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codewitch honey crisis wrote: I want to build custom firmware for ECUs for engines.
On your own? That do is ambitious. Not about the custom firmware, but about getting the oem's / insurance companies to allow you using it.
Good luck 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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You can get the specs for certain "standardized" engines pretty easily - especially industrial ones like the T444e diesel.
Others it depends. There's a huge aftermarket and sometimes underground racket for tuning certain imports and those specs can be had if you know where to look.
And for the dash replacement bits, those are easier since the diag ports are pseudo-standard. Everything is one off but they share the lion's share of behavior across makes and models, especially among makes.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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To code something that would cripple the cell phone system just long enough for folks to remember that they are not necessary for the survival of our species....tis but a dream.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You don't need to write code to do that.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Well I'm not much of a bomb maker.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I was thinking of cellular phone jammers. They are illegal but so is anything that disrupts cellular phone communication. One of my friends has a couple of them. One is small and short range and the other is larger with a much farther range. He uses them on trains and busses and in theaters, among other places.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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We had a guy locally do just that a couple of years ago, which I'll admit warmed my heart. Though I'm not certain what his punishment, if any, was.
Prosecutors: Charge reduced for commuter jamming cellphone calls on CTA - Chicago Tribune[^]
My vision is global, well at least countrywide (USA). 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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So I want to host a small sql server prototyping database, a core 2 web api and deploy a wpf app via click once. Naturally I turn to MS and Azure, create a MS account and give them all my details. The first thing I want to do is transfer the existing database to Azure SQL Server.
Go through all the steps to create the database (very simple process) and note the cost per month 22.66 AUD! and that is just for the database, they probably want more for hosting the web api and the clickonce deployment.
When I can use someone like A2 hosting for 5 USD a month they are not going to get much traction with me I'm afraid.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Just get a static and a box and host it yourself.
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Except... I really don't want to nursemaid a web site any more than necessary.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: the cost per month 22.66 AUD!
They keep preaching about how cheap it is! hmmmm 
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Their sales department has made contact so it will be interesting to see if I got it wrong or they really are that expensive.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: interesting to see if I got it wrong or they really are that expensive.
I would be interested in a follow up to this.
1) What is the real cost?
2) How is it that what you have been lead to believe wrong?
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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It turns out I am just getting the sales spam, no follow up after I told them they were outrageously expensive compared to other options.
I did not get past the initial implementation of a sql database as they told me the monthly cost after the free period was $22+ so I don't know what the ongoing cost would actually be for a full service suite. I guess we are not the target market, too small so there is no investment by the sales team, can't really blame them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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The so-called "free" Azure crap they give you with the MSDN membership is an utter scam. Doing almost anything invokes a "paid subscription required" message.
Software Zen: delete this;
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8911 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77024[^]
If any of you blast off from Ellington, wave, it's 3 miles or 5 km from my house and I used to walk over there when
I was a kid.
No word on whether it will house the recently announced Space Force, that is the equivalent of Tom Corbet's Solar Guard.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Me too, I'm going to try one!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
JaxCoder.com
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is this like a ransomware page the books are hostages
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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You are a really SHARP observer 
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Thanks for the heads up!
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The guys in M$ are really crossing all limits beyond idiocy... 
I log into an account, that I have almost 20 years and that I use pretty often. I just ordered something and I wanted to forward the receipt to another email that I use for this...
"We need to verify your account, please introduce a phone number, we will send you a code"
 I don't see the need, but OK.
I type the code, click send... nothing.
I try it again...
Error: We have encountered an error, something in the activity of your account is suspicious and has been blocked.
 
I log off... log in...
Message: "We have detected that your account was being use to send suspicious emails and has been blocked, if you want to unblock..."
Grrrr.... OK. Give me a new code.
Message: Your limit for activation codes have been reached, please try again tomorrow....
WHAT THE ELEPHANT????
Are they really wanting that bad to annoy the people out?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Avocado security ?
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Yeah about once a year I run into a problem with uSoft and it takes an hour or more to just change a freakin password.
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
JaxCoder.com
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