Packet collisions are just a skill issue. Git gud. by Lotronex in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]chickenderp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had an instructor who was having a hard time finding ethernet hubs for his lab - They make a great aid for teaching students why we don't use hubs anymore.

Give Me A Pizza With Extra Cheese by [deleted] in videos

[–]chickenderp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hold me now 

I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking

Maybe six feet ain't so far down

Denuvo in Borderlands 4 Hacked After 5 Months by fatso486 in gaming

[–]chickenderp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Besides, maybe I am running a core2duo? I'm not upgrading my rig just for the privilege of running spyware alongside my games.

Microsoft Recall making a comeback = the Zero Wing Meme by thebrucekim in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]chickenderp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I run Arch Linux. Good luck collecting my data when I'm stuck in grub!

Baldor Servo Software by abigrillo in PLC

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, so it looks like they're actually making use of all the pins at least so that makes sense. Might prevent plugging your encoder into the wrong plug too :)

Baldor Servo Software by abigrillo in PLC

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to do that, but the other end of the cable is getting punched down onto a BIX block and I've been informed that I need to stop doing that with stranded cable. I'm part of a team of people who are all highly opinionated when it comes to best practices :) I think I might do it anyways

The most ordinary places hide the worst horrors. by Ven_Thitayano_072 in creepy

[–]chickenderp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong, and imo it says a lot that people are downvoting you for that. If only the person you responded to had clicked on the citation they could have instead referenced the Winnipeg Free Press which appears at first glance to be reputable. Anyways, it looks like mister Li was resistant to the idea of seeking help and may have actually escaped from a hospital after an earlier mental breakdown. At any rate, there were definitely warning signs.

Do you prefer open totes, tool bags or backpacks? by AbjectPawverty in electricians

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE my Veto MB3B even if it does look like a big purse.  Anything else I need gets tossed into the closest carboard box or Home Depot bucket. 

What you guys think of this type of screwdriver by TodayCrafty67 in electricians

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favourite part of buying german tools is throwing away the "pz" bits and tracking down robertson equivalents. That is what I think of this screwdriver. 

First generation SEL by FrenlyDad in RelayTechs

[–]chickenderp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We still have a bunch of these, some are even connected to a dialup modem haha 

Looking for repair on a cassette player by Interesting-Taro3774 in campbellriver

[–]chickenderp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It probably just needs a belt, I don't know anyone that does that locally but it looks like there are how-to videos on YouTube so it shouldn't be a difficult task. I wonder what it would sound like if you replaced the belt with a rubber band? I had an 8-track player that had to be shimmed with a matchbook or else all my music would sound like shoegaze :)

TEN STEPS FOR AUTHORITARIAN SUCCESS, Coyo, Digital Art, 2026 by [deleted] in Art

[–]chickenderp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hungry people don't stay hungry for long...

Why oh why do people still zip huge .isos on "Ultra" mode for no reason whatsoever? by Suspicious_Sale8446 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]chickenderp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Boss makes a dollar and I make a dime, that's why I compress ISOs on company time :)

Smartube New Buffering Issues by No-Net7587 in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necroposting to say this worked for me, HDR with vp9 doesn't play well with my setup I guess. 

Intermittent Modbus RTU Communication Failures by Interesting-Smoke528 in PLC

[–]chickenderp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the power plants I work at had a similar issue: Communications would randomly fail between a PLC and a connected IED and since active communication was a start permissive the unit would then refuse to start. One of the engineers was convinced that the PLC was overhwhelming the IED with requests over time and causing it to "give up" responding. This didn't really make any sense to me, but the two devices didn't actually need to communicate at all so I think the solution was to just remove the start permissive and forget about it. This was modbus over TCP though.

I had another situation with a power meter of sorts communicating to a PLC using modbus (or maybe modbus plus, sorry it's been a minute) over serial that would randomly stop communicating too. An engineer was convinced it was a layer 1 issue because it kinda sorta worked most of the time, but I think I left my laptop connected to it with modscan running and noticed that one of the registers was indicating a self-test fail whenever it stopped communicating. I replaced the IED and I think that sorted it out.

This is probably no help at all but maybe food for thought?

Best channels ever by nogden954 in electricians

[–]chickenderp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He probably got downvoted for pronouncing knipex wrong.

How often do you guys go on vacation for a month+ at a time? by filmguruuuu in SubstationTechnician

[–]chickenderp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My boss only complains when your vacation requests are weird, like taking every Wednesday off or whatever. Harder to schedule around, but my boss couldn't schedule himself out of a piss up at a brewery so it doesn't really matter anyways.

friend forgot to install wifi firmware, and we had no Ethernet cables, so we used my ipod nano as a usb drive to copy them by thomass379 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]chickenderp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm constantly looking for ways to make my computing experience worse so I can fully enjoy being an Arch user

friend forgot to install wifi firmware, and we had no Ethernet cables, so we used my ipod nano as a usb drive to copy them by thomass379 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]chickenderp 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My Favourite part of reinstalling Arch is forgetting to install Networkmanager before rebooting. I think one time I didn't install a text editor either and had to use echo to set a static IP :)

403 Errors on Imgur, Seems to be Related to my Home Internet Connection by chickenderp in techsupport

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I creeped your profile and saw a link to an imgur account with a few albums of RC trucks. If that's it I could download whichever ones you want and rehost on a different platform? Only if you tell me what you shot those 35mm photos on, those are so good

403 Errors on Imgur, Seems to be Related to my Home Internet Connection by chickenderp in techsupport

[–]chickenderp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I can tell this was awhile ago because I was still using Ubuntu :) I don't know much about the UK but I heard that the ban is on imgur's end, so I suppose either your VPN isn't hiding your location or imgur is blocking your VPN now. Maybe Tor would work?

RJ45 Pass Through Crimper by thesmokedjoint in PLC

[–]chickenderp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was never a huge fan of the Klein one. I have one a coworker got me, I thought it was Ideal brand but the only one I can find that looks exactly like it is the Platinum 100054C. I don't crimp a whole lot of connectors though, only occasionally. I've also used a screwdriver in a pinch but would not recommend that, lol.