TheCapn

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by TheCapn 8d ago
The biggest part of that is how there's a lot more community involvement for IoT and things like Home Assistant than there are for the proprietary PLC systems. In the PLC/SCADA space a lot of the development and resources are cl
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by TheCapn 8d ago
The one thing that poisons the entire online discourse regarding LLMs to me is just simply not knowing who you're dealing with and what their problems are. This, like all things, is complex and nuanced. For all my efforts to get LLMs t
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by TheCapn 9d ago
As a Canadian I've had pretty shit experiences with the land crossings coming back to Canada from the US. They seem to be total grumpy shitheads all around. But at the same time I've had the absolute worst experiences crossing bor
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by TheCapn 9d ago
This is Conservative playbook 101. It doesn't matter what the truth of the matter is. What Dear Leader says is used as a scare tactic and marching orders for the underlings to believe and repeat. If you live/interact with conserva
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by TheCapn 5mo ago
As a Canadian who has been listening to the "51st state" wordvomit coming out of US administration your comment is very apt. For some reason I can't fully grasp, a LOT of US citizens are ignorant to how the rest of the worl
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by TheCapn 5mo ago
You're discussing layoffs. OP is discussing firings. And yeah, there's crossover but they're not 1 to 1. At the same time, if a company is taking two people of equal position and firing one, or keeping the other, the honesty
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by TheCapn 7mo ago
@OP are you the creator? Could you add my GPU to the list? Radeon VII https://www.amd.com/en/support/downloads/drivers.html/graphi...
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by TheCapn 2y ago
Not the OP you're replying to, but a parent nonetheless. From basically the very moment you realize you're having a kid you essentially become the #2 person in your own life. Its more so for the mother, but even the father likely
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by TheCapn 2y ago
I really enjoyed the write up. As father to a 2y/o as well I relate so hard to much of it. This line sticks out to me: you see life as a collection of experiences to be sampled ...because I feel like that was my hardest adju
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by TheCapn 2y ago
I could never get used to ergonomic keyboards. I actually spend a considerable amount of my day typing single handed across the entire QWERTY so I don't have to remove my hand from the mouse. I developed the habit working on far too ma
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by TheCapn 3y ago
And accessing a computer system without proper authorization is often illegal. So I'm not sure what point you're making.
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Would be interesting to know how they were testing authentication. Were they using a botnet of any sort? Otherwise for every "valid" user/pass combo from an external leak they tested there'd be several failures. A single
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by TheCapn 3y ago
It isn't just CS2. Apex Legends has players affected by this. Respawn Entertainment has addressed it and said is reverting bans. I guess part of the issue is an AMD update made it default on, so players who didn't even know it got
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Yeah... I randomly punched in $40,000 for Gaming and got (1) Parts that total $9,980, but claims it totals $33,950 (2) Recommendations for parts that are both years out of date, and vastly inferior to other options (CPU = AMD Ryzen Thread
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by TheCapn 3y ago
This is a discussion that is much larger than what's available in a comment section like this. But I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think part of the thing is Software Engineers haven't been a thing for as long in the industry.
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by TheCapn 3y ago
oooboy is it. That's what I get for not proofreading.
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by TheCapn 3y ago
You're not wrong. It shows in the state of PLC/HMI Development tools. Even simple things like Revision Control is decades behind in some cases. I've basically found my niche in the industry as a Software Engineer though I can
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by TheCapn 3y ago
My company is generally good about that. We have lots of overlapping documentation that answers questions like that in different ways. From Electrical schemas to QA docs, picture archives of panels and wiring, ticketing systems, spreadshe
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by TheCapn 3y ago
All my comment is adding a software anecdote to the story. It really is just regular Chesterton's Fence, a term I've never heard until now but dealt with for the last several years. You're not wrong, but in the context of a P
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Huh. Finally a name for it. I do a lot of support work for Control Systems. It isn't unheard to find a chunk of PLC code that treats some sort of physical equipment in a unique way that unintentionally creates problems. I like to parro
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by TheCapn 3y ago
For personal development, it was merely shipping things. The more I published, the better I felt about myself. The more I published, the more I had learned and had to refer to. Now when I'm taking on tasks I can instantly recall how ea
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Perhaps you're using a broad/generic example to try and make the point but I'll say this: If a seasoned mechanic is unable to figure out how to reset the Maintenance Reminder or look up how to sync Tire Pressure sensors, run
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by TheCapn 3y ago
>Then again how much time do computers save? This is honestly a good question to ask at times. I remember back when I was trying to get into weight lifting. I was searching for apps and tools that would help me track milestones and progr
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by TheCapn 3y ago
>sexual fertility You think our government respects people taking time to rear offspring? Of course not! They're not contributing their labour to our economy while being parents so we've structured the incentives to start famil
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Depends on what timeframe you consider the OP sees as "new thing". Reaganomics really was the start of this trend though I'm sure it is easy to find examples prior to then looking back until the Great Depression.
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by TheCapn 3y ago
I actually had a decent experience with their support on my Pixel 1 with shoddy bluetooth. It was one call to tech support and they basically just said it isn't worth troubleshooting and arranged the entire replacement on the spot. It
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by TheCapn 3y ago
My wife had issues with her Pixel 6 Pro almost immediately after delivery. It was stuttering randomly doing anything. My rough diagnosis after watching it/replicating it was hardware issue there was no doubt in my mind. Google's h
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by TheCapn 3y ago
Can I ask what you drive? There's a 3rd cost that you're sorta glossing over. The work you're doing (and the speed you're capable of doing it in) means you've had a non-negligible amount of experience. Depending on
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by TheCapn 3y ago
There's something else odd going on. I think the easiest answer is the company is just poorly run but considering everything we've seen from both sides of the issue: - Reddit believes costs to maintain their API are on the level o
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by TheCapn 3y ago
I think one looking for alternatives needs to understand what they're hoping to gain from other resources. If you want low effort jokes, or memes, the most likely outcome is you're going to migrate to where the most people are. Si

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