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		beagle3 on Oct 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Old Laptops as Secondary Monitors and then spend 15 minutes putting my fingers on ice and 5 days with a painful blister because I've just soldered my finger accidentally. Some of us are not as skilled.

atlantis_ on Oct 24, 2020 | [–]

You’ll find for most of them it involves just plugging in a ribbon cable, no soldering needed =)

srtjstjsj on Oct 24, 2020 | [–]

Wear gloves.

beagle3 on Oct 24, 2020 | [–]

have you ever successfully soldered BGAs or other tiny connectors with heat resistant gloves?

I'm not as skilled, as I've mentioned. For me the software screen cast solutions are way more practical.

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