buckets won't work
<viric>
there is much to say about the decency of my soldering
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<arossdotme>
i have my solder wire sticking up and i hold the wire near it and with the soldering iron i go up and down and melt/burn awy the plaseic and in the end the wire gets tined so i can solder it to the contact like i normaly wood
<arossdotme>
while leting/burning away the pastice core i'l consertinuarly adding more solder at the same time which helps to clean it
<arossdotme>
constantly
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<whitequark>
gross
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<DocScrutinizer05>
prolly ideally you crimp
<DocScrutinizer05>
whitequark: I'd use 280 .. 300
<DocScrutinizer05>
but then I usually do such stuff without using extra flux, just decent soldering wire
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<wpwrak>
funny. upgrading ubuntu, at "ca-certificates configuration" it asks me to "During upgrades, new certificates will be added. Please choose those you trust."
<wpwrak>
now, do i trust, say, DigiCert_Assured_ID_Root_G3.crt ? or maybe QuoVadis_Root_CA_1_G3.crt ?
<wpwrak>
looks like a shining example an eight-line highway diligently paved with the best of intentions, leading straight to hell
<viric>
yes
<wpwrak>
eight-lAne, even :)
<viric>
in a cyanogenmod update, the stock browser disabled the privacy setting "show security warnings".
<viric>
all https certificates were ok.
<viric>
yes, there is a setting "show security warnings".
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<wpwrak>
in a way, one could consider this a correct decision: most of the security warnings are pointless and just confuse.
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<viric>
well, disabling it means "ignore silently any security warning"
<wpwrak>
saves people the work to click away the incomprehensible technobabble :)
<wpwrak>
and of course, once they're conditioned, they'll also miss the one they should have paid attention to
<viric>
very useful.
<wpwrak>
the problem is relevance vs. coverage. the current approach of complain about every small issue maximizes coverage but has lousy relevance.
<viric>
most people should not encounter much https alerts
<wpwrak>
what could solve that problem is a list of "important" sites. e.g., sites where abuse can do serious damage. e.g., banks, major portals, etc.
<wpwrak>
oh, go anywhere with a self-signed certificate and the browsers will bitch with no end.
<wpwrak>
of course, that's a total relevance failure
<wpwrak>
("important sites") of course with the inherent issue that a site that's important to you may not be on that list
<wpwrak>
especially if a site has very heterogeneous usage profiles
<wpwrak>
at a bank, profiles are pretty much identical
<wpwrak>
at, say, an amateur porn site, they may be very different
<wpwrak>
e.g., someone may register just to be able to click on some "like" button or to comment
<wpwrak>
other people may post their pictures, maintain contacts, etc.
<wpwrak>
... and before you know it, you have "the fappening, the sequel"
<wpwrak>
(so yes, that apple stuff pretty much qualifies as part-time amateur porn site ;-)
<wpwrak>
well, one possibility would be to come up with a way to let the browser know whether something "important" is being done. then it could complain only in such cases.
<wpwrak>
but how do you do this ?
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<roh>
heho
<roh>
anybody an idea how to find a unknown defective switching regulator only by its package markings? i really hate those sot23 style markings (2-5 chars random)
<roh>
i got something that makes an unknown voltage from 12V dc together with something that would be a external fet (from its wiring) and i only know its labeled 'BNSP' and has 5 pins..
<roh>
linear calls it the S-5 marking, but it seems not all pdf do that so nice ;)
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<wpwrak>
go to digi-key, filter down to all that match, then look at the data sheets ? :)
<roh>
wpwrak: done that.. didnt find it...
<roh>
well... back to ebay with that piece of crap