The best resource to learn the basics that I have seen is a "comic book" that was made about 15 years back [1].

It goes over the basics and helps you get going. From there I suggest reading posts, watching videos and just talking to people who solder. Find some bare board kits (or your own kits) and assemble them. Soldering, like welding, is one of those things you can learn to do in a day...but it takes experience to get good at it. A lot of what you do is by "feel".

Once you get a hang of it and would like to be able to inspect your own work find a copy of IPC-610A (there are free PDFs online often, otherwise it is expensive). This gives a visual representation of what is a failure or just a process indicator.

edit: Most important. Do not touch the solder to the iron tip. You heat the joint and touch the solder to that. This is the most common newbie mistake you see.

[1]https://mightyohm.com/files/soldercomic/FullSolderComic_EN.p...

The tribe nearby (Coeur d'Alene tribe) has been doing exactly that. They are repurchasing reservation land which was sold off through the years.

Overall, from my observations through my life here the tribe's overall quality of life greatly improved in the last 30 years.

The car hacker's handbook [1] has a chapter on just using the infotainment system to access the CAN. Specifically mentions "attacking through the update system".

[1]https://opengarages.org/handbook/ebook/ (chapter 9)

Never watched the wire...but I remember back 25+ years ago some people joking about not paying their phone bill to see if the phone was tapped.

They claimed that since it never got shut off when they didn't pay it must be tapped.

Possibly correct I suppose...

A company local makes mining trucks [1].

At one event I was at I spoke with someone who was tied into the company and they said that when wars happen their business picks up because copper mining starts back up. War apparently needs a lot of copper too. I never looked into it to verify but it seemed like an interesting bit of data.

[1] https://gfworldwide.com/

Maybe there are other major uses in war, but the casings and jackets of firearms cartridges are mainly copper. A sibling comment mentions nickel which is the major component of the bullet jacket after copper.

Nickel mining also

Also works well with a zip tie or 2. The belt holds itself in place as long as the tension is there.

Most of my old printers still use this method on them. [1] You can also use another ziptie as a tensioner.

[1] Very old example. https://flic.kr/p/db51Ue

Based on my observations (news reports, local chatter, etc) it seems that every state that borders a state with legal Cannabis does this. Idaho does this very frequently (since just about every border is a legal source). They take advantages of the bottlenecks on highways and have cameras and/or officers there.

If it is Flock, interagency communications, license plate readers or just "enhanced stops" for things like a crack in the windshield.

People seem to forget that while buying in one state is legal it actually can become a much larger crime than just possession as soon as you cross state lines. It "can" become a federal matter...

This person in the article attracted the gaze of Sauron.

They did this in my state, and now that other state has been legal for over a year and a half, but the cameras are all still there

North Idaho started adding license plate readers and cameras back in the early 2k's using funding given out after 9/11.

Locally there was a recent pushback on them and the sheriff basically said "They've been there forever" and "Don't worry...it's just us with the footage"

They are making an assumption that someone is buying when they go into the dispensary. Not necessarily the case. They aren't compelled to buy anything when entering.

Which if you know that's the case, it's a good way to f*ck with the police. Travel to the dispensary and be empty handed when the search comes. After 2-3 searches you file a cease-and-desist.

Some locals I know built a few of these cameras. I just ran into one of them the other day.

They started the local makerspace. There was an article last week in the local paper about it.

https://cdapress.com/news/2026/jul/25/couples-imax-camera-fi... {view it in a private window}

Once the AI realizes it can do a maneuver the aircraft can survive but the "bossy meatbag" in the cockpit cannot...

“Don’t do it MaiV!”

I saw a mod where there was an arduino/lcd setup on the dash of an Audi to turn off the ESC and other annoyances on startup.

I turn mine off quite often. On dirt roads and snow.

Yeah, there are ways if you figure out the manufacturer specifics. Thought it'd be fun to try capturing and replaying CAN messages, gave up cause whatever cheapo CAN to USB adapter I got wasn't working with my Linux laptop. Probably could've figured it out but decided it wasn't worth risking my 2005 Quattroporte with something that was feeling increasingly jank. Autel scanner already gave me all the read-only access I needed, including clutch wear.

I recommend "the car hackers handbook".

Gives you all the info you need including software.

Great start to knowing what the CAN is doing.

That one is good. I did actually start there, just bought the wrong stuff :S