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The level of detailed causality NTSB investigations get to always amazes me.
It wasn't just "a loose connection". It was "a misplaced label made this specific wire fractions of a millimeter larger, which kept it from fully seating, which caused a loose connection".
It wasn't just "a loose connection". It was "a misplaced label made this specific wire fractions of a millimeter larger, which kept it from fully seating, which caused a loose connection".
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The level of detailed causality NTSB investigations get to always amazes me.
It wasn't just "a loose connection". It was "a misplaced label made this specific wire fractions of a millimeter larger, which kept it from fully seating, which caused a loose connection".
It wasn't just "a loose connection". It was "a misplaced label made this specific wire fractions of a millimeter larger, which kept it from fully seating, which caused a loose connection".
Selfish silver lining:
Between most people not being able/not being willing to deal with loud-ass rackmount servers, the sheer volume that will hit the market all at once, and what a pain it is to make them play games (it's doable); they are gonna be dirt cheap for those of us with server closets.
Between most people not being able/not being willing to deal with loud-ass rackmount servers, the sheer volume that will hit the market all at once, and what a pain it is to make them play games (it's doable); they are gonna be dirt cheap for those of us with server closets.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Selfish silver lining:
Between most people not being able/not being willing to deal with loud-ass rackmount servers, the sheer volume that will hit the market all at once, and what a pain it is to make them play games (it's doable); they are gonna be dirt cheap for those of us with server closets.
Between most people not being able/not being willing to deal with loud-ass rackmount servers, the sheer volume that will hit the market all at once, and what a pain it is to make them play games (it's doable); they are gonna be dirt cheap for those of us with server closets.
I mean, given the fragility of global pharmaceutical supply chains, keeping a buffer stash is just good threat modeling and risk management.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I mean, given the fragility of global pharmaceutical supply chains, keeping a buffer stash is just good threat modeling and risk management.
Every admin on Earth frantically trying to refresh the status page causing an organic DDoS?
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Every admin on Earth frantically trying to refresh the status page causing an organic DDoS?
"Every sign has a story."
I suspect the one behind these is hilarious to everyone who wasn't directly involved.
I suspect the one behind these is hilarious to everyone who wasn't directly involved.
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"Every sign has a story."
I suspect the one behind these is hilarious to everyone who wasn't directly involved.
I suspect the one behind these is hilarious to everyone who wasn't directly involved.
It sounds like he's parroting the sort of bullshit answer an exasperated engineer gives a completely-out-of-their-technical-depth manager to make them go away.
"I don't know what you want me to do, it's fuckin' electrons! Doin' the best we can here!"
"I don't know what you want me to do, it's fuckin' electrons! Doin' the best we can here!"
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It sounds like he's parroting the sort of bullshit answer an exasperated engineer gives a completely-out-of-their-technical-depth manager to make them go away.
"I don't know what you want me to do, it's fuckin' electrons! Doin' the best we can here!"
"I don't know what you want me to do, it's fuckin' electrons! Doin' the best we can here!"
The bitcoin bullshit hype bubble getting popped by the quantum bullshit hype bubble wasn't on my card, but I'll take it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The bitcoin bullshit hype bubble getting popped by the quantum bullshit hype bubble wasn't on my card, but I'll take it.
You're not wrong.
There was just a confluence of things all happening around the same time that led to touchscreens taking over. The big one was mandating backup cameras.
If you have to have a screen anyway, and adding $10 of hardware to it lets you get rid of $30 in switches and knobs...
There was just a confluence of things all happening around the same time that led to touchscreens taking over. The big one was mandating backup cameras.
If you have to have a screen anyway, and adding $10 of hardware to it lets you get rid of $30 in switches and knobs...
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You're not wrong.
There was just a confluence of things all happening around the same time that led to touchscreens taking over. The big one was mandating backup cameras.
If you have to have a screen anyway, and adding $10 of hardware to it lets you get rid of $30 in switches and knobs...
There was just a confluence of things all happening around the same time that led to touchscreens taking over. The big one was mandating backup cameras.
If you have to have a screen anyway, and adding $10 of hardware to it lets you get rid of $30 in switches and knobs...
Microsoft is sure doing their damndest to make it happen.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Microsoft is sure doing their damndest to make it happen.
Changes start in the high end then work their way down the lineup as models get refreshed.
We'll see touchscreens replaced with "control modules" that have buttons and knobs for humans to interact with but interface like a touchscreen with the rest of the car (e.g. CAN bus and automotive ethernet).
We'll see touchscreens replaced with "control modules" that have buttons and knobs for humans to interact with but interface like a touchscreen with the rest of the car (e.g. CAN bus and automotive ethernet).
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Changes start in the high end then work their way down the lineup as models get refreshed.
We'll see touchscreens replaced with "control modules" that have buttons and knobs for humans to interact with but interface like a touchscreen with the rest of the car (e.g. CAN bus and automotive ethernet).
We'll see touchscreens replaced with "control modules" that have buttons and knobs for humans to interact with but interface like a touchscreen with the rest of the car (e.g. CAN bus and automotive ethernet).
The automotive industry (and, more importantly, their regulators) seem to have finally realized that interfaces which require you to look away from the road and doors that require electricity to open may not be the best ideas.
So, we're starting to see a shift back to buttons and knobs and handles.
So, we're starting to see a shift back to buttons and knobs and handles.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The automotive industry (and, more importantly, their regulators) seem to have finally realized that interfaces which require you to look away from the road and doors that require electricity to open may not be the best ideas.
So, we're starting to see a shift back to buttons and knobs and handles.
So, we're starting to see a shift back to buttons and knobs and handles.
Exactly. Which is why I blame it on lack of cheap, ubiquitous, headphones.
There was no excuse. Even if you just forgot the ones you already had; buy another pair.
Now that it's financially and logistically painful people have an excuse. Which is all they need to give in to their rudest instincts.
There was no excuse. Even if you just forgot the ones you already had; buy another pair.
Now that it's financially and logistically painful people have an excuse. Which is all they need to give in to their rudest instincts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Exactly. Which is why I blame it on lack of cheap, ubiquitous, headphones.
There was no excuse. Even if you just forgot the ones you already had; buy another pair.
Now that it's financially and logistically painful people have an excuse. Which is all they need to give in to their rudest instincts.
There was no excuse. Even if you just forgot the ones you already had; buy another pair.
Now that it's financially and logistically painful people have an excuse. Which is all they need to give in to their rudest instincts.
Oh, no, no, they're not *looking* at the phone. They're holding it basically parallel to the ground with the bottom speakers/microphone pointed at their face.
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Oh, no, no, they're not *looking* at the phone. They're holding it basically parallel to the ground with the bottom speakers/microphone pointed at their face.
Aside from just reliability/repairability standpoint, car wiring is surprisingly heavy.
Like, the wiring harness for an E46 3-series weighs ~60lbs. You can pull ~50lbs of that out if all you need is "race car stuff".
Like, the wiring harness for an E46 3-series weighs ~60lbs. You can pull ~50lbs of that out if all you need is "race car stuff".
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Aside from just reliability/repairability standpoint, car wiring is surprisingly heavy.
Like, the wiring harness for an E46 3-series weighs ~60lbs. You can pull ~50lbs of that out if all you need is "race car stuff".
Like, the wiring harness for an E46 3-series weighs ~60lbs. You can pull ~50lbs of that out if all you need is "race car stuff".
I mean, it's still rude. Like, they're almost always holding the phone a couple inches from their face anyway, which, you know, just hold it to your ear.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I mean, it's still rude. Like, they're almost always holding the phone a couple inches from their face anyway, which, you know, just hold it to your ear.
I blame the current epidemic of people using speakerphone in public on earbuds no longer being cheap and ubiquitous.
When they were $2 at literally any corner store there was no excuse.
When they were $2 at literally any corner store there was no excuse.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I blame the current epidemic of people using speakerphone in public on earbuds no longer being cheap and ubiquitous.
When they were $2 at literally any corner store there was no excuse.
When they were $2 at literally any corner store there was no excuse.
Those are the ones we're talking about. The 440 box is "Sold by Woot" (who is owned by Amazon, basically their liquidation wing).
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Those are the ones we're talking about. The 440 box is "Sold by Woot" (who is owned by Amazon, basically their liquidation wing).
Now, it is worth noting that N95 masks do, sort-of, expire. *Part* of their filtration comes from an electrostatic charge which wanes over time.
That said, the above still very much applies and even a completely dead N95 offers significant mechanical filtering (>surgical>cloth>>>>>nothing).
That said, the above still very much applies and even a completely dead N95 offers significant mechanical filtering (>surgical>cloth>>>>>nothing).
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Now, it is worth noting that N95 masks do, sort-of, expire. *Part* of their filtration comes from an electrostatic charge which wanes over time.
That said, the above still very much applies and even a completely dead N95 offers significant mechanical filtering (>surgical>cloth>>>>>nothing).
That said, the above still very much applies and even a completely dead N95 offers significant mechanical filtering (>surgical>cloth>>>>>nothing).
Yeah. Important to remember with loads of healthcare and PPE stuff that "expiration" dates are *insanely* conservative.
For manufacturers:
The penalty for falling out of spec before the expiration date is big, messy, expensive lawsuits. The "penalty" for being too conservative is you sell more.
For manufacturers:
The penalty for falling out of spec before the expiration date is big, messy, expensive lawsuits. The "penalty" for being too conservative is you sell more.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yeah. Important to remember with loads of healthcare and PPE stuff that "expiration" dates are *insanely* conservative.
For manufacturers:
The penalty for falling out of spec before the expiration date is big, messy, expensive lawsuits. The "penalty" for being too conservative is you sell more.
For manufacturers:
The penalty for falling out of spec before the expiration date is big, messy, expensive lawsuits. The "penalty" for being too conservative is you sell more.
I was hoping it would make their automated quoter go "what the hell is this shit?"... and even if it doesn't, a 32 layer PCB with that many vias would probably be comically expensive.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I was hoping it would make their automated quoter go "what the hell is this shit?"... and even if it doesn't, a 32 layer PCB with that many vias would probably be comically expensive.
Have you tried uploading it to one of the PCB fab auto-quoters?
I feel like that could be funny.
I feel like that could be funny.
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Have you tried uploading it to one of the PCB fab auto-quoters?
I feel like that could be funny.
I feel like that could be funny.
I'm quite fond of the Spite license
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November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm quite fond of the Spite license
github.com/voynix/spite...
github.com/voynix/spite...