HeyLaughingBoy

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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
Why is that a problem? I love a good medium-rare prime steak, but I also used to live near a restaurant called Best Steak House, which was anything but. However, they delivered a passable steak/steak sandwich that was worth what you pa
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
> There's nothing sacred about human-written code I suspect that there is a lifetime of knowledge and experience wrapped up in that statement and I agree wholeheartedly. I love writing software and I've been doing it for decade
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
I can believe that. When we (devs) implemented an interactive design/coding screening questionnaire, we had an uphill battle to get HR to approve us giving it to candidates. Apparently, the company had an internal rule of "No test
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
I am positive that I have answered exactly this set of questions as part of a screening test to be allowed to take a Management Certificate course about 15 years ago.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
I don't miss those days. Constantly having chips in the eraser while you debugged the running version on the board and then finally programming an OTP (One-Time Programmable) device when you were ready to ship. I remember Parallax had
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
Before PLCs were popular, technicians built automation systems using various types of relays. The documentation was done using "ladder diagrams" and the procedure was known as "ladder logic." So the first PLCs tried to t
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
You may have a unique perspective on that, though...
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by HeyLaughingBoy 2mo ago
I think that age started over 100 years ago.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
IIRC, at least 15 years ago, that's exactly what they did. They published a tool suite that your driver should pass before submission because otherwise it would fail when they got to it. I think the submissions were fully automated by
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Mine up until a few months ago. Didn't really care because you'd have to stop literally in front of my house to access it. And living on a street with only about 4 properties, that would merit a visit from me asking why you'r
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Not while Goodwill and eBay exist.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Even that's probably way overkill.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
That's an escape, not a release.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
That hasn't been the case for at least 20 years. And I'm being generous.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Yes. I live in a rural area. The two closest businesses (within 5 miles) are bars. IIRC, both have tie rails so you can ride your horse there. The horse will know the way home, so you just have to stay onboard. Wife used to be a bartender (
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Exactly! It might be a "dangerous fallacy" (?) but people will still do it and you can't stop them.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
I think you might be surprised to find out how many "real businesses" can't "just reinvest capital" and have to keep struggling on with what they have.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
I'm going to forget some details, but he was not using hobby level CNC products. I still have a Kollmorgen AKD motion controller that he sent me as a test bench. Most of the old tools were using 0-10V sawtooth analog outputs for motor
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Have you ever written online about your projects? This stuff is endlessly fascinating to me. And your suggestion about a webcam makes me think about a problem a client and I had a couple of years ago that was never solved. It would be a com
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Thank you for posting this, it reaffirms what I've been thinking for so long. There are many opportunities to retrofit old systems of all types with modern low-cost embedded technologies. Around 2019 or so I was approached by an engine
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
If you're interested in the day to day of where the hobby goes, I recommend a browse around /r/projectcar. It's a mix of first time builders, people thinking of getting started, and the old hands doing some absolutely am
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
That sounds odd. The way it was done in every place I worked, is that a set of changes were approved for a release before they were planned and implemented. We organized the work as expected: each bug/feature on its own branch, with
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
So, the fix to one bad regulation is another one?
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
ROFLMAO
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Not all buyers are using loans. First house I sold was to someone who refused title insurance because in his words, "that house has been sold 3 times in 10 years, the title's fine."
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
As an aside, I'm told that Title companies make absolute bank. Most buyers get title insurance, but the insurer very rarely ever has to make a payment.
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Aren't they already on Terra, or did I miss something?
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
The problem is that everyone is having that idea at the same time! Posts on /r/embedded asking a related question keep being shut down because there are so many web developers now asking daily how they can get into embedded syst
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
TIL. Thanks!
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by HeyLaughingBoy 3mo ago
Custom machine building is a very difficult business to be in. As you mentioned, it's hard to scale. I knew of a particular service provider (custom motion systems) whose philosophy was to break even on the first job and profit on any

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