Post ASmc2VgVbvZJPySVZA by toolbear@union.place
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 (DIR) Post #ASmc2HNYna5p39UB5U by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:09:03Z
       
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       Poor rural to hacker pipeline is real.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2QQ1BoPH5NhlfU by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:12:56Z
       
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       My theory is that those in such conditions have to repair things, or make new things from other items... and this is what ignites the hacker X-gene so to speak.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2URaDw2FZOT4fA by miah@hachyderm.io
       2023-02-17T21:13:43Z
       
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       @thegibson If you can't fix it, you don't own it!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2Ux8KdGx9FEGq8 by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:15:36Z
       
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       Standing knee deep in freezing water to fix a broken telephone cable at age 12/13 so I could get the line stable to get the modem usable again...I'll never forget that.But making a simple circuit like that... it just ignites a "why not?" that never really leaves.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2VgVbvZJPySVZA by toolbear@union.place
       2023-02-17T21:16:35Z
       
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       @miah @thegibson My elitist bias blinded me of this obvious reality until I read about the John Deere nonsense:https://doctorow.medium.com/about-those-kill-switched-ukrainian-tractors-bc93f471b9c8
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2ZQLhx1F10vevw by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:20:34Z
       
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       My first simple circuit was at age 5.I remember my dad had showed my how to light a bulb off a 9 volt battery a few months earlier, and I guess, I actually built a stupid simple logic board using a hole punch, a piece of cardboard, electrical tape, and a battery and bulb...I wrote simple math on the left side of the cardboard holes, and answers on the other side, then I would just touch the wires to the matches to make them light up. This was at the same house, and year that we got a Sinclair ZX81, and I learned to write in Basic.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2aS9si3oCumcOO by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:22:34Z
       
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       But I really just wanted the world I was dreaming of.A world where there were magical things that I understood how to do.wow... that was a bit to unpack there.and to a five yr. old, it was magical.and here I am today... I guess.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2acnFAZEjtl6y8 by miah@hachyderm.io
       2023-02-17T21:23:23Z
       
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       @toolbear @thegibson Yup, also look into newer cars with full infotainment/dashboard systems instead of some gauges.I was thinking about the future of car mechanics after I saw this article on 'ethernet for automotive communication'.I can't imagine the equipment you'll need to just _get started_ working on vehicles, tractors, etc in the very near future.https://www.analog.com/en/thought-leadership/why-10base-t1s-is-the-missing-ethernet-link.html
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2bWnsvN1XbxqGu by thegibson@hackers.town
       2023-02-17T21:25:45Z
       
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       @miah @toolbear I don't much like barriers to entry.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmc2fWx0JrfxE413Y by purple@nya.social
       2023-02-17T21:33:52.041Z
       
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       @thegibson@hackers.town @miah@hachyderm.io @toolbear@union.place we have cool gadgets already, don't worry 😉 simple things like bluetooth "elm327" OBD-II readers already speak the new CAN-based protocols.if my ECU ever dies i'm going to order one of these first: https://speeduino.com/home/
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmdfRrBsMVUnJaP2m by Penelope@ieji.de
       2023-02-17T21:52:10Z
       
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       @TheGibson  never heard of Poor rural to hacker pipeline ..but it sounds like a consequence of a situation ?