this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
450 points (99.3% liked)

Technology

85212 readers
4066 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
450
Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it (apnews.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

some components fail more often than others, like caps or batteries, or are designed to, like fuses. sometimes it's obvious after looking even without measuring

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Microwaves and fuses.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

Yeah just be really careful taking apart a microwave, those capacitors are nothing to mess with.

[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

just yesterday i've put a wire through a blown smd fuse, these are also a thing (fortunately easy to diagnose)