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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
  • I often code directly on the machine control, including single blocking a running program and adding a line while the program is paused.

    Editor on older CNC machines usually doesn’t even do lowercase and often has limited alphabet keys. Think '80s green or amber screen.

    A machinist’s coding workflow can be real fucky. I go from CAM which is like a highly complex visual programming IDE to notepad. If I’m being fancy I use notepad++ for syntax highlights and diff’ing.

  • G Code is basically a geometric scripting languge and isn’t Turing complete in basic implementations. Every manufacturer pretty much also has their own dialect that is Turing complete.

    Gcode with control commands and variables is called, no shit, Macro G Code. It’s Turing complete. That form of variable names is normal and is inherited from hardware registers/banks and TTL.

    It’s not unusual for a save dialog to be labelled Punch as it has a direct lineage from punch tape.

    Kind of like assembly and a graphing calculator had an abortion together.

  • All I’m finding when I drill down is a pulp romance between a billionaire and his scientist ex:

    Everything went as planned…until it didn’t. In a world overrun by a zombie pandemic, a billionaire and his scientist ex race to find a cure before his bunker–and the anZidote–fall in the wrong hands. …>

    A broader search returns a ton of right wing/prepper stuff. Any chance you can find the title?

  • Damn skippy. Gaslighting and basic ass lying are different things. But hey, it’s trendy right now. Next, we’ll find out how he’s a malignant narcissist.

    Dude posted a shill review. It’s called shilling. It’s a form of lying for profit. He likely did it to advance his career or because he was afraid not to. His employer likely encouraged the action without directly ordering it.

  • I’m sorry for your loss. They murdered your mother for profit and it enrages me. I’ve personally suffered at the bloody hands of the insurance companies as well. The insurance companies fill me with a cold deep rage. I hope all their leaders know fear before they come to their end.

    I have kids as well. I’m no longer religious but I believe in Saint Luigi and pray that others are inspired by his noble actions. Truly.

    If you’re willing, please share the name of the insurance company and the CEO that murdered your mother for money.

  • Real time operating systems are important for CNC machines and other industrial controls. Been a while since I kept up with Linux CNC and the open source control world, but I think this may have big implications for motion controls including printers.

    This is why the big name CNC controls are mostly proprietary OS like FANUC, HAAS, Siemens, Mazak. Lot of them have Mitsubishi down in the guts. Heidenhain has Linux, at least in the top layer, iirc. Citizen had windows in the top layer.