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Anyone know what to do to make a cyber deck? Do I need a raspberry pi because it would be hard for me to buy one online. Any alternatives?
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>>3001286
I've been out of the game for years but I doubt security practices has really changed all that much at the basic level for most places. They just aren't serious about it. They view it as an additional cost that they don't understand, gets in their way, and has no benefit. It is not until something happens that they care. Remember, the people making the decisions are generally the same people having their secretary make Excel documents for them and have to call the IT guy to print to a PDF. What do you mean I can't use the same email and password for literally every account I own? What do you mean I have to check my email for a code to sign in? What do you mean I need permission to use the USB ports? What do you mean I need to actually read the email address of the invoice I am about to drop $545k on?

https://wpde.com/news/local/surfside-beach-releases-findings-from-fraud-investigation-microsoft-365-wildcat-contractors-constangy-brooks-smith-prophete-llp

One of my last security gigs was helping to train the staff at a company about best practices. They knew we would test them. We had a meeting about it. We sent emails to everyone. The training sessions were mandatory. Everyone was educated. The fucking DAY we started testing we got 4 people with bogus emails. Every single one in upper management. We had more trainings just with upper management. We left a USB drive on a keychain with random keys in the parking lot and the fucking owner of the company (who was always first to the office, which is nice to see), who insisted he have an admin account so he could bypass UAC warnings, plugged it into into his computer. More trainings, each one they were paying for. Then we got him a again a week later with a bogus invoice. Eventually they just thanked us for our service, paid the final bill, and ended the contract. Not a single wrinkle in any brain in that place.
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>>3001304
>I've been out of the game for years but I doubt security practices has really changed all that much at the basic level for most places.
Absolutely not. One sees yubikey protected password managers a lot more these days, but I happen to think that this is not much of an improvement over a binder of sheets with passwords on them in a locked cabinet for any place from 1-20 people. Just more expensive. Larger organizations have hardware token shit a lot more, but that's just a hurdle for the poo taking some bottom rung drone into doing more authentication dances as they follow his instructions. Mahogany row throws a fit to opt out entirely anyway, and they also follow poo instructions a lot.

Phishing and invoice fraud is fucking rampant, even though there's all sorts of - working, mind you - schemes for verifying a bank account owner is in fact the person/legal entity one wants to pay. Like with other security mechanisms, they're a bit overzealous though (case sensitive, for one, so "Company LLC" does not match "Company llc" and vice versa). Hence people get used to the override button.

Phishing schemes with remote desktop tools are incredibly popular now. Everyone's got their panties in a twist about having virus scanners (and boy do they love paying through the nose for these Norton and McAffee subscribtions). But if some poo "from Microsoft" tells them to install PcAnywhere and grant him access their eyes glaze over and they fucking do it. Of course that sails right past any and all security software, it being a butt trumpet kind of trojan horse by its cloud based nature.

Banks are fucking complicit, too. Recently a guy with trouble accessing his online banking website got told by the cunt at the fucking bank themselves to install PcAnywhere so they could take a look. They are fucking paving the way for the poo defrauding that guy because he won't even have to talk them through installing anything anymore.
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>>2983978
How many encyclopedias have you memorized?
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How come you see tons of these tiny LARP computers but you never see a gaming rig and monitor that folds into a suitcase?
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>>3001310
Once I left security and started working with run of the mill morons I really saw some things. One of my co-workers said he was told to keep his passwords in a spreadsheet to keep them organized. No idea how long ago that was. I caught a glimpse of it. It was a plain spreadsheet, unformatted in any way, with usernames and passwords just randomly jotted down in it. No sorting, no column names, gaps everywhere. It was several pages long. Most of the time it was *just* the username and password, not the account it went to. 50% of them were his company email address and some variation of the same password over and over. I asked him about it and he said he was too busy to organize it. I asked how he knew which one was to which account. He laughed and he said, yeah, that was a real problem. He explained that he forgot his passwords all the time so, every time he had to reset one, he would just write it down again somewhere else in the spreadsheet. Sometimes he added to the end, sometimes he filled in a gap. He didn't delete old entries. He was in sales. I once asked our IT team how often they reset his passwords and they said every Monday they had to reset at least one for him.

>>3001313
That is called a "gaming" laptop, kiddo. Picture related.

>>2983706
You want what was once called a NetBook. They sucked and that is why no one makes them anymore. Not as nice to use as a laptop, not as convenient as a tablet, shittier than both. The keyboards sucked (much too narrow), they had no power, and the screens were tiny and low resolution. A tablet with a keyboard built into the screen protector is better. They make super heavy duty ones. Any 'hax0r' tooling around with a Pi in a pelican case is just a tool.

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When did you realize you had the DIY/engineer autism?
Are some just born with a mind for understanding mechanical tasks?
Sometimes I feel like it's a curse but I can live so cheaply doing things myself and I prefer it vs paying some jewish retard who probably isn't near as detail oriented.
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>>3001151
it's just assburgers and it comes at the cost of everything else
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>>3001151
Start taking broken shit apart and see if you can figure out how to fix it. Free curbside stuff thrown out would be an excellent place to start because you have no monetary or personal attachment to it and if you fuck it up worse then who cares?
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>>3001151
you either have it or you don't.

it's something you start doing at a young age.
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>>2992703
I played with tinker toys and legos as a kid and gradually moved on to things with more parts and made of metal
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>>3000725
most Americans under 40 think this way, they believe any diy solution is inherently worse than something a paid professional will produce. they think that if you have the job you must be good at it and nobody can match their quality, and that no professional ever cuts corners or produces shit work. they’re reluctant to fix anything themselves because they’re too afraid of breaking it or making it worse. they’re unwilling to research or develop their own handy skills. they think anything with electronic parts is fucking magic and indecipherable without an electrical engineering degree. it pisses me off to no end when I suggest a simple solution and my family members scold me for being “too cheap to get it done right”

>3200 pounds
>1.3 liter 3 cylinder engine
are these basically disposable @ 100k miles?
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>>2998367
The trailblazer OP posted was using a wetbelt in the 1.2ls
Ford and Chevy are 2 peas on a pod (of making garbage vehicles)
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>>2995898
Imagine not buying a 10+ year old hundred thousand mile econobox for a few grand and using it for another 10 years.

How do people keep paying 20-30k for nucars, having them fail catastrophically at 80k miles and do it again? Do people hate money that bad?
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I'll just keep buying up old reliable built like a tank tech and running that. Fuck this newfangled bullshit...

>T. 2v 6.8L triton v10, 6.9/7.3 IDI, 7.3 powerstroke, 12v Cummins, 460, FE block, dt466 enjoyer... All with standard transmissions of course!
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>>2996069

That's a B6 passat
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>>2995898
>are these basically disposable @ 100k miles?
What Chevy isn't? Are they even putting 7 digits on their odometers these days?

>>2998718
I don't think I have seen an American car made in a very long time that I thought would last anywhere near as long as a Toyota or Honda. Nor would I want to get stuck with one that did. They are not pleasant driving experiences. And this is coming from a guy who's first car was a Honda Civic CVCC wagon. I was gifted it at 120k miles and ran that fucker into the ground at 280k.

It's new and the compressor starts every 3 minutes.
Room temperature is 26c and I have it set at -3c.
What's wrong with it?
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>>3000308
>dumb burger calls you a jeet because he doesn't understand simple physics
calm down, boyo. MAGA.
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>>2999645
>what's wrong
It was made in China and the only point and purpose of the product was that you bought it.
gg
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>>2999645
Square cube law. Heat seeps right back in from refrigerator. Wet insulation foam. Computer chip set to turn on every 0.5 f from temperature sensor placed net to the refrigerator.
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>>2999645
>whats wrong with it?
it's cheap chink garbage that uses a peltier cooler.

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Be me
>Me
>How do I make them blue with machine
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step1: quit making new threads
step2: get the disgusting rats to take a nap
step3: paint them any color you feel like
step4: dialate
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>>3001250
color 1
echo squirls

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I got a big old pool with an inflatable edge, but the edge leaks air. I have already patched all the holes I have found, but it just seems to leak more every day. Is there something like tire repair spray to fix all microfractures in one go, or just something to lather the entire outside with for a new finish? Appearance doesn't matter much, so what would you suggest?
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>>2998198
>Is there something like tire repair spray to fix all microfractures in one go
No, the reason that stuff works is because it gets sprayed into a tire, then you drive around on that tire which distributes the coating all around the inside of the tire. This is a stationary object so that's not possible, it would just sit at/near the inflation point.

You need to find the leak. Fill it up, then spray the whole thing down with soapy water and look for bubbles, then patch any leaks you find.
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>>2998198
You need PVC target patches and a heat fun that goes above 900° to weld them. DO NOT SMEAR SHIT ALL OVER IT, FIX IT THE RIGHT FUCKING WAY.
Sunbelt might be able to rent you a Liester welder.

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what are some uses for dryer fluff?
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>>2998757
>Like 2000C
IA says around 1000C.
You're talking out of your ass
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>>2997939
Everyone thinks of this at least once as a child, you'd end up with a low-trust society if everyone did it though
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>>2996734
>>2994094
>>2994210
You can make fire logs, I recon with a pipe, some water and a bottle jack.
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>>2994094
Stick it in your ears so you don't hear your wife nagging you.
Jk. I browse 4channel. I don't have a wife
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>>2994094
felt it.

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Thread cracked: >>2989599

>I'm new to electronics. Where to get started?
It is an art/science of applying principles to requirements.
Find problem, learn principles, design and verify solution, build, test, post results, repeat.
Read the datasheet.

>OP source:
https://github.com/74HC14/ohmOP
bake at page 10, post in old thread

>Comprehensive list of electronics resources:
https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics

>Project ideas:

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>>3002345
I've heard some people use blu tack but I always forget to try it.
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>>3002487
Blu tack is pretty good but the heat can make it stick onto whatever it is you're trying to hold on
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>>3002487
>>3002719
yeah, it can be messy but blutack is not something you'd have around your home since it's used for temporarily attaching things.
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>>3002460
I got a feeling its the relay. Didn't read any other posts.
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>>3003532
already answered on the new thread
>>3002477
>>3002473
>>3002477
>>3002473
>>3002477
>>3002473
>>3002477
>>3002473

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>hit tile with a hamme because i want to replace the floor.
>it sparks
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>tiles made from Certs breath mints and pieces of flint
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>>3001053
oof
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OP is the anon who's spamming frogs on /b/ btw

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/EMOT/ - Eternal Machine Operator Thread

Clock in, push green button, play on phone until m30 happens

When out of metal go get an adult

Never going to learn gcode or machine offsets what about you guys?

What flavor vapes are the best?

>hey bro
> one of the drill bits, the one with the flat bottom that cuts with the sides is broken
> Imma go smoke while you fix it bro
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>>3001048
I was looking at them, but I figured no. I wanted to get right back in the action quick and for not a lot of money so I got another lantern
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I've been working on a CNC lathe Mori Seiki NL2500 for 8 years now. I program it myself.
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>>3001639
there could be an extensive treatise written on moving machinery so its really something you pick up over time. it really helps to go a few times with somebody thats done it a bunch and see the basics in practice. using a pinch bar wood blocks and pipe rollers goes smoother than it sounds
as far as auction buying it varies as wide as you can imagine. all the way from them carefully setting the machine on your rig for free to ultra natsi facilities that wont even let you set foot on their property without a $5M liability policy and bond retainer
govt auctions cover that spectrum well and a national lab is probably well towards the natsi end
total shop sales and small auction companies are way easier. most of the time theyll load it or you can just hop on the forklift like you own it and get you shit
if the place is medium lax you can rent a pallet jack and drop deck trailer and wheel it out by hand after prying it up on cribbing to get under it
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>>3001758
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on the final part this blue section will be gone. im thinking I could bore and thread the middle and then put it on a bolt sandwiched by a couple of nuts and then cut the external thread

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So in have an unfinished room in my basement and I am struggling determining how to layout the space. It’s a 19x15 foot room with 3 additional 5x9 rooms attached on the south end, utilities, bathroom and electrical. Currently it is concrete slab and the wall parallel to the doorframe coming off the steps is used as a storage wall with Adam’s racking. Any ideas on how to finish this space? The drawing is crude and not entirely to scale but the measurements are accurate. I would greatly appreciate any ideas!
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>>3000794
I laughed really hard, thank you
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>>2998195
Use the 3 5x9 rooms as cells for your wives.
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>>2998195
Homegym/Headquarters for planning the rise of The Fourth Reich
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>>2998195
Unless you can figure out how to deal with bathroom traffic at all hours, that space is worthless.
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>>3001018
That isn't a mall bro calm down

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Planning to bury this underground in the future.

Without weighing down the post with boring details, I think I have the drainage setup worked out, and how to preserve the interior contents and keep the capsule airtight.

I'd like to included a vacuum sealed plastic bag around the capsule to minimize exposure to water, but the woman who sold this to me said do NOT do this, as it can actually exacerbate rusting, even with stainless.

Is this true? I wouldn't think a big plastic bag with practically all the air sucked out of it, and sealed completely airtight / watertight, would allow rust, but I'm not 100% and I want to be
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Embed time capsule in liquid acrylic resin
Problem solved
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TAKE MY TRASH, FUTURE PEOPLE
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Bury it in a drum of cosmoline
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I dont know anything about time capsules but im bumping your thread to ask if talking about airflow is to plan for the capsule to get holes in it
if you want to put anything in a bag then why not put the stainless capsule in a teflon bag and bury it
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>>2996209
If the capsule is metal, just dip the whole thing in Cosmoline and let it air dry for a few days.

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I am looking to pivot my career and become and electrical engineer.
my current background is Windows Administration.
I know enough about electricity to wire in stuff, and do basic electrical work, but I dont know all the terminology or US code.
I cannot afford to go to school for this, is there a way I can start doing an apprenticeship with a client and learn on the job and eventually get certified?
Where do I start?
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>>2999354
>engineer
Designs the stuff based on the owner's wishes and the code (hopefully)

>project manager
The electrical companies will have a guy go through and price out a bid based on the prints and their knowledge of what is needed to actually accomplish that.

>foreman
The electrical contractor's guy that's on site every day making sure things get done by the prints and up to code, interacts with the general contractor to handle the inevitable conflicts with plumbing/HVAC/etc

>journeyman
The guys that oversee the actual work being done and do the things that would be expensive if they're fucked up

>apprentices
The guys that do all the bitch work and get corrected by the journeymen when they do it wrong
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I'm sort of finding myself in the same boat. I'm a project lead at an IT provider and constantly have to deal with shitty cabling vendors. I want it done right and professionally. And I am also getting that tradesman itch again from my younger years. Thinking of getting fiber optics certified, always wanted to learn to splice fiber.
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>>3000634
if you're serious about splicing fiber make sure you aren't colorblind if you're going to aim for splicing big boy 16/32 strand cables
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Find a company that makes custom automated industrial systems. The company must offer educational support. Get a job as electrical manufacturer or fabricator. Progress to instrumentation technician. Then let the company know you want to become an electrical engineer. They might send you to a few classes then promote you. Having a degree is not always an actual requirement.

Just FYI, this is actual controls hardware engineer more than it is electrical engineer
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>>3000993
actually*

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Moved into a new apartment and the tap water looks like this. How concerned should I be?
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>>2994791
We got a little rule back home: If it’s brown, drink it down. If it’s black, send it back.
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I swear half the catalog is trolling/larping
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>>2999877
Dude it's been like this for years, you're just coming to this realization now?
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test
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sample text

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I don't care if it kills the whole lawn, I just don't want to spray herbicide and get cancer. What can I spray to kill entire patches of a lawn that is more affordable than herbicide other than using black plastic cover.
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>>2995219
Weed eat them. If you kill it with any other method the weed is still in the ground. Leaf blow it and do something with the excess if you are expecting rain, because they will grow back if you leave them. Do it all before the sun gets too hot to get the longest time out of your yard. I'm sorry, its the only option. Get a Stihl, there cheapest model rips with .105. Echos are okay. Or a clone if you are "nifty power tools" asshole. Don't buy electric if you are mowing a forest down.
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>>2995988
>Vinager and salt
I accidentally killed a tree this way.
I didn't realize the area I was treating was draining down into the tree.
It worked really good on the patch I was trying to kill tho.
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If you don't care then take a mattock to it until you only have dirt left.
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>>2995219
piss
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>>2995219
Wood ash will kill it all if you have a firepit or wood stove.


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