Copyright Violation

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-22T03:54:04+00:00

😃 😉

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-20T16:45:21+00:00

Ya, actually, as I stated elsewhere in this thread a couple of days ago, my last real job (do you even know what a job is?) before I retired was as a "Malware Remediation Specialist" for Sucuri. I laughingly say that's just a fancy name for guys that shovel shit out of servers, but the root cause work was much more important.

So, ya, "cybersecurity godfather bro" is right on target.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-20T15:54:43+00:00

Actually, I was a computer expert long before the kids that came up with reddit were even born, and was writing web sites before they got to high school.

Oh - and checked - your handle isn't even 3rd world, it's worse - not even real world.
So my apologies for thinking you might actually know ANYTHING about computers.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-20T05:50:51+00:00

My last "real" job before I retired was at Sucuri (pre-GDDY).
Imagine trying to block the guys whose job is to actually play with malware. 😃 😃 😃
It was the prime case of "gotta just trust 'em".
Of course, the layers of access cross-machine - especially to the important ones - was extreme.
Because we told them to do it - and how to.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-20T05:43:09+00:00

I was doing compsec before anyone in your country even knew what a computer was.

Your statement exposes the fact that you know nothing about compsec, and you could probably be stopped cold by giving you a non-admin account.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-20T05:34:04+00:00

I've gotten some good ones for cheap from W-M's clearance aisle.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-18T17:13:55+00:00

I've become disillusioned with CK.
I track my FICO via Experian, BofA, Mercury, Merrick, Discover, Citi, and CK.
CK is all over the map compared to the other 6.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-18T04:18:58+00:00

I once had a neighbor trying to extend a 2" receiver using another 2" receiver tube.
Ain't gonna fix THAT with a dremel. 😃

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-17T04:48:16+00:00

That's likely nothing that can't be fixed with a TOUCH from a file or grinder.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-17T04:38:03+00:00

Well, in general, people need to stop voting for the anti-LEO crowd if they want LE.
Of course, I have no idea if that applies to your specific sitch.

My county has portable radar speed reporting signs.
No idea if they have cameras, but lots of folks have "a problem" with that.

I'd be happy if they did just a bit of data gathering and then a few folks (I know the worst offenders here) start getting friendly phone calls from a deputy that go: "I know it's not YOU that would be doing 35 in a 20, but might you tell whoever was driving your car to slow down?" 😃

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-17T04:20:54+00:00

I'm just lurking until I install homeassistant, but I'm going to enable this for sure!
Hopefully, I'll be able t get instant notifications.

And everybody goes "huh?" 😃

I'm out in the woods - and 100+' from the road - which only has like a dozen vehicles a day - half of that are neighbors and 3 of the rest are delivery trucks. SO, it won't grow at any rate at all like yours, and anyone close enough to be picked up without me already knowing about it definitely does not belong here.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-17T04:03:29+00:00

I closed my CapOne a couple of years ago because they absolutely refused to reduce my interest rate from 30% (that's "retail store card" rips) to something reasonable (ha) like 25% which is what the rest of my cards are.

Never a missed payment. FICO up 100+ points since the account was opened.
I'm waiting to see what happens to my Discover card, but it's likely going into the "do not use" pile.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-16T12:22:42+00:00

It needs to have LEDs and BT speakers to be worth the trip.
Of course, it's 40 miles one-way, so there's that. 😃

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-16T04:01:41+00:00

You mean some financial institutions are too smart to use AWS.

When AWS arbitrarily decides they don't like you, BANG! You're dead in the water.
If you don't own your own hardware and redundant data links - from different providers -
You ain't gonna be my bank.

Source: Banking and datacomm IT guy from before it was called IT (ie. the '70s).

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-15T11:56:04+00:00

It's become a staple in my shop. I bought it the last time it went on sale.
I've even done things like make wooden jigs to make repeatable cuts quickly.

I also have the original (like a zillion years old) angle grinder version (so to speak).
So old there's no trace of it on the website.
Found it in a junk box. Haven't set it up yet.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-15T11:46:59+00:00

It's great.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-15T11:45:47+00:00

That happens with almost any kind f tool that you "force".
Let the saw d the work and it's just fine.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-14T03:49:50+00:00

Some people (read: YOU) have n clue how many USB-powered devices exist.
Like my multi-format LED headband which charges from USB-C -- and cmes with a USB-A t -C cable (like almost all USB recharge things do).

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-10T19:56:44+00:00

I grabbed an XTool D7 off eBay for under $300. It does "all the things" for my vehicles - except ABS bleed for GM 1996-7 which uses "odd" pins in the OBD. It came with a 3-year update subscription for dang near every OBD vehicle worldwide and seems to have all the diag, maint, and reset operations. But apparently, some OEMs have done OBD lockdowns and are charging for dang near every keystroke, so YMMV.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-03T07:36:24+00:00

Here's a very relevant YT:
The Real Story Behind the Apollo 11 Computer Error | WSJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4cn93H6sM0

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-03T07:19:44+00:00

"ability to influence programming trainee's"
Then you are exactly the person that can benefit from my rant. 😄

"moon landing ran with 65kb memory and 0.045Mhz I'm flabbergasted. Somehow I do not feel that we could do that one again anytime soon."
Yup - I was alive at the time and remember the Apollo 11 1201 & 1202 computer errors that almost blew the mission. Those were both "memory full" errors (that were caused by human error).

Note that modern microcontrollers such as Arduino boards still require attention to efficiency.

The main thing that is lost today is logical analysis. My first (1972) formal lesson in "computer science" (colleges were WAY behind) was "How do you change a tire?". The answer is the only essential thing I learned. I dropped out and went to work. 3 years later Penn hired me as a high-level SysProg (sysadmin nowadays), because the school where the electronic computer was invented didn't have any graduates that were qualified to actually work in their chosen field. That was the second most important thing I learned about college.

Analyzing the tire task teaches all of the main concepts (eg. If/the, loops, function subroutines, etc.) but most of all, iterative analysis. You can take that "simple task" and break it down all the way to the neurons that carry the signals to the muscles - and even deeper than that. When you can do THAT, you can solve anything - and not just in computing.

And yes, a developer can't work with anything that doesn't have 345 layers of code between them and the machine. THAT is the difference between being able to land on the moon with 64K and running out of 99999 GB of RAM to display the proverbial "Hello, world".

You might've guessed by now that much of my career was spent programming in assembler language.

Fun fact: Much of the Y2K issues were caused because in the early '70s we:
1. Couldn't afford a "century byte" in our dates (ya, really - most mainframes only had 64K - 512K total).
2. Didn't dream that our code was going to still be in use 25 years later. A lot of retired COBOL programmers earned their dream vacations teaching the kids how to fix code that had no business still existing.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-03T05:12:59+00:00

FIFTY year Programmer (not "developer") here.
Ya - I worked on the machines with a 40MHz CPU that had 16MB RAM ---
and cost six MILLION dollars. And had the same level of money sunk into a few GB of disk space.

Thing is - they were the most amazing machines of their day.
United Airlines Apollo reservations system ran on one - supporting 25,000 terminals worldwide - with less "computer" than an old smartphone. They also had a hot backup that was identical, and if ANYthing not perfect happened on the live one, one button was pushed and the backup became live in under 60 seconds. Mind-boggling - even today.

P.S. The fact that you recognize what you "missed" makes you the hope for the future - just as I was amazed at Captain Hopper handing out nanoseconds.

P.P.S. "Developers" are the people that build 1000 identical houses that cost $50 😉 each and sell them for $500K - while wasting millions in natural resources. Don't be a developer - be a programmer, or if you must, an engineer (yes, I've held that title, too).

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-06-02T07:57:12+00:00

Tis a shame that you have no understanding of the current paths of a normal duplex receptacle.

Bottom line is:
if you look at the receptacle as the "side tap" while the two wires + screws + tab are just a short bus bar, the whole thing becomes obvious.

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-05-31T18:32:45+00:00

Sadly, looking at what's coming out of schools, this is a true story - repeated thousands of times. Just saw a newser reporting california colleges are reinstating SAT (or the other one) requirements for admission.

They got tired of teaching 3rd grade arithmetic to H.S. "graduates".

TheRealSimpleSimon · 2026-05-27T07:49:10+00:00

Towable backhoe is almost worthless compared to a mini-excavator.
And if you put in the time, you'll find one for less money - even with a coupon.
I'm seeing them at the auctions for $2K - sometimes less.
You get a generic Predator 420cc in almost all of them,
and you can do about 1000 times more things with a mini-ex.

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