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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this soldered controller repairable by an amateur?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck, and be careful. In any case it would probably be a fun new experience - getting components, soldering them, and then either you get a working blanket or some tiny very dangerous fireworks :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this soldered controller repairable by an amateur?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yellow box is definitely a capacitor (a radial film 0.1 μF 275VAC X2 class capacitor to be specific - typically used for EMI suppression). It’s possible that the board will work without it (as seems it’s only used for filtering/interference suppression) but I would replace it. If you do replace it, definitely spring for an X2 class as well, don’t cheap out or you can end up with a spicy explosion. You will need the same capacitance (0.1 μF / microfarad) and the same or greater voltage (at least 275 VAC / Volts on Alternating Current). Maybe even get the same one - www.ebay.com/itm/405324404548 although $10 for just two capacitors is insanely expensive. Here are some more which should work: eu.mouser.com/c/…/safety-capacitors/?capacitance=… (just make sure to get the Lead Spacing right - I’d guess yours is 10 mm, but better to measure out).

  The device below that blown resistor is likely a thermal fuse, designed to prevent exactly the situation that happened (that means two things - this exact event has probably happened during manufacturer testing, and your thermal fuse is not up to spec). I would try replacing it with a thermal fuse that’s at least 240VAC rated voltage, something like 10 A rated current, and something like 150°C trip temperature.

  It’s a bit hard to identify the exact value of the resistor because it has discolored so much. I would try desoldering it, measuring it with a multimeter (on Ω/Ohm setting) and see what value comes out, then get a 2W or 3W resistor of a slightly larger value and see what happens. This is the most risky part of the whole ordeal, if you get it too high the thing will probably not work, if you get it too low it might explode again. Probably would stay away when plugging it in for the first time :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3106: Farads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Randall hasn’t bothered to name any of them so the community has given them unofficial nicknames.

  Megan is actually named in multiple comics though, so is Danish (Black Hat’s girlfrenemy). Cueballs also have names occasionally but they’re all drawn the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be time to find another job⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, I’ve been a vegan for long enough that I don’t remember the names for all the animal bits, even in my native tongue let alone english :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be time to find another job⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The really offensive part is having >2 liters of milk, per person, in a work fridge. What the fuck do you need so much for? I bet that fridge smells like a mix of spoiled milk and utter distrust for other human beings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An open (or federated) searchable catalog of hikes and hiking trails (alltrails alternative)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an exact alternative (it’s missing reviews and photos are relatively rare), but I use OsmAnd for this. Most “official” trails (e.g. those maintained by the park administration, etc) are mapped on OpenStreetMap already. There’s also support for “Travel Routes” (I think they come from WikiTravel? Not sure); this covers the most popular “unofficial” routes. Once I ran out of those, I started just looking at mountains without trees but with a path to the summit marked on the map. This way, I’ve been able to find hikes for almost every weekend for three years now (definitely over 100 at this point) in a tiny country (Georgia); I’ve obviously had some misses (paths being overgrown, trails being meh, etc) but overall I’ve found it really nice.