• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      15 days ago

      When I work on stuff with tiny parts, it helps to do it on a towel. If you drop something, it tends not to bounce too far, things don’t roll as much, etc., and it’s easy to see stuff on a white towel.

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      I’d guess it’s the anti-static bag that one of the components came in. That said, the kind of person who has a copper heatsink probably also has a load-bearing towel.

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      They don’t want to scratch up their desk with the solder joints on the back of it? I’d normally use cardboard, but a towel probably works too 🤷

      Or maybe it just has muddy paws that need toweling off 😜