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by philpem 8y ago
I think make-do-and-mend kinda comes with the maker ethos, at least to me. I've repaired the washing machine twice -- once for an open-circuit dryer thermistor (bad batch apparently) and again for bad wiring on the door interlock latch
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by philpem 8y ago
As I said else-thread, there's actually a variation in MISRA-C-2012 (or possibly one of the addenda) for this. Error handling using 'goto' is allowed, as long as you're jumping forward (i.e. to or near the end of the fun
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by philpem 8y ago
This is actually one of the specific variations to the "don't use GOTO" rule in MISRA-C-2012. You're allowed to use GOTO provided you're jumping forward, and only for error handling.
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by philpem 8y ago
Definitely agree here. Shoehorning an existing codebase into being MISRA compliant is utter hell. It's something you really need to design-in from the beginning. Also for anyone in the audience who's going "ugh, MISRA...&quot
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by philpem 8y ago
I've actually found the combination of Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy and Bootstrap really good for throwing together quick web-apps. I usually use wxWidgets (well, wxPython) for the desktop stuff, but I wondered if there was a better way.
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by philpem 8y ago
Well if I could figure out the protocol of the Polaroid Digital Palette (specifically the HR-6000 but the ProPalette and CI-5000S use the same SCSI protocol)... Look for any debug data you can turn on in the driver and correlate that agains
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by philpem 8y ago
Embedded Linux "thing".
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by philpem 8y ago
This has happened with the ETSI DMR spec. Several key technologies needed to implement it require patent licences from Motorola. On the plus side, ETSI requires patent disclosures, and those are on their website. MPEG is similarly encumbere
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by philpem 8y ago
At least the 1-10-100 scaling makes metric easy for critters with 10 digits... And calculations like "how much energy is needed to heat 1 litre of water by 10 Celsius" are a simple multiplication task.
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by philpem 8y ago
LD_PRELOAD is a fantastic tool. At a previous job, we wanted binary reproducibility - that is to say, building the same source code again should result in the same binary. The problem was, a lot of programs embed the build or configuration
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by philpem 8y ago
I have so many fond memories of putting together quick apps with Delphi "back in the day". Every now and again I'd buy a copy of PC Plus magazine just because they had Delphi 1, 2 or 3 on the cover CD. I really miss the RAD c
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by philpem 8y ago
I remember there being libraries and components for Delphi which allowed you to pull in BWCC.DLL to get that styling...! I had to bring up a radio programming tool on a Win98 laptop not long ago ("because legacy kit that still works an
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by philpem 8y ago
I think I'd start with forcing advertising transparency on any social network (and probably search engines too -- actually, make that any site with advertising). And then force any company paying for political advertising to list every
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by philpem 8y ago
I'd probably offer to buy them a Mikrotik Routerboard and set it up for them.
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by philpem 8y ago
I wouldn't recommend the average consumer get a consumer router, full stop. Even if it has automatic security updates, you can bet that as soon as the thing's discontinued, the updates will be too...
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by philpem 8y ago
" Most businesses aren’t doing anything that require leetCode and deep algorithms knowledge. " And yet, those are still the most popular interview questions :/
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Lolcat – A Command Line Tool to Output a Rainbow of Colors in the Linux Terminal(tecmint.com)
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by philpem 8y ago
Didn't Debian do that already, with Iceweasel?
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by philpem 8y ago
Part of the Facebook app.
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by philpem 8y ago
Very nice. Though isn't the Proxmark III capable of doing LF (12x-13x kHz) and HF (MHz-range) tags?
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by philpem 8y ago
I've never heard of putting a scope probe on a crystal damaging it, though the load resistance (typically 1Megohm to ground) and capacitance (~5pF to ground) will affect the frequency. This is why the PWM-out is useful -- it gives you
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by philpem 8y ago
The interesting thing about "open-source cameras" in the sense of film is, the film chemistry and film coating methods are very much trade secrets. Making up developer from base chemicals (metol, phenidone, hydroquinone, and so on
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by philpem 8y ago
I've seen a few services which do this as a matter of course. Sadly few allow the email address change to be rescinded without a customer-service call. By that point, the account may already be in fraudulent use.
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by philpem 8y ago
I'd love to see a more specific version of Troy Hunt's "have I been pwned" API which explicitly blocked user/password combinations which had been leaked. The catch is, you'd have to store the pairs together whi
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by philpem 8y ago
If they put the FSA "Scores on the Doors" (and local council) food standards ratings on, the act of looking up the address would tell them something was up. "Address given is not registered as a restaurant or food outlet&quot
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by philpem 8y ago
Can confirm that the police fraud report helps grease the gears (in the UK, this is done through Action Fraud). The bank went from "we won't help you" to "oh, we'll fix that" about as soon as I told them I had
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by philpem 8y ago
Probably something like this: 1) People pay the fraudster for "discounted" food. 2) The fraudster places the order using the stolen account. 3) The fraudster tells the people who paid them: "Go to the pub car park at 9pm and
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by philpem 8y ago
Blind? Sorry, never heard of it -- what is it?
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by philpem 8y ago
HR: "You're fired." You: "The boss?" HR: "No, you."
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by philpem 8y ago
I'm in the younger demographic, and they're not doing a great job capturing me! Half my test equipment collection came from ebay at one point or another, almost all of it bought "broken, parts only" and repaired. The bot

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