Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Date: 18 Mar 2026 18:19:57 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <10otpi4$1opu8$3@dont-email.me> <10otrqi$1p9ft$1@dont-email.me> <10ou2q9$1qp29$1@dont-email.me> <10p3fhf$5tmi$1@dont-email.me> <10p3soo$9ojl$2@dont-email.me> <10p4nqe$jufq$1@dont-email.me> <10p9p7v$2ag8r$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /AoDSePGZaij1bTlnkZeCQ4PRqSFfI9KSSlmWSAANGyKi6czpC Cancel-Lock: sha1:eJR8qcZJ4VFQTqm8EbZuwk+S9TU= sha256:SMopBe+nILFYh2v1GGpA8HADsHWlAlYB4oz6LqnpTaU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.unix.shell:26803 comp.os.linux.misc:83380 On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:00:08 -0400, c186282 wrote: > Alas, 'the tech' has become much different now. > Steve always said his favorite programming language was 'solder'. > Today the tech is two or three levels more complex, all ICs. With the > ultra-shrinking of chips now Normal Humans can't even do-it-yourself. > 3mm thru-hole is about the practical limit even for younger eyes and > hands (did a bunch of those, Dremel drill-press and micro-bits and > pointy irons). Soldering the headers on boards like the Pico if I screw up and order the headerless version is about the limit of my soldering abilities any more. Even for that I use a magnifier. I never even tried surface mount.