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Wow, I wish that this was around a year and a half ago. I was working on a pet project of mine to do finite element analysis on PCB Gerber files. One of the biggest stumbling block…

And God forbid you have any issues with it and need help, because Rockwell support is $$$$!

I work in industrial controls and I have probably at least a dozen different VMs for all of the various programming softwares (each brand of PLC generally has their own proprietary…

A while back over the course of a week I wrote a python script to modulate the extrusion flow on a 3D printer based on FEA data. I would simulate the forces that would be on the pa…

I've been wondering whether I have ADHD for a while now. I have not went to a professional to get diagnosed but at a glance it seems like I share many of the same symptoms. I am AS…

I'm curious whether it's this "work chaperone" concept, but I'm not sure. Until recently, I had two other people working in close proximity to me, before they both quit. I definite…

To clarify, that was 5 hours for this week. So an average of 1 hour a day, which is less good to say the least. But I'll have to check out Pomodoro, thanks!

Hi everyone, For context, I work as a design engineer on what I would normally consider interesting projects. Lately I’ve been having an increasingly difficult time focusing while …

I would think that asking for more detail and more "why" versus "how" questions would effectively weed out those people.

Rockwell Automation's Factory Talk software. It is used for developing GUIs for screens on industrial machines. Horribly expensive, laggy and broken. Versioning is a nightmare with…

In my opinion the best way to learn this stuff on your own would be to build and program a simple automation system. That could be, for example, a garage door system, pool controll…

PLC programming is quite different than traditional programming but is still mentally challenging and could easily involve time outdoors. Take a refinery for example, lots of the e…

Oftentimes I resent going to work when I'm stuck in the office. I find that I have trouble focusing for eight hours, even when working on more mentally stimulating things. I am luc…

The amount of dedication and skill it takes to build something like this is massive. I find it amazing how people keep up the motivation to contribute to such projects for hundreds…

When I'm bored I'll take a walk on a good day, or more than likely start scrolling mindlessly on places like HN or Reddit. ... I should probably get back to work.

For what it's worth, I work in industrial controls. More or less all of the machines we design are one-offs so engineering and labor time dominates the cost of projects vs. materia…

I was more referring to issues with shipping and ordering outside of the US. But you are entirely right about them focusing on American measurements, their selection of metric part…

Unfortunately I don't see them creating a price filter as they are mainly geared at businesses vs. hobbyists or consumers, where "get it here fast" is more important than saving a …

McMaster-Carr has the best shopping website I've ever seen. The UI is beautifully intuitive; even if I don't know exactly what I need, odds are I can easily find something that wil…