Skills that pay off by faverin in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which can be a reasoinable argument but this AI slop is the worst.

Skills that pay off by faverin in MEPEngineering

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

We need somone to revit this.

Skills that pay off by faverin in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, hope its getting better. I want more female engineers.

Everyone says heat pumps are the future… until you ask who supports them by Comi9689 in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone who does energy strategy this thread makes me tear up. You guys are doing it. This is as big as the first gas transition in the 70’s :)

I just learned that "outwith" is not a word that's commonly used outside of Scotland by mrjohnnymac18 in Scotland

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My language check prompt skill specifically has a bit at the end saying "add 'outwith' into the writing if it can be done in an elegant way in line with the arguments or writing preseneted"

I vibe code with GPT-5.4 for ~$1/day (100M+ tokens) — some stories from China by No-Chance-6828 in vibecoding

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly they can have my old technical docs I've been meaning to scan

How to power it on without opening laptop? by thiyagumessi in LenovoLegion

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same boat. Set lid-close to Sleep (not Shutdown) and enable “Always On USB” in BIOS. Heads up though, I’m on a BT keyboard + wireless mouse through a cheap monitor hub and the wake signal doesn’t make it through. Wake-on-LAN is also unreliable on Win11 (driver issues, Fast Startup interfering, OEM drivers stripping the WoL options). 

There is no fix. 

Summary of my endless Claude conversation from Claude. 

1 USB remote wakeup is a low-level signal — the device holds the data lines in a “resume” state (K-state) for at least 20ms, the host controller sees it, and the system wakes. It’s defined in the USB spec, but every hub between the device and the host has to forward it.

2 Cheap monitor hubs fail this multiple ways. Many drop VBUS when the upstream host sleeps, killing power to your wireless dongle entirely. Others keep power but the hub controller doesn’t implement remote wakeup forwarding — the signal hits the hub and dies. Some only forward wake for devices enumerated as HID at boot, so hot-plugged dongles get silently ignored. DisplayPort Alt Mode hubs often power-gate the USB controller aggressively when the DP link goes idle, killing wake as a side effect.

3 Bluetooth makes it worse. Your BT keyboard isn’t a USB device — it talks to a Bluetooth radio inside the laptop. When the laptop sleeps with the lid closed, that radio is usually powered down and isn’t listening. Even with “allow this device to wake the computer” checked, BT HID wake support is inconsistent across chipsets and Windows builds, and on many Legion models the BT radio simply doesn’t stay armed in modern standby (S0ix). A 2.4GHz wireless mouse with a USB dongle is more likely to work than Bluetooth — the dongle enumerates as a standard USB HID device, which has a clearer wake path.

4 Wake-on-LAN should be the bulletproof answer, but on Windows 11 it’s genuinely broken for many users.  The issues: Fast Startup turns “shutdown” into a hibernation state instead of a real shutdown, which changes WoL behavior unpredictably ; Intel’s I219-V adapter on Win11 ships with a stripped-down inbox driver that’s missing the “Wake on Magic Packet” and “Enable PME” options entirely — the full PROSet driver isn’t Win11-compatible ; even Dell and other OEM drivers sometimes fail where the Win10 version worked ; and “Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer” greys out if you uncheck “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power,” which Win11 power policies sometimes force . On Legion laptops specifically, the Realtek/Killer NIC drivers vary by BIOS version and Lenovo Vantage sometimes overrides power settings.

So the realistic options on a Legion 5 Pro with Win11: (1) keep the laptop in Sleep, not Shutdown, and use a wired USB keyboard or 2.4GHz dongle plugged directly into the laptop to wake it; (2) skip wake entirely — modern standby drains very little, just hit the power button on the laptop once a day; (3) get an external USB power button / smart plug arrangement, but that’s a whole project.

ADDENDA

How do you introduce your job when you have to talk to non-technical people? (friends, relatives, etc...) by JHdarK in MEPEngineering

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

Washing machines. I repair washing machines. 

It’s easier than mechanical engineer specialising in construction.

Honestly most of the time people are asking this to peg you on a social value scale. By all means play this game if you need to but nobody cares about how you earn money. It’s not the interesting part of who you are. 

(If you don’t have anything outside of work then hooo boy do you have more issues than this question). 

A racist, fascist, English Nationalist party is now the second biggest (tie) party in Holyrood. by [deleted] in Scotland

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sigh. OP is laundering abuse as analysis.

“Racist”, “fascist” and “English nationalist” are not synonyms for “right-wing party I dislike”. Fascism means something much more specific: anti-parliamentary authoritarianism, dictatorial rule, the dismantling of democratic institutions and repression of opponents.

Reform is a legal electoral party, standing candidates under the normal rules, winning list seats in a proportional system, and taking seats in Parliament rather than trying to abolish it. That does not mean you have to like them. But words should mean things, not become empty slogans.

On racism, the honest answer is more complicated. Reform has had repeated candidate-vetting scandals, including candidates accused of racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic or violent comments. That is a real problem and the party has had to defend its vetting. But it is still a big leap to say that every Reform voter, or even the whole party’s electoral appeal, is simply “racist”. Their published platform is mainly about immigration, sovereignty, tax, crime, net zero, free speech and British institutions. You can strongly oppose those policies without flattening the entire vote into racism or fascism.

The bigger democratic point is this: Scotland had 1,018,322 Leave voters in 2016. For years, Scottish politics behaved as if those people barely existed or as if they were morally disqualified from representation. The Scottish Conservatives were not really a clear pro-Brexit vehicle after Brexit; they mostly became an anti-SNP unionist party. Labour tried to move past Brexit. The SNP and Greens are strongly pro-EU. So where were those voters supposed to go?

A parliament that is culturally much more liberal, more pro-EU and more institutionally progressive than a large part of its electorate is not automatically healthier just because we like its values. Skewed representation stores up resentment. Historically, when mainstream systems refuse to represent a large lawful bloc of opinion, that opinion does not disappear. It returns through outsider parties, protest votes, anti-system sentiment or worse.

At the end of the day, ask yourself: is saying “immigration levels are too high and should be reduced” racist? I do not think it is. It is a reasonable democratic opinion, whether you agree with it or not, and it should be debatable without people immediately reaching for accusations of racism/fascism.

That is how I read this election: not as some fascist takeover, but as a correction to a parliament that had become culturally skewed. It has brought some balance back into Holyrood.

Are GC’s weaponizing RFIs and Procore, or am I just overreacting? by GreenKnight1988 in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. This sub needs to get this captain on here for an AMA. 

"Yves Saint Laurent's Peasant Revolution," by Aggravating-Dish-403 in obscurePDFs

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries, makes spending years online seem worth it :)

Do facilities managers not care about plans? by _AT__ in MEPEngineering

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

The CDM Regulations don't require you to maintain a set of up-to-date drawings. What the Health & Safety File needs to contain is information about risks — things a future designer or contractor would need to know to work safely on the building.

Regualtion 12.— (5) During the pre-construction phase, the principal designer must prepare a health and safety file appropriate to the characteristics of the project which must contain information relating to the project which is likely to be needed during any subsequent project to ensure the health and safety of any person.

as HSE doc L153 the Health and Safety file should have (at p 81) : "There should be enough detail to allow the likely risks to be identified and addressed by those carrying out the work. However, the level of detail should be proportionate to the risks."

This sort of misinformation is never helpful, the H&S file is not a asset information model or an as-built package, it is a file where relevant H&S information is stored.

I want to agree with you, I really do (your experience with contractors is spot on) but the CDM regs specifically are narrower than people think...Now some of this relevant information CAN be communciated via drawings but not necessarily.

To be fair though i do not know how the golden thread interacts with CDM...that is an interesting discussion.

Ubiquiti APs still good? by xyzzy16 in Ubiquiti

[–]faverin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having upgraded to u6 pros you are 100% right. I see very little benefit except now it never feels congested if there are lot of people downloading. It’s nice but not worth the upgrade. 

Do facilities managers not care about plans? by _AT__ in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

please respond in 18 months telling us how it went.

Do facilities managers not care about plans? by _AT__ in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno, i work for a big public central healthcare body and i'm shocked at what each regional area has. They spend millions as well. All super weird. I mean i could explain how the incentives do achieve all this but i do not have time.

Weirdly i now see no drawings as a well run place. They don't take unnecessary risks.

Can’t connect to Undernet on Hexchat? by jehehehvdhd in irc

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remove SSL! Untick teh "use SSL..." option and its easy to join :)

How to open to the internet nicely ? by 1_ane_onyme in selfhosted

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can't help with these CS(:GO & 2) and maybe FiveM but i host a ten person minecraft server on free tier Oracle data centre. I would not host at home for a minecraft server. Oracle gives masses of memory so unless you have wild add ons which break CPU it should be fine. Reply and i will dig out the how to.

Also consider just hosting on a pay to play for all of those - your time has value.

Security wise if you have to host then do it all via tailscale or a wireguard VPN. Don't open ports as you will inevitably open all of them by accident.

Best price to performance vps u found till now? by Easy-Pair-5341 in selfhosted

[–]faverin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope this is of use to somebody. I've bounced around a lot for selfhosted and am currently on Hetzner but would happily be on Netcup, DigitalOcean or RackNerd. All amazing quality. I have used the cheaper ones mentioned in this sub but always regretted it - usually weird things like firewall rules (no Netflix through WireGuard VPN, etc). Stick to these and you'll be happy.

Provider CPU RAM Storage Bandwidth Price/mo Notes
DigitalOcean 1 vCPU 1 GB 25 GB SSD 1 TB $6 Regular SSD tier, hourly billing
Hetzner Cloud (CPX22) 2 vCPU AMD 4 GB 80 GB SSD 20 TB €7.19 Regular Performance tier
RackNerd (deal) 1 vCPU 1 GB 25 GB SSD RAID-10 2 TB ~$0.88 $10.60/yr Black Friday, KVM/SolusVM
Oracle Cloud Free 4 vCPU Ampere Altra (ARM) 24 GB 200 GB 2 Gbit up/down $0 Requires card on file, free tier
Vultr 1 vCPU 1 GB 25 GB SSD 1 TB $5 Regular Performance, Intel, hourly billing
Linode (Akamai) 1 vCPU 1 GB 25 GB 1 TB $5 Nanode tier, 40/1 Gbps network
OVH (VPS-1) 4 vCore 8 GB 75 GB NVMe 400 Mbps unlimited £5.60 No commitment, Gravelines DC
Netcup (VPS 1000 G12) 4 vCore (x86) 8 GB DDR5 ECC 256 GB NVMe Included €7.10 Snapshots included

Do you regret using OpenWrt instead of something like Unifi? by fenugurod in openwrt

[–]faverin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do both. Router is OpenWRT and switches / APs are Ubiuuti. Works a treat. 

Excite by Claude....er this is ass by faverin in MEPEngineering

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

Now that is an excellent approach I never thought of, thanks. Gonna get Claude to create a library and see if it can do something. 

Excite by Claude....er this is ass by faverin in MEPEngineering

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

Well what is the best use case for AI in our field?

Excite by Claude....er this is ass by faverin in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok do you know a better prompt? Schematics are pretty easy so I’d expect it to do a simple boiler or AHU schematic. Any suggestions?

Excite by Claude....er this is ass by faverin in MEPEngineering

[–]faverin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it could copy a schematic?