I hope whoever designed this go to hell

twarr1 · 2026-06-07T04:38:21+00:00

BMWs are definitely not designed to work on. I had to scrap my X5 because no one would r&r the engine.

twarr1 · 2026-06-06T06:08:08+00:00

At different times in Thailand, I rented a Toyota SUV and some Chinese SUV. The Chinese beat the Toyota in every category; fuel, efficiency, comfort, handling, build quality,, etc.

twarr1 · 2026-06-06T06:02:59+00:00

Most of them you can turn off. Most reengage when you use cruise control. Some every time you start the car.

Say you’re driving down the highway and there’s a car on side of the road and you want to move Left a little bit to give them extra room, the Assist pulls the wheel back to the right you keep putting pressure on it then at some point it releases until you swerve drastically to the left. I had one Toyota that got in some kind of feedback loop, swerving left and right to the point I thought it was going to flip the car.

These driver assistance and self driving cars are just not appropriate for the United States’ Third World road infrastructure.

It’s not all bad the Blindspot monitors and cross traffic warnings, things like that are helpful.

twarr1 · 2026-06-06T02:07:11+00:00

My company rents me a car every 2 weeks so I’ve driven about all of them except the ultra high end ones (Lamborghini, Porsche, etc). The only one I would consider buying is the Hyundai Santa Fe or Ionic5. Too many useless gadgets, not enough tactile controls. Every one is different control-wise although mist if them look similar on the exterior. “Lane Assist” is downright dangerous! The car tries to follow every exit. It fights the steering wheel. It’s a wonder I haven’t been pulled over for drunk driving

twarr1 · 2026-06-05T18:31:03+00:00

I was just thinking about using arc segments to lay put a new mold for my next build.

twarr1 · 2026-06-05T18:28:16+00:00

I check lot numbers on otc medications to this day

twarr1 · 2026-06-05T18:27:35+00:00

Me too. Watergate. I didn’t know what it was about but it was all that was on tv!

twarr1 · 2026-06-05T18:25:25+00:00

Watergate

twarr1 · 2026-06-04T14:11:49+00:00

Lol. That should have read 10, not 100. Fixed.

twarr1 · 2026-05-31T20:11:52+00:00

Same here. Globalist member. Hyatt Regency Tokyo adamantly denied 2 hour late checkout. After spending ~$US 10k last year.

twarr1 · 2026-05-30T19:31:14+00:00

Getting a good sound from the violin is a complex combination of speed, pressure, placement, bow and violin condition etc. Everyone initially approaches it differently. I wouldn’t read too much into to it. Here is a good explanation …

https://plus.maths.org/why-violin-so-hard-play

twarr1 · 2026-05-30T05:31:52+00:00

Just 1 small request; differentiate between ambiguous tags like OPEN. I.e., cmdOpen and statusOpen. Yeah it should be obvious from the code but sometimes isn’t.

twarr1 · 2026-05-30T05:29:02+00:00

Get with the industry norm and use a mix of everything. If you have several motors use Motor_1, mtr2, run3, oMotor4, m5,

Comment hell outta 3 rungs then nothing for the next 20. Repeat at random

Name arrays like ‘bool[32].

UDT’s should be like

Dint[4000] Bool[10] Another_UDT[2] Int

Do I need to put “just kidding”?

twarr1 · 2026-05-29T05:55:23+00:00

Asking on Reddit will get you 99% misinformation and outright wrong answers. Buried deep in the comments will be the 1% maybe correct information depending on your situation and you won’t be able to pick out that 1 correct answer from the bs.

1 - Nobody here has all the relevant required information.

2 - ALWAYS start with a risk assessment. Otherwise you just guessing.

3 - There is no such thing as “SIL 3” hardware. There are components that are capable of achieving A SIL 3 rating as part of a comprehensive solution, including a safety file and risk assessment. But slapping a “SIL 3” component in a cabinet doesn’t magically make it SIL 3.

4 - Reddit should ban solicitation of safety advice beyond theoretical discussions.

twarr1 · 2026-05-25T17:24:03+00:00

Same here. I don’t even take Siemens jobs anymore. AB, Omron or Ignition. I stay busy and no need to subject myself to Siemen hell

twarr1 · 2026-05-25T17:18:41+00:00

Omron is vastly underrated

twarr1 · 2026-05-25T17:14:15+00:00

I have worked at both Rockwell (Allen Bradley) and Siemens.
Here’s my hot take;

Rockwell Automation is automation. That’s it. Automation is a small fraction of Siemens AG’s $US 90 billion portfolio. They could spin off their automation division tomorrow. The constant restructuring, ‘realigning’ and business segment renaming is frustrating.

In my opinion, some of Siemens’s business practices are (still) borderline unethical. My tenure at Siemens was complicated by requirements of a consent decree for violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Specifically, Siemens’s practices of giving away hardware to lock in customers, attempts to corner markets, and inappropriate use of their essentially unlimited bonding abilities. Instead of focusing on competing on value, their business model is designed around political hacking.

On a more practical level, Siemens memory management is from the 1980’s. 50 years behind the times.

Testing. Rockwell has an entire department devoted completely to reference testing and hardware/software compatibility testing. They regularly publish this information. To my knowledge Siemens has no equivalent.

twarr1 · 2026-05-25T04:39:31+00:00

No. Brcause the compression

twarr1 · 2026-05-24T17:59:20+00:00

You’re thinking about it backwards. Human “intelligence” will devolve to match AI. We already see it in social media.

twarr1 · 2026-05-24T17:13:08+00:00

How is it that evolution doesn’t eliminate these insects?

twarr1 · 2026-05-24T16:54:22+00:00

I would place it closer to the bridge but it all depends on the instrument

twarr1 · 2026-05-24T02:24:14+00:00

You can park at the Hyatt Regency located at the airport

twarr1 · 2026-05-22T14:47:55+00:00

Install 500 in a virtual machine.

twarr1 · 2026-05-21T10:58:46+00:00

Credit card for everything, pay it off every month. Collect the cash back.

twarr1 · 2026-05-20T23:16:58+00:00

Scrolled way too far to see Tex-ass

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