// #eevblog — 2026-08-24
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00:47:03 Join: xstevia ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
00:47:27 <rc_garage> oh no, he is angry
00:47:32 * xstevia waves from outside
00:47:47 * rc_garage throws more coffee at mr steve xxx
00:47:55 <xstevia> mmm
00:48:21 <xstevia> I was pondering getting food
00:49:07 <rc_garage> maybe you should go to the armenian restaurant place...
00:49:48 <rc_garage> get some of those garlic looking dumplings, and the boat shaped bread things, with cheese and egg.
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01:27:41 <xstevia> I had a greggs steak bake
01:27:56 <rc_garage> how racist
01:28:07 <xstevia> Why do beggers loiter outside greggs?
01:28:41 <rc_garage> must be all you rich people hanging around there, lol
01:29:19 <xstevia> I wonder if they sat outside a posh place, people would pay with credit card or phone app and wouldnt have any spare change
01:31:25 <rc_garage> have you tried this place? https://houseofhabesha.com/
01:31:26 <EEVBot> [url] HofH – Fresh Food Feel Good | houseofhabesha.com
01:34:06 <xstevia> The roof of the Hampton hotel has a sign which says "do not jump - danger of death"
01:34:58 <xstevia> Nope, never been there
01:35:33 <rc_garage> aww
01:35:52 <rc_garage> now, how do you get to the roof of that hotel?
01:40:52 <xstevia> I saw the sign from the pavement
01:42:11 * xstevia afk: gym
01:42:16 <rc_garage> sure, but that does not make it dangerous... you have to investigate...
01:42:33 <rc_garage> gym? that seems dangerous too
02:51:16 <xstevia> Gym was ok, there were even some cute twinks
03:23:46 <rc_garage> if you are riding a bike all the time, what are you doing n the gym? Other than looking at people
04:21:54 <steve30> weights and rowing machine
04:22:02 <steve30> and eyeing up twinks
04:33:35 <rc_garage> i support rowing machine
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04:40:33 <iParafin> Hi
04:40:56 <steve30> o/
04:41:09 <rc_garage> yo, etc.
04:43:02 <iParafin> I need help, please. https://flic.kr/p/2swTJAN
04:43:03 <EEVBot> [url] IMG_8396 | _iParafin_ | Flickr | flic.kr
04:44:55 <iParafin> I recently purchased a BM2257. I opened the back cover to check what could be done about the jacks—they are a bit misaligned—and noticed something else I wanted to ask about. I was wondering if this is something I should fix. I’ve uploaded a photo to my profile here showing two connections on the board near where the banana jacks are
04:44:55 <iParafin> soldered. Your photos don’t show this, so I decided to reach out. Thanks in advance for your help!
04:46:07 <iParafin> https://flic.kr/p/2swSkGS
04:46:08 <EEVBot> [url] IMG_8397 | _iParafin_ | Flickr | flic.kr
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04:48:17 <iParafin> Should I remove these solder bridges?
04:49:13 <rc_garage> to me, that does not look right, but wait for a bit, until someone shows up, who knows things and....things.
04:49:44 <iParafin> Ok, thanks
04:50:17 <rc_garage> is that between the jacks?
04:50:52 <iParafin> Yes
04:51:19 <rc_garage> hm, that seems weird. do you get weird readings, if you try it?
04:52:41 <iParafin> the device is working
04:54:19 <iParafin> it's only on two bananas, V and Com
04:55:02 <iParafin> https://flic.kr/p/2swSkH3
04:55:03 <EEVBot> [url] IMG_8395 | _iParafin_ | Flickr | flic.kr
04:55:19 <iParafin> Left on foto
04:55:31 <rc_garage> if it is on the "ground" of both, I guess it does not matter. but...still seems less than ideal
04:56:04 <steve30> that doesn't look like particularly good soldering, but it might just be because the connectors are big and suck the heat away, so they don't solder well
04:58:35 <iParafin> I looked at the eevblog photo on flickr, there's nothing like it there, that's why I thought about it
04:59:02 <steve30> do you have a link to the eevblog photo?
04:59:52 <rc_garage> you should probably email the dave guy, it might not be a real issue, but it still does not look great...
05:00:06 <iParafin> https://flic.kr/p/2qg4r9Q
05:00:07 <EEVBot> [url] Brymen BM2257 Multimeter Teardown PCB | Dave Jones | Flickr | flic.kr
05:01:19 <steve30> ok, the solder bridge you mention is fine
05:01:33 <steve30> I'd say yours just has "messy" soldering
05:04:04 <iParafin> yes, I feel like maybe it wasn't like that from the factory, but I bought it new at the store
05:04:40 <steve30> might just be poor QC.
05:05:00 <steve30> I'd email Dave directly if you're concerned (he doesn't come in here unfortunately)
05:05:28 <steve30> If you have a decent powered iron you could always redo it yourself
05:06:29 <iParafin> Ok, thanks. I wrote him a comment under his photo but I don't know if he will see it there, I'll try to find his email.
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10:02:05 <Halcyon1> Mornings
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17:55:22 * Nothing\ sighs
17:55:30 <Nothing\> looks like another day with 2 hours of sleep
17:55:54 <Nothing\> naps are out of the question, i crash for like 8 hour
17:56:27 <Nothing\> which i suppose is kind of a nap compared to the 15 or 16 hours i usually spend trying to sleep
18:02:28 <DogWomble> !coffee Nothing\
18:02:28 * EEVBot slides a cup of joe to Nothing\
18:05:17 <Nothing\> ahhh just what i need
18:05:34 <Nothing\> wish i had a caffeinated beverage here. a sugar free energy drink would be nice
18:06:12 <Nothing\> damn constant glucose reader is giving me wildly wrong numbers and is basically useless so i'm back to stabbing myself in the finger 10 times a day if i remember
18:08:04 <Nothing\> like, the numbers were off by as much as 50% in some cases. 50% too low. So, it would tell me i was hypoglycemic, causing me to eat all sorts of sugar to get it back up 50% when in reality i was making it dangerously high
18:08:26 <Nothing\> of course i only found that out once i started actually checking my blood instead of relying on the meter
18:20:49 <Nothing\> huh
18:21:05 <Nothing\> i didn't know the Gameboy used a system on a chip
18:21:27 <Nothing\> and a weird cpu that's a hybrid of an 8080 and a z80
18:21:57 <Nothing\> i mean it makes sense and all i just didn't think SoC existed back then in any substantial capacity
18:22:26 <Nothing\> they didn't seem to come into their own until the 2000s or 2010s
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19:36:35 <Nothing\> mmmmm black cherry ice cream
19:36:40 <Nothing\> heya stevie
19:36:45 <Nothing\> how's ya doing?
19:46:13 <Nothing\> huh they made 2 new seasons of king of hill
19:46:26 <Nothing\> or a reboot, i guess
20:09:21 <xstevia> Hi
20:09:29 * DogWomble peers in
20:09:32 <xstevia> Just getting shopping
20:09:46 <xstevia> And IRCing at the same time
20:10:04 <DogWomble> welcome to Austnet, the premium Shopirc network :P
20:20:31 <Nothing\> xstevia, you confused me for a minute until i remembered the time difference. it's 6:30am here
20:20:44 <Nothing\> plus, most shops here don't open until like 10
20:21:23 * Nothing\ sighs
20:59:49 <Nothing\> interesting, i just discovered the motorola 6809. Never heard of this one before, somehow.
21:00:01 <Nothing\> Buun used in a lot of arcade cabinets by the looks of it
21:00:07 <Nothing\> *been
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