Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

@revk I find it easier to assume no standards when it comes to I2C.

The oddest one I had was a multiplexer which needed a magic start / ack / stop sequence to put it into advanced more. Which most controllers have no way of sending.

@revk it might make a bit of sense if you wanted to stream / poll a sensor register at a consistent rate.

Other I2C peripheral chips I've used do similar. Can be handy to configure then, just just read the state register out repeatedly.

I2C having a more consistent approach would sure be nice.

@neil as a software engineer. People's belief that computers are reliable always amazes me.

It seems that we all to easily forget that they a programmed by people and therefore are no more reliable than the people and processes who built the system.

We don't even need to go into how complex it is to build software systems. How bad most companies processes are. How unhelpful most clients are.

Computers should not be trusted anymore than a person should be.

@X31Andy early on in the inquiry I watched a number of the impact statements from the victim. Was heartbreaking and anger inducing viewing, hearing how peoples lives where destroyed by bad software, corporate arrogance / ignorance.

Having followed the story for a good few years, it's good that a TV show has managed to garner so much support for the victims.

@ChrisMayLA6 the focus should bot be on her CBE. It should be who at the Post Office perverted the course of justice for so long.

The Post Office and Fujitsu people who caused this horrific mess need to be held accountable.

@X31Andy

Given the MCAS disaster, I'm not sure allowing Boeing to choose profit over safety again is really going to improve things.

I certainly will be going out of my way to avoid flying on a Boeing, until they change their culture.

@alex I've seen them in BT junction boxes / cabs. The little junction opposite my parents place was full of them. Not sure if they are as common since ADSL.

@openuk why not put a link in the post, rather than embedded in an image?

@bigcalm don't we all.

@bigcalm you could probably buy and Ender 3 v1 pro for that much and have a little change.

@alex https://wiki.freecad.org/Fasteners_Workbench

Seems to tick most of your boxes.