AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@social.cleverlibre.org

@thendrix My response was the result of remembering that they send signals through the rails and the realization that it could have been prevented. I originally was going to make a dumb joke in response to your edited toot. Sorry it turned into an oddly worded conspiracy theory/rant.

How do you like Husky? I recently saw it but decided to stick with Tusky.

@inference @divVerent @thor FOSS cult?

@thendrix I can only assume it was due to thermal expansion of the rails that caused warping. That's very unsettling that it was blamed on Climate Change and not poor management. Bridges on our pothole riddled roads have gaps that were engineered with the expansion and contraction coefficients of the materials in use. Rail road tracks are standardized to the point where they are used to transmit signals reliably. The contraction and expansion of steel is widely known of and the warping from heat wasn't considered as large of a problem as the contraction breaks.

Here's the interesting part, the steel is already used for communication and this has been used in the past for detecting breaks in the tracks. If it is reliably used for communication, measurements of resistance are likely refreshed many times per second with the signal strength.
Temperature increases result in mapped increases in Resistance.
This would mean that continual measurements of resistance with many constants are being received many times a second. Just throw in known thermal expansion coefficients and one can see that claims that this couldn't have been easily prevented are dismissed. It is very likely that people knew the danger but it wasn't investigated or stopped.

@dowodenum Pro 2nd Amendment in a dark way.

@thor I got the contract at 14 and it only paid the rent. Surviving is not living. I come from a very poor background. I quit without warning after they cut my pay without notice because of new management. I was civil during the process and the person in management called me to break the news. A lot of my employment history is similar.

@thor Vendor lockout is common among other problems. If the companies would supply samples of the devices they are considering and what it would be used with, you could save them a lot of money and trouble.

The most likely problem would be the firmware and how it would make them have to continue to use that brand or have to replace all of it. The firmware on IoT devices is abhorrent and from my experience with some IoT devices, I could gain access without much effort.

@thor I was a custodian for 7 years and I was exposed to many chemicals and bodily fluids with minimal protection. The cleaning chemicals I used were supposed to be used with much more protective equipment and it was difficult to breathe at times. I wasn't allowed to use more protective equipment even as a contractor.

I'm listening to Promo - The Betrayal as it just came on. Holy cow.

@thor Do you think that you could review IoT devices for businesses? It would make you a consulting business but it is an area where people are needed. Companies get sold poor quality devices for a lot of money. Reviewing samples for quality, reliability, interoperability and value should be a profitable business and a good service.

@thor Same here.

@thor Uber was exploiting their drivers in the US too. The best thing that could happen was if a drunk passenger puked in the vehicle. The passenger would have to pay a fee and the driver would have to clean up the mess. It would net a few rides of pay if the mess wasn't horrific.

@thor Would you be able to provide services through your own company or would employment just be the better option?

@thor You sound like a good candidate for a few positions.

@thor It sounds like you could handle many positions from the Server Room to on site diagnostics and repair.

@thor Independent contractor? In the US this allows for a more beneficial relationship between workers and the employer.

@thor When you mentioned switches, do mean server switches?
I understand the feeling about programming for a living. It will cause burn out. There's a reason why I hate C++ and it's because I was forced to program with it. I loved C++ before this.

@thor You were a Software Developer previously and you've been involved with Maker Culture for many years right?

@thor I'm fairly certain that they could be convinced to see the mutually beneficial effects of such an arrangement. If not maintenance, perhaps they would consider someone with a background in tech for another position.

@freemo HP Pavilion 17-e119wm is the model and it was made in 2013. I hate most things about the laptop but it has a ZIF CPU socket and I could potentially swap the CPU.

I removed the plastic around the exhaust vent and removed the optical drive so I can get air from the other side as the vents on the bottom aren't sufficient. Thermal paste is Artic Silver 5 because of proven performance and science. I can hold full 3.5GHz clock at 100% utilization for hours without issue. It might reach 70C on the CPU during such workloads.

@freemo If you are trying to not say something bad about the OEM, I had to send it in for repairs in less than 2 weeks of buying it. HP is for Unix, servers, printers and calculators.