Posts by BartyFartsLast 1412 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Jul 2023
Solar roadways was a grift for government subsidy and it was obvious from the outset it was a stupid idea. .
Solar between rail tracks is quite an interesting idea and would make use of a lot of "wasted" space, if the panel installation machine is also capable of pulling them back up it should be easy to maintain or remove for track maintenance
Kind of, an FPGA doesn't have software or even firmware because that implies executable code, it has what amounts to a map which configures the LUTs or configurable logic blocks and the interconnects between the and the real world I/O .
It does get a bit confusing when you get FPGAs which contain an ARM core as well as the configurable logic.
Even more confusingly, you can configure an FPGA to act as a CPU and if it has enough capacity, you can also include software that runs on the emulated CPU in the bitstream
Fascinating devices and *lots* of fun to play with
If I'd not worked out it was NMap and I'd not found a virus there is no way that would have been back ony network without a secure wiped and full rebuild or even full replacement.
But how did the network team manage to track it to a single laptop and not realise the prat who "owns" it was running a network scan?
I agree that it's trivial to add checks, but for some systems, they *have* to get passed back along the chain, documented etc.
If they get approved, add them, if they don't, then don't.
But always *always* keep the receipts so you can lay the blame squarely and heavily on the head of the person who screwed it.
I have a Caesium standard, a few Rubidium ones and three or four GPSDO.
They're nice to have but meh, I don't need them for any reasonable work I do.
It's nice to own them and be able to prove the opened oscillators in my counters are accurate but I honestly don't remember the last time I powered any of themup ( I really should power up the Caesium though)
I learned more real world skills and electronics knowledge by being able to go and chat to or just watch (willing) colleagues than I ever did at college.
It was absolutely invaluable and there was often knowledge sharing across the workbenches as well as in break rooms, colleagues throwing out a problem they were stuck on over a cuppa was almost always valuable even if just to help order it the mind.
Not true at all my experience, I regularly connect with users, managers and even our CEO in break areas, cafeteria, water cooler etc. and yes, there's the usual social pleasantries but there's also time spent discussing what's going on, What's being planned, how well stuff is working or not and I find out about issues which we can sort out in some way or another that users have been working around.
Putting aside your total lack of social skills, does Karen know what you think of her?
I've had that accusation leveled at me "all our computers are off, your new network install has destroyed our business and it's costing us a fortune, you have to be here now and we're expecting compensation for the lost work hours"
Turns out they thought the new cabinet with patch panel and switch actually powered the computers and hadn't realised that condensation dripping off a kitchen cabinet into a toaster might be the cause and have trippped a breaker.
Obviously I billed for an emergency call out fee, travel time and an hour on site.
Ah yes, how very dare they besmirch the honourable reputation of phishing gangs by daring to suggest they might use underhand tactics to ensnare their victims.
Kinda tangentially related, I used to joke that the reason the UK has never had a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant was the sign above the entrance turnstiles which ever so politely asked "have you handed over all firearms and bladed weapons?"
