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* tiwake pokes r3dd0g 14:08
r3dd0gHEY14:34
r3dd0gkeep that thing to yourself14:34
tiwakeheh14:35
tiwakegoing to go to the local ford dealer and see whats around14:35
r3dd0gnice14:36
tiwakecant get anything14:36
tiwakebut I really don't like what a lot of other companies are doing to their car designs14:36
tiwakedon't like what ford is doing either, but less so than seemingly everyone else14:37
r3dd0gyeah, im a little oldschool14:38
tiwakeit does give me happy feelings having moved to texas and seeing all the fords and chevys around14:38
tiwake:314:38
r3dd0gi dont particularly care for all the computer shit14:39
tiwakeI don't mind it... if it were open source14:39
r3dd0gi have an 88 f150 im fixing up now14:39
tiwaketurns out ford has an open source CAN thing14:39
tiwakehttp://openxcplatform.com/14:40
tiwakeit only reads from the CAN buss, but its in the right direction, and only ford seems to be supporting it at the moment14:40
r3dd0gooooh yeah, i remember reading about this14:40
tiwakeit also turns out CAN buss hacking looks kinda easy14:41
tiwakeso *shrug*14:41
tiwakebut yeah, it does mean you can build an instrument cluster that plugs in easily because of that OpenXC thing14:42
tiwakeor at least it should be pretty easy14:42
tiwakebetter be14:42
r3dd0gim going to have to dig real deep into this. probably after October, but14:42
tiwakelooks like there are some fun tools to do CAN hacking with these days https://www.canb.us/14:43
r3dd0gthey didnt cron their letsencrypt cert14:44
tiwakeafter reading up on the CAN bus thing, I've kinda wanted to get a new car just to break into it14:45
tiwake:314:45
tiwakethen I found that OpenXC thing14:45
tiwakehttp://hackaday.com/2013/10/21/can-hacking-introductions/14:46
tiwakeembedded systems are so fun14:47
r3dd0gbookmarked. i gotta run to the office. damn on call scheduled = /14:48
tiwakeI need to get an oscilloscope14:48
tiwaker3dd0g: hey, you get a chance to look at the CAN bus stuff?22:58
r3dd0gno, been working priority tickets all damn day22:59
tiwakedoing what?22:59
r3dd0gI'm a virtualization engineer, today is the completion of my on call rotation23:00
tiwakewhat does virtuatlization engineer mean?23:01
tiwakeyou fix virtual reality headsets?23:01
tiwake:P23:01
r3dd0glol23:02
r3dd0gvmware23:02
tiwakeoh ok... work for a hosting provider or something?23:02
r3dd0gmuch bigger23:03
tiwakegoogle?23:03
r3dd0goh I think we're bigger23:04
tiwakesounds like some weight loss is needed23:04
r3dd0gi should like those numbers up23:05
tiwakeI think I want a ford fiesta ST23:05
tiwakeits a dinky little car thats turbocharged pushing just shy of 200hp23:05
r3dd0gi rented on of those, i liked it23:05
tiwakeonly the ST is supercharged23:06
r3dd0gnice23:12
tiwakedonno23:12
r3dd0galright, im out. going to grab some pizza and head home23:12
tiwaker3dd0g: you going to come back in the ...23:12
tiwakechannel...23:12
tiwakeslow23:12

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