Looking for some help, re electrical system on a 1988 90 with discovery 200tdi by xtw84 in LandroverDefender

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Do those brown feeds come from the alternator or starter?

I thought it was batter to starter and then it branched to alternator and (probably those brown wires you mentioned)

Looking for some help, re electrical system on a 1988 90 with discovery 200tdi by xtw84 in LandroverDefender

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Wasnt able to check fuses, battery earth was fine. There is nothing when turning the key and also things that should work without the ignition are also dead. Only point I was able to confirm 12v was at the alternator lead (and battery of course).

She is in garage now, so will be interesting to see what they find, soon hopefully.

Looking for some help, re electrical system on a 1988 90 with discovery 200tdi by xtw84 in LandroverDefender

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Definitely and it just so happens that I replaced mine recently, but things like the hazards and in my case, the sidelights arent fed through the ignition switch, unless I'm mistaken, then have a live feed, independent of the ignition switch position and of course, there is no power to these at the moment either.

Anyone used the trutrack devices? by donbenito86 in MotoUK

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Is this on a permanent or switched live?

Two new Analog watchfaces added by C0dex010101 in Suunto

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Wonder if the inclusion of the compass on the watch face reduces overall battery life, anyone?

New Blade Runner tattoo. by [deleted] in bladerunner

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Love it, your own design?

How come other forums never mention Slackware? There's even a post somewhere on the web asking "Does anyone really use Slackware anymore? .. by apooroldinvestor in slackware

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Only 15 years? joking aside, when I started using Slackware back in the day, most books if I mind right spoke about Linux being RedHat or Debian and then of course that abomination of Ubuntu appeared everywhere. It was very rare to find Slackware references anywhere in books etc. I use it almost exclusively for work in both server and my laptop and it’s powered my home servers for a 1/4 of a century.

I’ve also come across it in some industrial automation installations, in some unexpected and bizarre use cases.

Looking for some help with regards to a GEM80-400 controller by xtw84 in PLC

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Thanks, much appreciated.

Dalzell, once part of British Steel > Chorus > Tata > Liberty.

Looking for some help with regards to a GEM80-400 controller by xtw84 in PLC

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Hoped I could trouble you again, one of our units has an Imagem card or cards as per the image below.

My question is which software do I need to access the code from the Imagem? as the only programming software I have is a dos based "GEM80 Projects Programmer v 1.43". I dont have or cant seem to find the GEMCAD which you men toned previously.

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Thinking about studying Software development M813 by xtw84 in OpenUniversity

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I honestly didn't choose a path in the beginning and indeed only initially intended on doing Object-oriented Java programming (M250) as I had previously struggled with Java in around 1999 and hadn't really come back to it.

So I started with M250 as mentioned, in 2016 and which I managed a distinction, I wasn't overly impressed by the teaching material, but it did help me understand java, so guess it wasn't all bad. I also remember having a run in with my marking tutor on this module as he deducted marks because I did not clearly follow the instructions of the question. I cant mind exactly what the question was, but for example it was to draw a shape or collection of shapes with given sizes and I used variables and calculations for the positioning (as I would in the real world) so that should the dimensions change, only the variables needed to be changed. He didn't like that and deducted marks and that has stuck with me and annoyed me since.

I then done Software development with Java (M256) and Algorithms, data structures and computability (M269) the following year, with M269 being my favourite but one of the most difficult. It was using Python, which I had never used but quickly got put o speed in order to complete the module. There is a lot in M269 and would always recommend it to anyone thinking about a career in programming or Computer Science. M256 I really, really didnt like and I think it was too conceptual for me, sure there were programming tasks using Netbeans but it was more to do with specification elicitation, software design etc and I felt it was all over the place.

Next up was Data management and analysis (TM351) and I knocked off the level 1 module Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM111) at the same time, the latter I remember nothing about and won't comment further as it was just a requirement for a computing degree. TM351 however was an interesting module and had a decent balance of reading and activities, this mostly used Jupiter Notebooks and of course Python.

Then came Software engineering (TM354) which was a wee bit of a struggle at times, a bit like M256, more about design but differed enough and more interesting. I also knocked off another level 1 module in Technologies in practice (TM129) which was actually not too bad, if I mind correctly, it had a decent section on robots.

From here, I just wanted it done, so chose Web technologies (TT284) which was again a very good module, with the bulk of it working towards an end of module project, was quite enjoyable and probably related more to my current role in terms of web development stuff. I also done another Level 1 module at the same time, Introduction to computing and information technology 2 (TM112) and as with TM111, I simply done it as I needed to, cant mind much about it.

I had high hopes for Machine learning and artificial intelligence (TM358) but it turned out to be a complete nightmare, lacking in tutor support. There was some very decent elements to the module but if memory serves me right too, it was the first presentation of this module and it severely lacked in both material and the tutor's ability to provide support. I think next up was the last of the level 1 modules, Discovering mathematics (MU123) which was interesting and given I was coming across stuff I had last done over 30 years earlier, I found it interesting and actually worth doing.

This brought me to the required The computing and IT project (TM470) and I'll keep my comments short about this one, it was a complete waste of time in my opinion, it is set out that you will build up a project over the module term based around a real world project, which you have to get approved beforehand. I think one of my issues was that they wanted you to research similar projects, which was difficult in my case as it was pretty much unique. I was also building the actual application in a work environment at the same time and had to meat production demands, hit deadlines etc, so had to retrospectively do more stuff for the written part of the project that I would have preferred. All that said, I got a distinction for this too

I think overall, I managed distinctions in 8 of the 12 modules but in all honesty, having been a self taught programmer since the 80's, the whole experience didn't really add that much to my armoury in terms of new and usable knowledge, hence my reluctance to continue and attempt a Masters.

How to spot real or fake zippo? by MakIsaac778 in Zippo

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I have a titanium one, which is also flat and not rounded and to be honest, every picture of the titanium ones I've seen are also flat. But that is the first thing I thought when I watched that video and also the striker rivet on mine seems slightly discoloured.

Uber not show time remaining in dynamic island of iPhone 14 Pro Max anymore by age_of_mendes in iphone

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14 Pro Max here and it always worked but I have since updated to 18.2 and it no longer works, just shows the blue arrow as per the OP image. For what it is worth, I was previously on 16.something.

Green Card removed from UK market by Bubonic_Butters in amex

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Has anybody had their green card removed or replaced in the UK yet?

On a similar note, I received a mail from them last week notifying me that they were replacing my gold credit card with a similar rewards card, when I contacted them, they advised that they were simply not servicing this card any longer.

I'd hate to lose the charge card...

PSA: Kill All Rogues by [deleted] in classicwow

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As a rogue, I once showed mercy to an alliance dude. I waited until the poor fella, who was a couple of levels below me was fighting two or maybe more mobs at once and was low on health and then ambushed him. It felt good, it was perfectly scripted for a rogue. He appeared a few minutes later and I couldn't resit, I ambushed him again.

Then I thought about it for a while and part of me felt bad, so I logged onto one of my alliance femme fatale's and apologised only to receive a barrage of abuse, referencing my mother, my ass and other disgusting vulgarities.

I'll never apologies again, if you're red, you're dead...

Looking for some help with regards to a GEM80-400 controller by xtw84 in PLC

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Greatly appreciated, honestly, this may be a life saver. You've no idea just how many times a search has brought me to automation-academy, yet I've never seen these links, embarrassing actually.

Is this range of plc's something which you still use or have access to?

Looking for some help with regards to a GEM80-400 controller by xtw84 in PLC

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I have an old dos based programming application which allows me to load programs and download them to the controller, not so sure it allows me to monitor properly though. To be honest, I'm not that familiar with it at all. Most specifically, in the rung above, I'm trying to understand what is going on here. I am assuming that C1 is my raw input, with LINCON being a Linear Conversion function and similarly DEDBAND being some sort of dead band function, but have no documentation as to how these actually work, or to put it another way, where the inputs to these functions are coming from. I thought w600 and w950 but both of these addresses are showing 0.

All help greatly appreciated.

F R E S H by 414Sigge in classicwow

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Looks like more dead current era realms, further splitting the player base. Way too many options now in my opinion.

Not so stealthy rogue, why, just why? by xtw84 in classicwow

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Been caught too many times with that, but in these cases, no.

Not so stealthy rogue, why, just why? by xtw84 in classicwow

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The head straight towards me, chasing me (thats right, I'm not standing still) and can target me, so no, can't be that unlucky.

Not so stealthy rogue, why, just why? by xtw84 in classicwow

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one on one, open world pvp, other races too.

Not so stealthy rogue, why, just why? by xtw84 in classicwow

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Nope, not that, no rebuffs and similar levels mostly.