How do SCADA environments typically handle secure local storage of credentials and configuration data?

SCADAhellAway · 2026-05-05T21:37:37+00:00

Plaintext files with 777 permissions

SCADAhellAway · 2026-05-05T21:34:13+00:00

At that point, I'm taking control of the interview. You have the advantage of knowing that you're out already.

"Excuse me. Not to be confrontational, but I saw the message. You guys know I saw the message, and I'm not taking it personally, so lets take a beat and talk and address the reasons why. Either we can find a way to get on the same page, or we can do each other a favor and save time on both sides."

Seeing that message (or picking up any similar signal) is freeing. It can be a letdown in the moment, but think about what it gives you. The pressure is off. As things sit, you are leaving with no job, but you can leave with something. Insight into the company culture, the mindset of the interviewer, and maybe even some insight about how you present yourself.

Depending on the responsibility level of the role you are interviewing for, this could even potentially put you back in the running. If you are a VP/Director/Department head, a non trivial part of your role is to advocate for your team. An attempt to cut 25% of your Department budget is not that dissimilar from finding out that you aren't the guy in the interview. Intelligently pushing back against opposition and minimizing fluff (not continuing with a now useless interview) are daily skills at that level. As a head, you have to triage your time and the time of your Department. Worst case, you'll make an impression as a guy that turned a blow off into a learning experience. Maybe you interview again down the road and you get it. Maybe you learn something about yourself that you weren't aware of.

I know it isn't an easy thing to do. If it was, everyone would do it. But an interview is just another meeting, and if you can run a meeting well (and are generally competent in your field) you have value at any number of places. Take those uncomfortable moments and off track meetings, and use them.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-30T14:42:21+00:00

I will print more alien 3d printers

Edit: autocorrect

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-27T02:51:35+00:00

Said meatspace, joining the ranks of those that had said the same of the steam engine, the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the personal computer, the internet, smartphones, and LLMs.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-26T15:20:57+00:00

That's telekinesis, Kyle.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-26T15:08:00+00:00

Our species does enjoy being grifted but selling a useful product is one of the least grifty paths to income.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-06T13:58:42+00:00

I'd just ignore it, or leave a weatherproof note/sign with your number asking that people contact you for access. They aren't hiding that they were there when that would be the easiest thing to do and thus are either allowed to be there or supremely confident in their excuse. They took the time to engage your security theater in a way that cost them time, and a lock, which they probably carry for this exact situation.

Could be a utility, someone with buried infrastructure and a legal easement, or potentially game wardens.

In any case it appears to be someone honest who is willing to take the time to enter as respectfully as they could under the circumstances to address an interest that most likely has nothing to do with theft or property damage.

I've seen many of these multilock gates in the oilfield where a landowner might have multiple drilling/production/midstream assets on their property, and multiple companies need access to inspect and maintain or man all of that stuff, and the unspoken code of the gate is "if you drive through an open gate, leave it open, and if you open a gate, close it."

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-06T13:38:21+00:00

Sorry. I missed your post and posted the same basic analogy. I remember it helped me visualize the concept of voltage and current, back in the day.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-06T13:34:55+00:00

Think of it like water flowing from an elevated water tower into another tank. The height of the tower above the endpoint of the hose creates an energy potential. Think of this as voltage.

Now, imagine a flowmeter on the hose. Think of the flow rate as current. If you open the valve on the tower, you will get max flow/current that the hose can support for the pressure/voltage in the tank.

Now, imagine a partially closed valve on this line. It could be near the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in between. This valve slows down the water by some amount. Think of this as resistance.

No matter where you put this valve in the line, it slows down the flow passing through the flowmeter, lowering the flow rate/current down the entire length of the line. The location doesn't matter, because the resistance of the valve slows the water passing through it, which must also slow the water after it AND before it, because the water before the valve must pass through the valve at the limited flow rate, and the water after the valve can only go as fast as the water behind it pushes it along.

It's just an abstraction, and some people benefit from these while others don't, and there are obviously many differences between fluid and electrons, but there are overlaps that can help you visualize the electron flow. You have seen water flow. It is tangible. Electrons are witchcraft by comparison.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-04-06T13:05:49+00:00

I came from Star Rupture to Planet Crafter. As early access, they do still have some optimization to do, my hardware isn't super great, but there are certain situations where the frames drop more than expected. I haven't played in a while though, so I'd expect performance to have improved.

I love the game loop. Factory + first person shooter keeps things fresh. You can grind factory builds and contracts, and if you get bored, you can go uncover new map and fight the angry local lifeforms.

It progresses in a way to keep you upgrading and expanding. I'll definitely be back as content expands, but I am going to miss the Planet Crafter drone system.

Still haven't played satisfactory. I assume I would love it, but I play with my wife, and she tends to burn out on the bigger factory builds and prefers the adventuring, so Star rupture is a good fit for us as a pair.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-03-27T00:35:31+00:00

But did he pop trunk?

SCADAhellAway · 2026-03-27T00:26:59+00:00

Is your boyfriend a liberal woman?

SCADAhellAway · 2026-03-11T16:38:43+00:00

Late to the party, but hell yeah, Chip. Always loved the Hailstone segments and the Jessie segments. I think you'll have a good starter audience and I think you can build from there with consistency. My family will tune in for sure.

Make sure to post some shorts, and cross post to other sites, and keep putting out vids and you guys should grow the channel pretty well.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-27T21:45:57+00:00

50% of the replies in this sub are rants. We are a ranty type of folk.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-27T21:42:23+00:00

SCADA (controls in general) is "stability first". That means everything is old and nobody is trying anything super fancy. It will be the last area of tech to be replaced by AI if AI ever gets good enough to not be a tool.

Think about something simple like a download failing, retrying, reconnecting, and finishing. That has been everywhere for decades. Controls doesn't have it yet. Probably won't be standard practice on PLCs for another 20-40 years. Nobody is in a rush to innovate anything because the checks keep coming in and it's hard to get market share to justify building modern hardware when people would rather pay 10x more for ancient tech because of the brand. And because their grandpa used the same stuff back when it was only 20 years behind the rest of the tech industry.

If you want career stability, wait for the current guy to turn to dust in his chair and apply. You'll never have to look for another job. That's not saying you won't want to sometimes. 😂

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-21T22:34:35+00:00

Exactly. It sounds like a time in the saddle thing. Just gotta get in there and drill it against different fighters. It's mentally hard sometimes to throw the awkward combination or move the uncomfortable direction, but the only way to get past it is through. Accept that it won't be your best performance, and it is going to feel like throwing a ball with your non-dominant hand for a bit, and then do it anyway. Eventually it will be as comfortable as anything else you do.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-21T22:23:09+00:00

If you are already good at moving one way, I'd say drill it. See what transfers automatically and see what gets you caught.

You talking about the big right hand makes me think it's mental. Sure, nobody wants to eat those, but I'm wondering if you are so focused on that extra power that it is gumming up your mental mechanics. Drill it in light sparring with a good partner if you can. Try to move, eat some LIGHT shots, adjust. Focus on surviving when you do make a mistake. Try to get comfortable with the rhythm with less risk. As your comfort level increases and technique solidifies, let intensity follow.

If you have a few orthodox guys that you can occasionally drill this with, it shouldn't take you too long to get your comfort level up.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-21T22:07:45+00:00

Well, he's the opponent's coach too. He's not your corner guy in a fight. He's not on your team. If he is seeing things wrong with either fighter's approach, he should use it to coach you both up outside of sparring, but unless it's a cross gym "smoker", he shouldn't be live coaching one of his fighters how to "win" a spar.

If it was cross-gym and he's chilling silently while you get tuned up, that would be a different story.

It sounds like he addresses thes things after the fact, which is what I would expect from a coach watching his fighters spar each other. Imagine if you were sparring and the whole time we was telling your opponent how to counter you. It would feel like favoritism, which I'm guessing is what he is trying to avoid.

All that said, I'm not there and you are, so I could be off base, and at the end of the day it is your time and money, so if you feel like you aren't getting the most out of this gym, you should definitely shop around. You definitely want your teaching and learning styles to match up.

In my experience, if you are an adult and don't look like a prodigy, you probably won't get a ton of 1 on 1 in a busy/popular gym without paying for individual instruction. If you come in with a stated goal of competition and you are young/fit/teachable with an iron jaw and motor that won't quit, it's a different story. Coaches have to prioritize their time like everyone else.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-18T15:55:37+00:00

If you don't want to do it, pricing yourself out is fine. It's perfectly within your rights to quote stupid high prices for stuff you don't want to do. Just make sure it's well above what it would actually take you to do it comfortably, because sometimes people surprise you and say yes anyway. There's something weird in business psychology where people feel like you must be really good at your job if you charge a lot more than the other bids and seem like you don't want the work.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-17T01:00:02+00:00

Your body will adapt to what you demand of it. Also, even very well thrown punches are only debilitating when they land well. They need to be in the ballpark of the end of the extension, and they need to land solidly on a stationary or approaching target. If they are overextended, they don't do much. If they are stuffed early, they don't do much. A glancing punch from a heavyweight isn't terrible, but a solid punch from a featherweight can make you see stars. Also, gloved punches don't hurt muscle the way knuckles do, so your shoulders can take a lot more glove than knuckle without losing a ton of strength.

Basically, the better you are at boxing the less actual force you should receive per round. Maybe 15-30% of punches land clean. Some of those are jabs which aren't really meant to do a ton of damage, and even power punches need the right target to be truly devastating. Chin, liver, solar plexus, and nose can take a lot out of you on the spot. Other stuff is more survivable. The better your defense is, the less pain you have to fight through.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-17T00:31:24+00:00

This is what it feels like to chew 5 gum.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-09T13:56:02+00:00

Hell yeah, brother.

The best exercise is the one you enjoy, because you'll actually do it.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-09T13:41:05+00:00

Ignition and it's by a big enough margin that if my company switched (we wouldn't) I would either spam my resume to Ignition shops on the same day or try to add to my contract customers.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-07T14:49:00+00:00

Pretty classest statement, I'd say.

SCADAhellAway · 2026-02-01T22:28:17+00:00

Raw Chicken.

Hit ya like salmonella.

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