ChipTuner

https://www.vaughnnugent.com

Building software they don't like.
Low-level and server engineer: libnoscrypt, NVault, vnlib.

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2024-10-03 18:00:26

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Big fan of incandescent lighting. I still have a bunch of bulbs stashed (most are outlawed now here in the US). It's just about the feel and comfort. Consumer LED and florescent bulbs give me headaches and makes me dizzy, for a lack of a better word. It's that I can see the 30/60 cycle flicker. Especially when things are moving in a room with flickering lights.
I use 12v DC lamps and led strips in my office and bedroom so I don't see the flicker, I power off an ATX psu lol. My ceiling lamp has "specialty" halogen floods in it (probably can't get them anymore) and my reading lamp is incandescent.

2024-10-01 17:56:06

For when yall give up and realize C is the proper language to build in.
https://www.vaughnnugent.com/resources/software/modules/noscrypt
#nevent1q…a7gy

2024-09-30 17:28:48

It's so fun being able to reference my source code files, in my code documentation, from my self-hosted git browser, on my own domain :)
https://git.vaughnnugent.com/
https://www.vaughnnugent.com/resources/software/articles

2024-09-29 06:19:43

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I'd say without the gamification, but that would be false. Quite easy to get attention in the same ways.

2024-09-24 21:04:46

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Tag me any time for stuff like this!
Step #1 care that your car spies on your whole life even when you aren't driving it
Step #2 should use an older vehicle that needs maintenance
Step #3 care that cars have become as disposable as tin cans and parts are hard to purchase on purpose
Step #4 Get past MFGs promoting disposable vehicles
Step #5 understand that incentives only align with moving new vehicles and only ones that the MFG recommends because MFGs control what dealers can purchase by adjusting purchase prices
...
Most people haven't made it past step 1 yet.

2024-09-24 05:32:18

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I can only speak to US vehicles mostly. I know GM started using 3g cellular connections (that no longer work) somewhere around 2008 and later. For repair-ability and parts availability somewhere under 2010 I think is a good spot. You also get some of the newer safety features if that's on your list. But most cars in this era are heavily computerized, except for your more budget model stuff.
Fully computerized engine management (throttle is fully electronic) electronic traction control with differentials and braking systems that are expensive when they break.
90s into 00s is the newest without computers being too intrusive, but more likely to fail due to age, and parts are harder to find, especially computers. I have hoarded at least 1 spare electronic module for my truck for this reason, they are so hard to get PCM's for, and I usually have to program them because the correct ones are too hard to find.

2024-09-23 17:57:58

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> in my 8 years working in this field my biggest take-away, as of recent days, is that you make so much trouble adding features
You're right.
My big thing is unless you require the user to add another system like dotenv it's not simple to store state unless you write a script that exports variables.
My other point, I remembered was, I don't like env variables for system configuration, tuning maybe. I use them like many other libraries do, for adjusting startup library behavior. For instance, enabling debugging, tracing, specifying the heap binary to map into the process, things that are meant to be transparent to the application developer at startup. If the library is used widley, it needs global state, the best way to ensure that variable is set when the process starts is with an env.
Other than that, strict typing and language enforcement that I don't have to write parsing code is good. Errors in configuration data is easier to validate and give clear feedback is also a big deal.
I was going to get into secrets, but its kind of pedantic, I don't like secrets in environment variables.

2024-09-23 15:01:30

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I can't get behind that personally. I hate that node aps use env variables. I think it's extremely messy, I dislike containers for the same reason. I understand the utility, but for an application (especially a server application) a typed and documented configuration file is ideal. Most of my apps would need 100s of variables and if I'm not mistaken there is an os limit that smaller than that.
I had another good point but I forgot it in the making of this node XD

2024-09-22 19:41:53

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Whoooo! Config files! Please tell me you moved away from ENV variables for application specific config?

2024-09-21 16:24:32

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I'm not well versed on relay coms, but I believe it's per session when the socket is opened. It would get expensive otherwise. However I think a relay can send an auth message whenever it feels like, but it's attached to a session id.
The only code I'm most familiar with is Grain, and he uses per kind limiting iirc. Strfy defers it to the handlers I believe, so it depends on the message kind. I would assume strfy also has per-req limiting as well.

2024-09-20 17:00:25

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More people need to build HTTP from scratch again.
https://github.com/VnUgE/VNLib.Core/tree/master/lib/Net.Http

2024-09-19 21:14:05

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It's got a lot of attention, it seemed pretty neat when I took a look at it a while go. Syntax is a big deal for me, old dog I guess.

2024-09-19 16:11:04

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As mentioned downloading APKs are the first-hand way to install apps directly from the author.
Obtainium is a 3rd party app store taht allows you to fetch APKs from their source. That's my go-to for Android now and it's easier to get updates automatically rather than remembering to go to the authors website and download the new update. Obtianium has some quirks but for most FOSS android apps it works great. It relies on GitHub releases, F-Droid and a couple other common places, but it also allows scraping of html websites for APK links from the author.

2024-09-18 21:41:46

I knew LinkedIn was a giant piece of shit, so this just confirmed it. You get locked out if you don't verify identity in a certain period of time. A smart phone and app is required in order to upload verification data (government id and a selfie). You cannot contact support unless to can sign in.
So to recap, I cannot access, edit, or delete my account without sign in, I cannot sign in unless I verify my identity, I cannot verify my identity without a smart phone and their fucking app, I cannot contact support to help me without access.
This is by design. Instagram and Snapchat also require the app to be installed on a smart phone before web access can be temporarily authorized.

2024-09-17 22:41:10

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Yeah that's for mobile unfortunately and I don't use a smartphone. I also connects directly to Youtube servers which I cannot do on my network :(

2024-09-17 21:28:00

It looks like Google (YouTube) has successfully blocked privacy video proxy services Invidious and Piped completely at this time.
Any recommendations for accessing YT without contacting resolving Google domains is welcome.

2024-09-15 18:04:53

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For me, i felt like it was pretty dumb to have to dedicate crappier hardware to a node. I have a massive enterprise stack ready to run these things, but the size of the blocks forced me to move it away from my precious SSD SAN. So I just stuffed the entire .bitcoin dir onto the network HDD array. It's the latency that seems to be the major issue. So I just bind mounted .bitcoin/blocks to the HDD and left everything else on the SAN array.

2024-09-15 17:55:46

So TIL that mounting the .bitcoin/chainstate to a high IOPs storage back-end seems to speed up the IDB by quite bit. I don't know that was my only issue, but it seems to be the major one. I also increased peer counts, and cache size (was never hitting a limit before anyway).

2024-09-15 05:15:02

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Yeah that explains it thank you. So is there any way to acheive this while also having the squash feature, effectively 2 linear branches?

2024-09-13 14:09:03

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Can you see it connecting to relays?

2024-09-11 16:17:48

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How all-in-one are you looking to get? And how much IT knowledge/staff do you have? Also what is the budget?

2024-09-10 21:15:24

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Any recommendations for desktop/server apps? I have yet to find any. I was hoping for a straightforward desktop app but that doesn't seem to exist, and likely most LN apps don't index well in search results. The GH awesome list is super outdated and mostly abandonware :/
Currently hoping to get a proper BTC node up along with cln

2024-09-10 00:53:33

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Oh yeah! I would suggest anything to keep that drive pressure down (EGT primarily) to help keep them from cracking heads! I believe cracked heads (and valves) were more common in our shop than head gaskets. Cracked pistons are the next most common behind head-gaskets probably. I'm not sure what powerstroke is worse for piston failure but they were up there. Funny thing is, we used to dyno a few high horsepower (800+) 6.4s and they would lift heads (push cylinder pressure into the cooling system) when loaded with stock bolts or studded, and the gaskets would seal right back up at lower horsepower and be just fine.
I don't think it was uncommon to see over 80 psi of drive pressure, but it's been a while since I was looking at logs.
I usually say, I wouldn't expect to pickup much HP if any, but usually efficiency!

2024-09-10 00:41:07

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Yeah the BD kits are good if you are staying close to stock power. They are one of the more professional companies we worked with in that space. Anything past like 100hp over stock on 6.4s I usually suggest a T4 setup if you can afford it to avoid excessive drive pressure from the stock compound configuration.
Are you running factory heads?

2024-09-10 00:16:37

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Using a stock charger or going T4?

2024-09-09 22:42:41

@npub1f49…zpez How does your website follow button work?
I'm quite exited to listen to more episodes of bitpunk.fm! I can understand how much effort you have to put into each episode. Highly technical stuff is not easy but it's my favorite to listen to and was/is my goal with IO Bound. ! When I learned OTP it was a majority of the course, but basically learned that it's completely impractical and has many other drawbacks so, hopefully I can make time to read up.

2024-09-09 21:43:15

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"Your mom's a hoe" I believe is the correct phrase

2024-09-09 18:58:17

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NP! The ELF stuff is way over my head, but they have done some pretty wicked OS "hacking"

2024-09-09 18:52:01

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CC: @npub1f49…zpez I'm not sure if this is your space but figured I'd tag you!

2024-09-09 18:51:05

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Okay, let me do some searching and digging and Ill see what else I have saved that might help!
Have you looked into FreeRTOs? I had to dabble the tiniest bit when working on a school project a while ago. Then I got into directly working with Atmel hardware bare metal. From 2018-2023 I spent learning early 8065 (pre x86 but tightly coupled to early stuff)
Something also worth looking into is the Cosmo LibC project https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan. Justine is awesome and so is her discord! I mention this because most of her library is highly hardware optimized and plenty of asm to go around.
There are a couple other folks in the discord like ahgamut and paulclinger along with some other peeps from NIST and other orgs that are just awesome to read and chat with too

2024-09-09 16:23:20

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They have and should have been for a long time.
1. Non-secret chats are not encrypted (maybe tls between devices and servers)
2. Messages are stored on servers in plaintext (or easily reversible encryption)
3. Over the past (almost decade) they have complied with governments by supplying chat data when requested (with some notable pushback, but yeah)
4. It's a free service (how are they funding running the service)? Most suggest that Durov was just paying for it out of his pocket but I highly doubt that math
5. It's a central point of failure, and relies and company hosted servers with proprietary software.
Like I've mentioned before, a company in order to exist must often have to comply with government requests. To me that's the reality. Those who say otherwise imo have never been told by a government attorney that "they don't want you in business by any means necessary".
Alternatives like signal, still mostly rely on a single companies existence, but offer
- e2ee private and group chats
- store little to no information on users or their chats
- open source a portion of their software
- Have a better history of non-compliance or more transparent compliance procedures
Telegram relatively convenient which I think aided in it's popularity, along with it's ability to have a big public API for bots and other fun things, that no other platform can do with encryption.

2024-09-07 23:04:59

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You're right! Hosting is a lot of work (at least for me) and what I thought I wanted. Very trial and error, never really advertised nor had an audience to advertise to. Hoping to get a new co-host at some point or change the style, or do a better job solo.
I'm pretty picky about my editing so it usually takes me a couple weekends to edit them up

2024-09-06 15:52:27

Most of the spam prevention I keep seeing is going to send us straight to modern SMTP where your emails enter a black hole unless you use Google.
#nevent1q…pva0

2024-09-03 20:33:28

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It's not about disconnected stuff like that. Its like close friends meeting up on a whim by throwing an idea out in a group chat, something not worth calling everyone and planning for.

2024-09-03 17:39:02

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I think this is also a social-culture issue at this point in history. Most people expect you to just install whatever app they use to chat if you want to keep in touch. That's fine but a dumb phone can become isolating. If you were in the group chat you would have known, or it's just too much work to call everyone. I get it, but I think it's more of a social/life decision. It's work explaining to people they have to call you if they want to chat, or to preemptively call people etc. I still function this way but most others do not. All other forms of electronic coms are desktop only.

2024-09-03 13:35:12

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Yup thats my assumption now too. Why bother supporting when they have (eventually if not already) majority market share

2024-09-03 05:59:07

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I personally don't see them as much anymore. Most non-tech, non-apple peeps I know switched to pixels in the past 2 years

2024-09-03 05:44:14

GN. Is it really fair to call it Android anymore or is it just PixelOS? IPhone and Pixel.

2024-09-02 17:35:12

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Yeah didn't think so but wasn't sure if there was an RFC I hadn't see that optionally allowed it but no one bothered to implement it etc

2024-09-02 16:31:49

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Yeah simple meals I suppose not.

2024-09-02 15:25:36

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> The new Internet is on your phone.
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH :(

2024-08-31 04:45:51

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I don't follow. Like I mentioned in my GH reply the code released in the master branch and every tag are tested against the encryption and decryption vectors within the nip44 test file. They all pass. The latest c-sharp branch should pass for you. I do still need to merge it though.

2024-08-31 03:02:21

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Appreciate the tag! I just dropped a comment for you an others on noscrypt. Hopefully I will have some time this weekend I can help you if you still need it.

2024-08-30 15:20:19

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Good to know, I appreciate the experience! Automotive seems to be higher regulated (in the US) for now.
>Don't be a central point of failure
How do I avoid that? Take on more developers? The code is disbursed and will continue to spread as I can manage it.

2024-08-30 15:17:04

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Any experience yourself?

2024-08-29 18:02:17

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Specifically the shared secret or conversation key?
Can you check that the public keys are getting derived correctly first. Ill explain why this may be a problem and an existing issue in noscrypt. However during all my nip44 vector tests it's not an issue.

2024-08-29 16:06:35

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No, but never ogled at Jenny like most guys my age did.

2024-08-28 15:43:36

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I was thinking strictly for the easiest way to add compatibility to existing GPG. Doesn't GPG support secp256k1?

2024-08-27 18:11:54

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That's the thing right. And your left with a few thoughts
- how big is my target
- how much time do I have
- how normal of a life do I want to live
- how much pressure can I tolerate
- how do I get the amount of money required to keep me out of prison or suicided
Attorneys that have the motivation to fight the justice department are hard to come by and quite pricey.

2024-08-27 18:08:20

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Because their is no hiding behind a nym when you're under surveillance

2024-08-27 16:53:20

How big of a target do I have on my back for developing dedicated (nostr) cryptographic software? #asknostr
I have experience with the fed door kickers in the past and got lucky, trying to avoid that again without being a coward.

2024-08-27 16:38:08

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I've spent like 9 months building https://github.com/VnUgE/noscrypt mostly around nip44, so I'm really hoping y'all can get us a spec that doesn't require another couple years of development for library devs :)

2024-08-25 20:40:08

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It's me, I'm people lol. You're right. I just have a lot to write

2024-08-25 20:38:56

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Doesn't mean their work doesn't have massive amounts of value you may be ignoring. I believe you can read with an open mind but also critically protect your convictions.

2024-08-25 20:37:01

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I can :(

2024-08-25 20:29:05

Does anyone have recommendations on tools that can help me write professional grade documentation faster/better? I have dozens of articles to write it's just overwhelming how much time I need to spend writing them.
I don't need tools for publishing/hosting. I need things like auto generated templates or maybe actually good AI tools etc. Ideally designed to help write technical docs. Basically I just want help writing markdown files.

2024-08-25 20:15:22

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Not saying I don't read those but agreed. I've started digging into philosophy and starting from the bottom. Right now I'm just following a college course outline. Apology, Crito, Physics - Aristotle, Proslogion is where I am now.

2024-08-25 20:11:43

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You people and docker XD

2024-08-24 20:52:09

My friends:
-dual, full time, way above median incomes
-have 400k or more in debt because it's cheaper than rent
-live in homes all built before 1980
-less than 10k combined in savings
-don't run air conditioning in the summer except for the room their in
-keep heat set to 50*f and use portable heaters for bedrooms
-still have over $300 or more in utilities excluding internet
-no assets outside the house and a tiny 401k
-have a tiny weddings and finance the whole thing
-one car/person or less, older models, paid off
-have to finance home repairs because they don't have it
-won't go out unless I offer to pay
-don't go on vacations or trips far from home because money unless family pays for it
-stopped visiting long distance family
-stopped putting up holiday lights because it cost too much money in electric to run
-stopped eating expensive food and often share meals when eating out
-cant afford a wedding so kids are way out into mid 30s if that
For me the worst part for me is it makes people paranoid and risk adverse to literally everything. I only feel like I'm entitled to share my opinion is that these are mostly issues none of us grew up with, on a single income blue collar profession, had kids earlier, and were married in their early 20s. Let me know if I missed something for those under 30 y/o
Were just trading more time and getting a worse quality of life.
#nevent1q…mp5y

2024-08-23 18:26:09

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For sure. My time in support has taught me there needs to be some balance to keep a stable product, you'll never make 100% of users happy, but can't grow without listening. Support is expensive few companies even want to bear that cost, and usually don't, that's why us Americans always get Indian call centers XD

2024-08-23 17:57:45

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Still usually some meat with the bread, but balancing macros means a little less red meat for now. Really just for variety over a week. Meats contain dense amounts of minerals along with diverse fats so have to have it, just a balance like everything!

2024-08-23 16:20:10

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^ Yes remove it from your client :) assuming you can
Otherwise you can use something like to remove it
https://metadata.nostr.com/

2024-08-23 16:15:17

Don't be afraid to tell a dev to GFY.
Something that bothers me: when I see people post things like "I don't mean to upset/offend you" with an honest question or critique, or "I don't bother sharing my thoughts with devs because it's not received". Lets have some honest feedback on both sides hey? We create products we expect people to use, don't be shocked when people actually use them.
I don't want to be in safe space. My nostr friends are critical thinkers, they speak their minds and critique. How am I supposed to grow if I don't hear honest and free communication?
#nevent1q…znhf

2024-08-23 15:11:10

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In short: its on the road map!
The high level api is designed to be agnostic to it, although there will probably be some hold ups. It's written in C89/90 and compiler enforced but I currently use CMake as the build system but it shoudln't be hard to transition to a native compiler. mbedTLS is currently an optional back-end for this reason
One of the largest is that it depends on libsecp256k1, which requires over 1mb of data segment for lookup tables, which is just way too much for most MCUs.

2024-08-23 14:59:20

C/C++ developers: noscrypt v0.1.4 just released (minor bug fixes)
noscrypt is a mostly portable C library that simplifies nostr specific cryptographic operations into a high level api, such as signing, verification, and of course encryption, without getting in your way. noscrypt is also the reference C implementation of nip44!
https://github.com/VnUgE/noscrypt/releases/tag/v0.1.4

2024-08-22 20:44:58

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Actually though, a Radioshack butane iron? I thought i was the only on on earth that still used one

2024-08-22 18:14:35

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I guess I should assume you aren't an American? If so I apologize if it isn't that simple where you live :)

2024-08-22 18:12:06

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hell yeah! I grew up around them, started shooting around 8 years old, skeet/trap around 10-11 maybe. Most of my friends and family the same way. It always gets me when I talk to someone who hasn't. So was it like "Wow now I what everyone was talking about" Or more like "meh, fun but I have no intentions of purchasing firearms?"

2024-08-22 16:50:55

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Lol. Yeah rear isn't that bad, but this was the first rear to fail... I already rebuilt the transmission back in 2016 I think. Wow can't believe it's been that long. I took me almost 2 months in the middle of winter (Dec-feb) and like 3k in parts because I messed it up the first time (most people do but it still sucked). I pulled an all nighter to get it re-installed after the build and it started snowing on me XD

2024-08-22 15:17:42

from 'noreply@company.com' - We regret to inform you
- "We have already filled this position"
- "We have gone a different direction"
- "We have chosen more skilled candidates"
We will keep you in mind for later :)

2024-08-22 15:02:13

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I bought a portable butane iron from Radioshack like 18 years ago. It's packed away somewhere but I use it when I need to solder big stuff like 10awg+ wires or just don't have electric where I'm working like when working on cars and such.

2024-08-21 23:19:12

Finally got around to replacing my third or fourth ceased, new OEM caliper since I've owned the thing. They don't make OEM parts like the used to. At some point I told our customers just to leave or rebuild what they have on the vehicles if it's more than 20 years old because the mfg new components are worse quality than the originals. (depends on the component of course)
These performance pads have less than 15k miles on them. The other side has about 3/4 pad left. It was an intermittent issue which is why it got this bad. And yes at some point it got so hot it boiled the new grease from the slide pins and wore the inner pad down.
https://www.vaughnnugent.com/public//resources/downloads/cms/c/4t5ipzrv5swcqeyornh44bwxjq.webp
https://www.vaughnnugent.com/public//resources/downloads/cms/c/dqdaqzkrchcgaif2kkqyacnska.webp

2024-08-21 21:57:11

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I'm simply arguing that any time investment has the ability to fail, because its a risk. I work maybe 10-20hrs/week on nostr related projects or team brainstorming, meanwhile earning 0 return. I have been doing that for over a year now in various ways. If I fail to make friends, market my products and gain a paying user-base I've done nothing for myself. If I fail to earn a profit directly or as a direct cause of my efforts, that's a failure.
>It means you can't see intrinsic value before it happens.
who determines value of a product or a time investment?

2024-08-21 14:06:47

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I suppose, a literal cause an effect, but it doesn't mean my time investment helped my career or earned me a profit.

2024-08-21 01:30:13

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Basically, or consider it a risky time investment if you will.

2024-08-21 01:29:26

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I do as the Stella guides XD

2024-08-21 01:23:41

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Stop. Get help.
https://github.com/VnUgE/NVault

2024-08-20 21:08:04

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Got it! Idk man I'm kind of an SBC fanboy. You don't need no stinking big block to make some power anymore :)

2024-08-20 18:19:20

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Of course it was a trim level! Always gm and the trims

2024-08-20 18:04:54

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Also holy crap what a view! "Palm" trees and mountains

2024-08-20 18:02:29

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I'm not really a Chevelle guy but I really like your setup. Did you paint match that headlight fascia or is that factory? Also you said Chevelle Malibu? What's the Malibu part?

2024-08-20 17:52:04

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It was a hot topic like 4 months ago maybe, never looked into it though

2024-08-20 17:46:29

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I can't seem to load your images, getting errors from imgur for whatever reason
This is the only auto related stuff I've shared. :)
#naddr1qv…e4a7

2024-08-20 16:58:44

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Roger

2024-08-20 16:52:45

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Are you going farther or closer?

2024-08-20 15:40:53

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In the long time preference yes. I really dream of the period where creators produce enough value in their content they can sustain themselves. Although I don't know that I believe that the idea that content itself is sustaining, I believe it still should have a business component to it, but free markets should prove me right or wrong.
I think in the short term, if we stick on the path were on, ad monetization is nearly impossible on the platforms themselves, so it's a good thing long term, loss aversion in the short term for on-boarding. In many ways ads become a plague imo. Ads are necessary, and I do think people want to be advertised too, but it goes too far every time. OTA, cable, streaming platforms, etc.
Anyway I'm excited for that future and hope we as builders can stay focused on that because the legacy systems don't want that.

2024-08-20 04:03:21

Maybe I'll start going to sleep at a better time. GN

2024-08-20 03:28:44

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I've started following them about 5 years ago. They have built something really impressive. But also the community and businesses around it building and shipping custom ECUs is pretty neat too. Datalogging and so much software has been built around it, it was cool to see. I haven't following actively in a couple years but last I heard there were still better commercial options for most vehicles like the megasquirts and stuff. Depends on the engine and hardware you build for it.

2024-08-20 03:12:24

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XD. But on the CAD note, I guess I'm not surprised. I have to wonder if everything where computer guys overlap with mechanical guys this occurs.

2024-08-20 03:05:29

Story time! Back when I was in automotive I had this idea:
We sold modified ECU firmware, in competition with other companies. Each company had their own pros and cons so we were never in direct competition. There is almost no one with software experience in the field. Files are "closed source", encrypted manually for every customer, then sent to users via email. Companies "need" to maintain their IP, that's just how it is, not for competition (I built a tool to crack the encryption, not hard) but mostly for pirates. The hardware devices that we targeted were locked down and closed source, so we just had to deal with it. The encryption software is protected by legalese, and only runs on Windows so I had to uh, dance around it...
With that in mind, most competition really doesn't understand how to run and maintain custom software. The idea was to host the storefront ourselves but paying companies would have a store that users could browse and purchase their firmware options. We would send them a server software package that gave them a nice UI to load files into and they would remain on their premises. Their machine would "host" their dedicated storefront (websocket with jrpc to our storefront). So files never left their control unencrypted, and they had control over their personal storefront on their own servers. I even wanted to defer payment handling to their nodes too. It was a complicated mess but I was and still am certain we could have sold it without much trouble.
#sillyideas #funtimes #automotive

2024-08-20 00:03:22

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You may not be logging but your VPS provider probably is. If your self hosting (ive seen your laptop closet) than I assume you're proxying via cloudflare

2024-08-19 23:58:34

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Load balancing, "ip forwarding", ssl termination, transport upgrades (h3 and such with h11 backends) caching/acceleration. Reverse proxies are a requirement. (Yes I understand not all apply to websockets)
Maturity in edge servers matters imo.

2024-08-19 18:51:17

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Or I guess there are conflicts: I need money, but what I want to work on doesn't make money now and probably won't for a while but I don't want to give up on it!

2024-08-19 18:47:41

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Absolutely. I've been really diging into what I could offer for other folks in the almost-tech space and been slowly updating my website in the bg. Having an obsession of doing engineery things makes it way more difficult to do normie things which is why I think some of us trend toward working for others. I'm new to the professional tech space so I'm still figuring this stuff out

2024-08-19 18:45:14

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One thing I've been thinking of is linkedin... I want to vomit but nearly every application asks for your profile. I just don't want to compete on there. Is it possible to just create a simple profile and not have to actually interact on it?

2024-08-19 17:42:02

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Roughly where are you at? Over in eastern US were just getting started with some good peaches!

2024-08-18 03:41:14

When explaining technical things to me you should assume I'm a grumpy Windows developer from 2001, and I still write most applications in assembly.

2024-08-18 00:10:19

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Any desktop app recommendations?
#nevent1q…va6a

2024-08-17 22:11:21

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I think there may be too much overlap with "practical realities" and cop out. Not in all cases, I guess it depends why were here.

2024-08-17 21:48:16

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Fair. Things always sound more clear in my head :) I think this deserves a blog or something more long form.