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“Caller must set this bit. This bit must be set before every operation. Ensure this bit is set.”

you can’t tell me what to do

performed some shenanigans to work around an issue - it worked, first try! I can finally make forward progress 🎉

*well, until we discover the repercussions of the workaround, at least

good news! I finally got debug logging functional on this embedded device. here is what it logs:

(i now have the firmware to confirm that’s correct; what on earth does that mean)

once stumbled across software in which the program/library relied on gRPC for their ABI - they weren't actually using protobuf/gRPC, but instead it seemed like a generator was emitting the actual C functions for folk to implement

in other words, they reinvented a shared header file

friend just discovered gRPC. worried for them :(
when do we get Automotive Grade BSD
today I learned it’s alarmingly easy to make TSS throw internal server errors
I’m sure there’s a naming scheme (guessing S6E8 is a family of some sorts?) but it’s far funnier to imagine that they keysmash letters and then immediately go out for soju
these are REAL panels made by REAL manufacturers.
“Yes, hello, I would like one AMS561RA01. Could you also please include a single S6E8AA5X01?” - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
this pinephone scares me. there’s no chance I’d be able to call 911 without some daemon hanging