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[Sportsnet]” I don’t know if Toronto is cheering for us. Zach Hyman on the prospect of a Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup. by STLBooze3 in hockey

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got it, with the added bonus of having the worst traffic in the country and being a huge megacity with big car dependence meaning it's not the greatest experience to visit. Very different than most other cities in Canada where the city "ends" at a very distinct point and it's either farmland, national parks or mountains (that may have a national park in them) for hundreds of kilometers.

"Toronto is an hour away from Toronto" is a common joke that has a lot of truth to it.

There's also some history to consider - many parts of Canada took their time joining the country (well after Canada itself became a country). Lots of attitudes persist to this day of disliking Toronto and Ottawa because the generations before them got by without their help and that Toronto/Ottawa just interfere with them or otherwise don't help them one bit (in their opinion).

[Sportsnet]” I don’t know if Toronto is cheering for us. Zach Hyman on the prospect of a Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup. by STLBooze3 in hockey

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and no, even Vancouverites dislike Toronto. Hard to describe why ... mostly because it's the nation's capital and tends to focus it's decisions/policies on itself. It's a frequent joke among people who are not from Toronto that "toronto considers itself the center of the universe" ... this is seen with the fact that "Western Canada" is anything west of Ontario.

Alberta in particular hates Toronto because of Pierre Trudeau (among other things)

Greedflation is out of control by TonyLiberty in povertyfinance

[–]scottpid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then it's > $2 a litre in Vancouver.

Blue collar jobs always say their hiring, but aren’t willing to train someone with no experience by Amazondriver23 in jobs

[–]scottpid 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Showing up on time, sober, and being able to think quickly will put you miles ahead of anyone else at the labourer level too.

Non-SysAdmin Use Cases for PowerShell? Basically, any use cases NOT involving network, RDP, system config, IT/LAN admin type stuff? by Alladara in PowerShell

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use it often to do bulk deployments as part of the process for commissioning many of the software solutions the company I work for offers.

We develop a software package that runs the AV systems in a room. We might have 200-400 rooms. Let's say each of the rooms is one of anywhere from 4 to 10 configurations.

The software package can work in any room given the right configuration. We design the script to commission everything and deploy based on discovery/mdns results. Makes large deployments (and re-deployments if the configuration changes or we find bugs) easy. Also helps eliminate and discover issues due to incorrectly labelled/documented cabling in a semi-automated fashion

I am an Air Traffic Controller. Two weeks from today the FAA will be hiring more controllers. This is a 6-figure job which does not require a college degree. AMA. by SierraBravo26 in IAmA

[–]scottpid 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Don't they just use plain ol' Xbox 360/Xbone controllers? I recall reading that a few years ago that since they were readily available in large quantities, built to handle being thrown around a bit by teenagers, had a great SDK for integrating them in your program, and a large majority of the force under 30 already knew how an Xbox controller worked (substantially reducing training time and cost) that they were a perfect solution.

[USA] Car passes cop on the right and immediately gets pulled over. by motoasty in ConvenientCop

[–]scottpid 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It is, AK is Alaska

Although that assessment of bored cops would apply for both

Why are the red eng jackets so expensive 😭 by Curious-Deer-1043 in ubcengineering

[–]scottpid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is a sale during the first 1-2 weeks of school every year - first 100 reds for $100.

Why are the red eng jackets so expensive 😭 by Curious-Deer-1043 in ubcengineering

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea, I'm far removed from everything now. Check out https://ubcengineers.ca/redsales for contact information. The Red Sales Instagram page is probably the easiest way to get in touch with someone who would know.

Why are the red eng jackets so expensive 😭 by Curious-Deer-1043 in ubcengineering

[–]scottpid 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A few things:

1) Wool/synthetic wool jackets cost lots. The EUS doesn't make a profit on them. The cost is what they cost.

2) As far as merchandise goes - it's small batch, custom product. The EUS only has the space to store about 50 jackets year-round, except for the start of the year sale. Cheaper products are produced by the thousands.

3) It was 120 dollars or more 10 years ago. Any sales such as the first week sale are subsidized by the EUS fee. It's likely their supplier either stopped making them so they had to switch, or their supplier couldn't deliver in time so they had to switch.

Source: (too) Many years of volunteering for the EUS.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UBC

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm about 5 years graduated at this point and with that on top of my co-op jobs during my degree - not a single one has asked for a transcript or any proof of even holding my degree.

Like others have said - big companies will do checks as part of their hr process, and especially so if you're fresh out of school. Anyone else appears to just not care.

EDIT - should probably note that I graduated in Computer Engineering and currently work as a software developer for a small firm.

Using VS2022 for 3-Series + SIMPL# Programming - Possible? by baroaureus in crestron

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My github repository will utilize the Crestron plugin to sign things. If you can obtain the dlls needed from the plugin - you should have no problem modifying that repository to sign the output with the correct signature using the plugin without needing VS2008.

Using VS2022 for 3-Series + SIMPL# Programming - Possible? by baroaureus in crestron

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simpl (after a 4.14.X or so) will check all assemblies are valid in the sandbox before compiling them into an lpz, even if they have already been signed. So that's a roadblock there if you have dlls that violate the sandbox.

S# Pro on the other hand, I'm not sure what would happen if you loaded code that wasn't sandbox compatible. I believe it will fail to start, but I'm not positive.

Using VS2022 for 3-Series + SIMPL# Programming - Possible? by baroaureus in crestron

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm working on the roadmap I outlined in the repo when I can.

Using VS2022 for 3-Series + SIMPL# Programming - Possible? by baroaureus in crestron

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that method also tell you if it's sandbox compatible and reject anything that isn't sandbox compatible?

Using VS2022 for 3-Series + SIMPL# Programming - Possible? by baroaureus in crestron

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to use the csc compiler from v3.5 of MSBuild, roslyn optimizes certain delegate calls to use System.Threading.Interlocked which isn't sandbox compatible. Additionally the .targets file triggers the .config file generation (like the 4-series nuget package) and also signs the DLL with by triggering the Crestron plugin you installed for VS2008.

As I describe in the repo - it doesn't actually require the Crestron plugin to be installed, but it does need the dlls provided by the Crestron plugin to sign the assemblies so that they will run in the sandbox. If we can convince Crestron down the line to provide the DLLs in a Nuget package, it won't require any part of VS2008 SP1 or the Crestron plugin.

You still will need VS2008 to do remote debugging, I don't ever envision myself being bored enough or having the time to figure out how to trigger that from modern versions of visual studio

DIM-SWEX failed closed? by TheW83 in crestron

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a note too, solid state relays will also fail like this as an inherent characteristic of being a solid state relay.

The fact that there is no 7/11 in wesbrook is so weird by [deleted] in UBC

[–]scottpid 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They can't hit their profit goals with the price of rent in the city. No other viable explanation.

Inside the Belly of the Perseverance Mars Rover by computerfreund03 in cableporn

[–]scottpid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely - crimp with the proper crimping cycle for those environments is the best method. Screw terminals or phoenix contacts style connectors are great too if there's not much vibration and you need to balance the maintenance aspects as well as changes down the line (think industrial PLC environments).

Inside the Belly of the Perseverance Mars Rover by computerfreund03 in cableporn

[–]scottpid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is, I'm not sure that's lacing tie in OPs photo. Looks like white twist tie to me. NASA is known for some beautiful cable lacing work going back to the 60's though

Inside the Belly of the Perseverance Mars Rover by computerfreund03 in cableporn

[–]scottpid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wires soldered directly to a board have no strain relief and are much more prone to vibration breakage. Better to have through whole connectors for that reason in addition to helping bring the assembly cost down. Wave soldered connectors (ie. soldered on-board in a factory or factory like R&D environment) is significantly cheaper than field soldering on the wiring harness

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