In case, like me, you don’t/didn’t know:
The MOT test (or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old.
It’s still wild to me that any developed nation DOESNT have mandatory road worthiness inspections.
Texas in the US just got rid of safety inspections this year. They still do emissions testing for cars newer than 25 years, but it is up to the county and most rural counties don’t.
You still have to pay the inspection fee.
You should check out some of the state rules in the US. Some are strict, others don’t even exist
And some of them vary wildly county to county!
Annual tho? That’s a bit much.
i mean how many deaths are acceptable? i’d say none, thus annual seems fine.
A lot can happen in a year
A lot has happened in a year.
Melbourne, Australia: Zero inspections ever.
I purchased a used car a decade ago and I have never had a mechanic service it or inspect it. I had a proper shop do a head gasket swap 5 years ago and I legit think I could have done a better job just reading the workshop manual and having a go.
It won’t get forced into a roadworthy check unless a cop pulls me over for something super obvious like smoke billowing out the side.
I know someone who bought a car second-hand and onsold it 5 years later with the same oil that was originally in it.
In the US they’re normally called car inspections, if the state/county even has them (yes, we’re monsters over here more and more).
Why would you need to talk to anyone for an annual test? Is it typical to try and upsell a repair, like in the cheap oil change places? All the inspection centers I’ve ever used they want you in and out, and the most they’ll try to sell is a replacement wiper or bulb because what you have won’t pass. They just ask if you want to pay for it installed now to pass or come back later after you do it.
In Finland the places doing the inspections only do that, they don’t offer any car repair services.
No conflict of interest.
I was wondering how a car could get a Message Of The Day. I use Arch btw.
I’m going to press (X) for Doubt.
I’ve been watching F1 for decades, and I can’t remember there ever being a chief mechanic who is female. In addition, there was a lot of press a year ago about the first female mechanic in F1. Not chief mechanic, just mechanic.
Also, for those who don’t know, the mechanics in F1 are also the pit crew. The person who decides when it’s safe for the car to leave the box after the tires are changed is typically the chief mechanic. They used to be known as “the lollipop man” because they carried a sign at the end of a long pole that they used to tell the driver when to leave the pit box. These days they use a digital stoplight sort of device, so they’re not literally standing out in front of the car anymore, but they’re still near the front holding a signalling box. The lollipop man / chief mechanic is a very visible position in F1, and a female chief mechanic would have definitely drawn a lot of attention.
This guy says that he knows nothing about cars. Could he have been referring to someone who was an important mechanic but not the chief mechanic? Sure. Could he have meant Formula 2 or some other racing formula instead of Formula 1? Sure. Could this just be a bullshit story made up for internet points? Yes. I really don’t think there has been a female chief mechanic of an F1 team yet. But, if I’m wrong, I’m certainly interested in who it is/was.
I’ve seen this loads of times and it’s a really funny meme. Everyone in the know says it’s not true sadly, but I’m glad OP posted it
a bullshit story made up for internet points? Yes
Uh… A BULLSHIT STORY?
At this time of the year, at this time of day, in this part of the Internet, localized entirely within this instance!?
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May i ear it?
i hate this shit. when its my wife’s decision to get/do something, she always starts the conversation but the person regularly turns and talks to me.
i dont know what the fuck my wife wants, im here as arm candy. you deal with her.
i had to tell the same salesman this 4 times in the same 2 minute conversation when we went to pep boys.
There’s a test my job does where during a interview, if the candidate doesn’t address the woman at the table or answer her questions, they don’t get hired.
That experience really gave insights to those subtle red flags.
Wife and I do that now to every single service we meet. We both walk up to the counter, I don’t say a god damn thing and my wife starts speaking. And if they start responding only to me, we leave.
just pull out your phone and play a videogame when they start ignoring your wife. Give them the same treatment as they give your wife and never make eye contact. Then just go “bruh my wife is talking to you, I don’t know shit” while you stare at your screen.
I work in cyber security and have gotten to work with some very talented female engineers. It’s always shocking to me the amount of disrespect some third party will display towards them. Like talking down or whatever.
What’s also entertaining is watching my coworkers absolutely destroy these ass hats.
I’m studying cybersecurity and there are barely any women, but our directors are always encouraging them to participate and speak more. I’m friends with some of them and they hardly encounter anyone hostile. There are some men that speak behind their backs, but I’m glad a lot of people defend them and are open about their stance against sexism and misogyny. It’d always funny when anyone says something sexist and everyone around responds making fun of them or just ignoring them and leaving them alone on their comments.
Of course, it’s not perfect, but I’m glad that it’s getting better. Also, women were the whole top 3 or 5 of all students in our faculty lol
Yea I’ve never understood the negative reaction to working with women in cyber security but those people are losers anyway.
On another note, how are you liking cyber security? Any questions? Concerns? Areas you’re interested in?
And they certainly look like losers lol
Hmm, I’m liking it very much. I’ve been self-hosting as part of my learning journey so I can understand better the things I learn and apply them. Right now I’m concerned with people replacing security roles with AI, but it’s México and we’re so behind in cybersecurity I think I can worry later. I want to go into GRC or auditing, any tips?
I like a lot of different areas, I’m thinking about following one of my teachers ideas and also offer freelance monitoring solutions. I try to learn a bit of everything so I can stay ready :)
BTW, if you know any software that’s very used so I can start checking out, I’d be glad to hear about it. I know the FOSS alternatives are not that common and that’s what I have to use rn
Self hosting is the way to go. I’d suggest looking into open source projects for something you might be passionate about. Like, if you like gardening you could set up a time to turn gardening lights on, water systems, ect…those types of projects, when using open source apps, REALLY speed up you’re understanding of how systems communicate with each other.
I work for a company that has offices in Spain (estoy aprendiendo español para mi trabajo) and Spain has a lot of jobs in tech, if you wanted to explore other areas.
GRC tools, I’ve only used ZenGRC but that was for a short time and I don’t focus on that, so I’m not the best resource for that. I do work with Data Governance tools that will usually work closely with GRC type tools, if that’ll help.
I want to do things like that, but I first require more space and time, I just bought and ESP32, but I still need some other components heh
¡Buena suerte aprendiendo español!, it can be hard because of all the conjugations and times we use. I’m trying to learn German 🤓
I’ll check it out, thanks! Have you used a lot of VMWare software, for example? We have networking classes with software/hardware from Cisco, but barely touch any other tools.
Gracias! Yo sé alemán un poco también pero español es más divertido.
I’ve used VMware and Cisco products before, and you’re heading down the right path. I used the Cisco WAP at this one startup and those WAP’s were the best I’ve ever used, it’s been awhile though so it could’ve changed.
If you’re looking at Networking type of protections I’d focus on understand network traffic and how it flows in and out of internal systems. I currently use Akamai as our CDN but I’m not sure if they offer a free or community version. Wireshark is a good open source tool with plenty of docs and step by step guidance for analyzing traffic (it’s a bitch to learn up front but you’ll be good for like 90% of traffic tools).
That said, what we’re talking about is very different from the GRC stuff you had initially mentioned. What I’m getting at is you probably don’t have to focus on networking things if you’re dealing with compliance and regulatory GRC things.
Years ago, I had a Jetta and while stopped at a red light someone rear ended me. Ficked the trunk up and the muffler was dragging on the ground. Insurance couldn’t pay for the entire thing to be fixed but I hella needed the muffler to not drag on the street so I went to a shop to see what they could do. I just wanted a quote. They instead took the liberty of tack welding it to the frame, then tried to charge $300 for it. It took less than 10 minutes of time and used no parts. Told them I wouldn’t pay more than $25 for that; I may not know cars, but I know how easy (and shitty) a tack weld is.
Whilst I 100% believe this situation can happen and people working around cars are sometimes very sexist, it’s total BS.
ALL the friends I have that work on cars, be it for work or for pleasure, do their own MOT. Not like literally do it yourself, only certified shops and people can do it. But you take it to the guy you know. Beforehand you know what needs to be done, cause everyone knows the regulations and what to look out for. Then when that’s done, you take it to the guy, give him a case of beers and you have your MOT right there. If the chief mechanic wants to go get MOT for their car, she would take it to a shop where she knows everyone and everyone will know her.
My father in law used to be a mechanic (now retired) and my brother in law is an engineer. They always get mad at me if I let some local shop work on my car. They say just bring it to us, we can do it for you. But they are about an hour and a half away from me and anything we do on my car involves me figuring out on my driveway exactly what needs to be done, taking everything apart and taking pictures and then buying the components. Then driving to them once I get the components in and spend all day drinking, talking and if I’m lucky we get the car done as well. It’s a lot of fun, but sometimes I just want to get the car fixed without thinking about it. A local mechanic I know lives 2 streets over, so he picks up my car and uses it to go to work. Fixes what needs to be fixed and drops off the car when he gets home. My father in law says just drop off the car at his place and drive his car for a while, so he can work on my car. But his car is a restored vintage Mercedes and it’s his baby, I absolutely hate driving in that because I’m scared I will break something. I’m a pretty good driver and I know how to handle old cars, and I haven’t damaged it yet, but driving that car gets my butt clenched all the way.
