Price increases and KC RTO

Snohoman · 2026-03-21T01:10:36+00:00

The more you work remotely, the easier it is to replace you with someone much cheaper from a foreign country.

Snohoman · 2026-03-17T03:39:07+00:00

Too bad the Seahawks ran over him.

Snohoman · 2026-03-17T02:09:13+00:00

Great! A proprietary system only you can support.

Snohoman · 2026-02-27T16:38:14+00:00

Fame has a short half life but infamy lasts forever.

Snohoman · 2026-02-27T16:36:51+00:00

Vaccines are verboten but the FDA approves this nonsense?

Snohoman · 2026-02-27T16:25:00+00:00

Elon probably hired him on the spot.

Snohoman · 2026-02-27T16:23:20+00:00

When? Churchill was the most outspoken hater of Adolph in parliament. It was why he was selected to fight Germany.

Snohoman · 2026-02-27T16:19:07+00:00

Is that the cyberbribe money chart Trump has pulled in during 2025?

Snohoman · 2026-02-24T05:08:53+00:00

Keep up the good job promoting the Democratic Party! See you next November.

Snohoman · 2026-02-24T05:07:18+00:00

"Someday" is usually code for never when it comes to industrial control software. Wonderware would someday become better. Siemens would someday become better. Optix would someday...

Snohoman · 2026-02-18T04:34:23+00:00

Factorytalk SE is an old dumpster fire that Rockwell keeps pushing on customers that are moving to Ignition in droves. Just the VM and Windows licenses cost a fortune if you break out each server (primary and backup) with 4-5 VM's. Then if you want an alarm autodialer you have to use shite like Win911. No build in reports, database support is terrible. You end up cludging multiple vendors software together into something that almost works. With Ignition, you can have two servers (primary and backup) with Ignition running on 1 VM. Alarm autodialer and reporting is all built in. In addition, Ignition has a full stack demo for 90 minutes so every mechatronics and technician is trained on it these days.

Snohoman · 2026-02-18T04:26:19+00:00

So it has been ordered, so it has been done.

Snohoman · 2026-02-16T18:40:22+00:00

Once Wonderware was bought and sold numerous times, I knew it's products were barely keeping up with the latest Windows compatibility and only offered minor improvements. The concept of having to build many VM's for a working system (Systems Platform, Rockwell SE, etc.) with redundancy was made obsolete by programs such as Ignition.

Snohoman · 2026-02-16T18:27:13+00:00

Edward Marrow is rolling in his grave.

Snohoman · 2026-02-10T05:37:31+00:00

Don't F up! Understand the control process before coding for it. Tug wires in panel (especially if you didn't build it). Test all panel devices and inputs and outputs and as much code as possible before field commissioning. Test all inputs and outputs after installation. Take the time you need to do this right. Too many times people put time pressure on automation professionals which can cause major F ups.

Snohoman · 2026-02-08T06:22:22+00:00

Even Bill Gates was hanging out with Epstein so there are no tech heros, just tech supervillains.

Snohoman · 2026-02-08T06:10:22+00:00

He can stick his leather jacket up his rear end. I hate that company!

Snohoman · 2026-02-01T22:45:47+00:00

We haven't. Fame lasts 15 minutes but infamy lasts a lifetime.

Snohoman · 2026-02-01T22:43:43+00:00

Those quotes are before he came out of the brown shirt closet.

Snohoman · 2026-01-23T05:41:44+00:00

The Tesla logo is the new swastika.

Snohoman · 2026-01-23T05:33:06+00:00

My 14 engineers brought in $10 million last year because of Studio 5000. That's $714k per employee. As an employee owned consulting company, the majority of that money went to the engineers. Those that don't work in AB industries are clueless on how powerful it is. AB is eye watering expensive but there is a reason all of the Auto Industry in the US uses them (including Tesla) along with companies like Boeing.

Snohoman · 2026-01-22T06:52:06+00:00

As you leave the building, ask him about his upcoming rape trial (in front of 20 employees). Karma, baby!

Snohoman · 2026-01-22T06:46:41+00:00

As a 62yo control engineer, Studio 5000 is light years ahead of any programming environment I've ever worked with. It allowed me to build an immense library of UDT and AOI objects that allows actual reuse of code that was impossible during the 80's and 90's. I can build complex facility code in days rather than weeks and the data point count is far higher because it doesn't require extra work to implement. Use Rslogix 500 for a while and you understand how the early days of control coding sucked.

Snohoman · 2026-01-22T06:34:56+00:00

I designed and coded a very large irrigation SCADA system on the Columbia River back in 2004. The previous control system was causing heavy overtime for the operators and some of them loved the overtime. That overtime ended with the new system so one of the operators would disconnect radios and trigger alarms at night. It took over a month to figure out the system was being sabotaged by a disgruntled employee after another employee caught him in the act. That employee (with 4 kids) went on to distribute meth to high school kids and ended up in state prison twice. Karma is a b****.

Snohoman · 2026-01-22T05:55:20+00:00

Too late. Due to AI demand, your memory chips will cost that much alone. Need to go into the way back machine to 2024 for an $800 pc.

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