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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Predictive failures
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:50:19 -0400
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"John Larkin" <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote in message 
news:prfu1j589dupr032431n5laq6cqist2fka@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:04:40 -0400, "Edward Rawde"
> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>"John Larkin" <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote in message
>>news:jr6u1j9vmo3a6tpl1evgrvmu1993slepno@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:20:34 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:16:04 -0700, John Larkin
>>>><jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:19:00 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:26:35 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:03:23 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:05:40 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> 
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:41:57 -0400, Joe Gwinn 
>>>>>>>>><joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:02 -0700, Don Y
>>>>>>>>>><blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Is there a general rule of thumb for signalling the likelihood of
>>>>>>>>>>>an "imminent" (for some value of "imminent") hardware failure?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I liked hiding out in the shaft alley. It was private and cool, that
>>>>>>>giant shaft slowly rotating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Probably had a calming flowing water sound as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, cool and beautiful and serene after the heat and noise and
>>>>>vibration of the engine room. A quiet 32,000 horsepower.
>>>>>
>>>>>It was fun being an electronic guru on sea trials of a ship full of
>>>>>big hairy Popeye types. I, skinny gawky kid, got my own stateroom when
>>>>>other tech reps slept in cots in the hold.
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you noticed how many lumberjack types are afraid of electricity?
>>>>>That can be funny.
>>>>
>>>>Oh yes.  And EEs frightened by a 9-v battery.
>>>>
>>>>Joe Gwinn
>>>
>>> I had an intern, an EE senior, who was afraid of 3.3 volts.
>>>
>>> I told him to touch an FPGA to see how warm it was getting, and he
>>> refused.
>>>
>>
>>That's what happens when they grow up having never accidentally touched 
>>the
>>top cap of a 40KG6A/PL519
>>
>
> They can type code. Rust is supposed to be safe.

I doubt it's safe from the programmer who implemented my humidifier like 
this:

if humidity < setting {
fan_on();
} else {
fan_off();
}


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