ThePyroPython

First of all, welcome to the collective of silicon wizards (a.k.a electronics engineers) your robe and hat are being dispatched as we speak.

Second, well done for attempting a new skill most are too afraid to even consider.

Third, all of the advice offered here about flux and tinning the wire ends is sound. So I'll offer some other advice, check what temperature you set the soldering iron to. It might be too low. I prefer putting my temp at 350 degC. Others will argue for a slightly different temperature.

If your answer is "but I don't know what temperature my soldering iron is at" then you ought to get one with a temperature control. I won't recommend a particular brand or price point because you should only spend what you can afford on a hobby. But there's plenty of articles and opinions (be careful about some of those being the same) about which brands are good quality at different price points.

Also, two additional things to think about getting:

1. A basic as fuck desktop extractor fan that has a carbon filter. This will be for the flux fumes.

2. Some form of overhead lighting and magnification. These can be separate but you can get magnifying lamps. This will help when you start venturing into the world of surface mount components.

Good luck and we're looking forward to seeing your future creations 😊

Never pull a Reverse Vin Braun.

Because they don't fight back unlike the billionaires who threaten to take jobs away / donate to their political rivals, the criminals who blackmail or threaten bodily harm (since this is Italy we're taking about), and the individuals who fall into both categories.

Given the overwhelming support for him online I'd say his legal team wouldn't be doing their jobs properly if they didn't know.

I'm commenting Ameri-flu, America-flu, United Sicks of America, and MAGA-POX now so that I get cited as the name origin for whatever pandemic comes from the actions and inaction of this batshit administration.

Is he expecting a flood?

Engineer here.

Technical reasoning, fact checking, and empathy are different skills.

Just because someone is competent in one of them it is folly to assume they have competency in any others. The same rule also applies to one's self, no exceptions.

In my heart I believe there is more that unites us than divides us. I also know in my head that humanity's emotional buttons are very easy to press. And my gut feeling is that we're all going to have to endure incredible physical and emotional hardship as, one way or another, the root cause of the current polycrysis is eliminated.

And I honestly don't know what will survive once the dust has settled. Something of humanity will survive, I just don't know who and what.

No... Let 'em burn.

I want Brad so emotionally scarred that every time he goes to tweet some bullshit he has a depression inducing anxiety attack so overwhelming that he has to find the nearest corner to go cry in until exhaustion.

I'd disagree with "worst LMG" as I present this horror:

So bad not even the cadet forces would touch it.

If you keep repeating something over and over again people on average are more likely to believe it, especially if it's multiple people all repeating the same point. It's part of social psychology: conformity and is the basis of psychological warfare.

Bannon and Cambridge Analytica used this to great effect via social media. Now the bosses of social media have fallen in line behind trump, this message and similar ones MUST be repeated.

This isn't a debate where whomever has the best standing with the audience or the best argument will win.

This is a shouting contest.

Every 10 second lie they spout will take 1 minute to debunk. The only way to win is to repeatedly shout a 10 second retort, finishing with "read this!" and SHOVE a list of evidence in their face.

They won't look at the list for the first two dozen times, but by the third or fourth dozen they'll take a look, that's all we can do via the soap box.

It must be repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated until the message gets through their thick stubborn skulls. It's how MAGA indoctrinated them in the first place and the only way to deprogram them.

I'd rather listen to the other lettuce that didn't wilt.