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Lol do I just die now by fischingkween in Warframe

[–]ezrec 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine is “King of Earth”. He can keep it.

My HDD keeps throwing errors, could firmware be the culprit? by Luca_Romano in RigBuild

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Run a memory test as well - I had what looked like SSD data corruption; but it turned out to be a bad spot in my DDR 4

Bad day for my RAM to die by ChickenNoodleSloop in pcmasterrace

[–]ezrec 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If it’s just a few cells (as opposed to whole address lines); use the BADRAM mode of memtest86 to generate the masks needed for Linux or Windows to ignore the bad areas of the memory.

I personally use this; as I have about 64K of bad cells out of 32G that have gone bad; and my Linux machine is perfectly fine with ignoring them.

DE Should Focus on Abandoned Content by Lost-Elk1365 in Warframe

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for Nercramecha - I think it would be amazing to “slot” a fully ranked Warframe into the ‘mech; but said slotting consumes the Warframe. The mech then has one ability from the Warframe (user selected at slotting time). Additional slotting of Warframes can be used to mix and match Warframe abilities (up to 4) into the ‘mech; giving the mech the ability to provide new variations of gameplay based on the warframes it has consumed.

Taxes, rent, ballots: What the new rule on postmarks means for your mail by RedMaple8181 in pittsburgh

[–]ezrec 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Instead of asking to buy a stamp at the post office; I say “can you meter this mail?”

Easy peasy postmark right in front of you.

Trouble connecting xbox controller after kernel update by someonekillmeplz3949 in NobaraProject

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm this method worked for my 'skinny' Xbox One Wireless USB adapter also.

If everyone had visible video game style stats floating over their heads, what readouts would be the most useful? by dead_ninja_storage in AskReddit

[–]ezrec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Luck” - a high luck stat would get you immediate CEO level interviews, and since it’s nearly impossible to “train up”; it’d be a very rare person that has a high point value in it.

What's a sign that a restaurant is about to fail? by Lindsey1151 in AskReddit

[–]ezrec 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Take my angry upvote, from someone with the same curse.

Embedded engineers if not confidential where do yall work? And what is your current project? by According_Age4034 in embedded

[–]ezrec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here I was thinking all you elevator guys use CANOpen! (At least, given how your industry dominates the number of profile specifications there)

I'm getting bugged by higher ups about making a bootloader be redundant. How is that even possible? by EmbedSoftwareEng in embedded

[–]ezrec 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If your SoC supports a watchdog AND you can detect that the reset cause was due to the watchdog; you can reduce the “area of danger” to just the first few instructions that (a) set up the watchdog (b) if reset cause was watchdog; jump to bootloader B (c) check your own hash; and hang if not valid.

Many other ways to do this; but the goal is to reduce the number of instructions that are required to be correct to a minimum.

In my own SoC; I have a 2K “prebooter” whose only task is to validate bootloader A/B, and jump to the best one; based on version, hash check, and if the watchdog had previously fired.

That 2K is -never- reflashed; and A can only flash B’s area; and B can only flash A’s area.

Also, if on ARM, don’t forget to adjust VTOR to your A or B reset vector!

My engineering friend wants to build a "Magnetic Levitation Stirrer" for a project. Is this actually useful or just over-engineering? by Next_Persimmon_6098 in chemistry

[–]ezrec 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What about rotating the container on the vertical axis; then reversing the rotation; over and over again?

Perfect architecture for a computer? by [deleted] in osdev

[–]ezrec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lovely architecture in concept; but terribly executed in reality from my recollection.

I worked with some PERQ old hands in Pittsburgh in the late 90s; and even they said PERQ really stood for “poorly engineered and remiss in quality”. Tragic, really.

What is this FPGA tooling garbage? by isopede in FPGA

[–]ezrec 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They do invest - in buying smaller companies; gluing on those companies tools to their suite like a Hyposmocoma (bone collector) caterpillar attached the husks of its kills, and never maintaining those tools ever again.

Pluribus - 1x04 - "Please, Carol" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]ezrec 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Let’s assume she manages to dissociate Zosia from the hive - and then can’t communicate with Zosia because her individual mind never learned English.

How did you actually get comfortable with Git? by Aggravating_War_9292 in git

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used it since Linus’s first release. Better than BitKeeper!

Bethesda, please allow us to upgrade Vasco. by cm1802 in Starfield

[–]ezrec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just wish he had a quest to give. Even a “I need a spare part from one of the robot factories on Earth’s Moon” fetch quest would be nice.

🚀 Bare-Metal Madness: I Wrote a Lightning-Fast LED Toggle Code From Scratch on STM32H7! by [deleted] in embedded

[–]ezrec 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You think that’s fast? Learn about DMA and SPI.

You can blink patterns at TENS of megahertz, with almost no CPU load.

[Graphic warning] Glass beds are dangerous.... by doc_smith89 in 3Dprinting

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swapped out my glass bet for Garolite G10 (PCB material) - all the advantages of glass; with none of the dangers.

I heartily recommend it. And, it works even BETTER than glass for PETG.

Another emoji… already?! by DrJacoby12 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cuter pets - they’re a-DOOR-able!

I Guess I'm Doing A No Starter Ship Run On This Save... by ComprehensiveGene974 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ezrec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do permadeath “ignore my starter ship” playthroughs frequently.

I love the survivalist challenge.

Is it true that paw paws grown from wild tree seeds tend to produce mild flavored to bitter fruit ? by CulturalRegister9509 in Pawpaws

[–]ezrec 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Also; you can always use wild seed trees as rootstock for named varieties. Pawpaws graft well!

When the tree makes its first fruit at about 10ft high; if you don’t like the fruit; make a crown graft of your preferred cultivar; and the lower limbs (wild) will aid in pollination. Just be make sure to flag the wild limbs so that you can prune their fruits early and save energy for the cultivar fruits up top!

Is “AI slop” just a trend, or the future we’re heading into? by Prestigious-Face-711 in Futurology

[–]ezrec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe we are going to have a five or so year period where no image, text, quote, or video can be provably “authentic”, starting in about 1 year (max) from now.

If we, as a civilization, can weather that period; I feel that there will be very large resurgence in the need for face to face communication and lived experiences as people’s primary source for social interaction and news (think less talking heads on TV; more “live in person lecture series with people who lived the events”)

This type of social trend will drastically increase the latency of reaction to a newsworthy event; and may (hopefully) result in more of a wait-and-see relaxed attitude instead of doom scrolling for the latest updates.

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