The Denon PMA-500V is almost ready to find a new owner: blown PS caps replaced; all mechanical switches and pots deep cleaned; resoldered all stressed joints; replace thermal compound with Silpads; bias current adjusted; DC offset checked.
Now running a load test at 100W to see the temperature change on the main heat sink.
With Many Hands is active and growing in southern New Mexico.
With Many Hands, a 501c3 fiscally sponsored project of Addition/Tides, is a true grassroots effort that is moving resources to the people that actually make change, working people in their own communities.
https://withmanyhands.org/ ... Public Lands for Food ... Community Gardens
They are also politically active supporting local candidates:
https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/282596/many-hands-action-lesson-democracy-and-organizing
Hosting a #RepairCafe? Know about a #LibraryOfThings in your town? Organizing a #CommunityGarden? Looking for volunteers for a #Rewilding project? The #SolarPunkSunday team wants to know about it! Just use the hashtag and we'll amplify the signal! We know there's a lot of good going on in the world, but we can't be everywhere at once!
[Image by Bethany Climpson]
Ah, lazy Sunday afternoons messing with #electronics #repair #righttorepair
After almost 3 years, it's time to do my first repair on my #Fairphone 3+. It stopped charging quite suddenly, so I think it's time to replace the bottom module.
Glad I'm able to do this, rather than needing to buy a whole new phone (or take it to a shop for an expensive repair). I just need to buy the part for 20€ I can do it easily from my phone and there's even video tutorials! #RightToRepair
#PSA Please when designing new tech consider that not everyone has a reliable 24/7 broadband internet connection, or a large screen, or a keyboard, or a mouse, or is able to get a domain name, or is able to run services from home, is able to power their home-server for the whole day, or can rent a VPS, or can have their ip-addresses be linked to an identity, or has one legal identity, or has one name, or has a recent computer, or has easy access to a debit or credit card, or has a bank account with either, or has a PayPal account, or has bitcoin, or one of many other things some and often many people just don't have, etc…
If you own a computing device outright, you should be able to make any level of software modification you desire. hardware manufacturers should not be allowed to absolutely restrict distribution of software to their own channels under the guise of safety.
Right to repair is a GIGANTIC thing. If I paid for it, I own it. But corporations think differently. This guy is a hero for me. I wish I discovered him sooner. Any coders out there who want to accept this challenge?