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by Zanta 10y ago
Your math is off by a couple orders of magnitude :)
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by Zanta 10y ago
Two considerations when installing permanent hardware: 1 - You're drilling a hole in a rock. It's a small action, but it can't be undone. Can you justify forever altering part of a beautiful natural landscape to support you
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by Zanta 10y ago
Looks like you're missing a link. Could you provide it please?
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by Zanta 10y ago
My default browser remained the same, but I had the same experience with Edge and the Windows Store being pinned to the taskbar. I don't like the feeling of not being in control of my own machine.
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by Zanta 10y ago
I got a good laugh out of his bio line 'After leaving traditional high school to compete on the international ski racing circuit...,' trying to throw off a genius-playboy-athlete vibe. His FIS profile has him as a 100 point skier
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by Zanta 11y ago
Thanks for the clarification, I read it backwards first and did a double take.
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by Zanta 11y ago
Suburbs of Toronto for me and several of my friends from my time at UBC. A lot of us were transplants from across the country, tried to hack it professionally in Vancouver before eventually being driven elsewhere by job and housing prospec
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by Zanta 11y ago
I agree. The initial messaging is to spark some sense of play and to screen for robots/crazy people. After that's established there's really not much to be gained by further messaging.
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by Zanta 11y ago
You're radically overestimating how much teachers are paid. I lectured at a Canadian university and was paid $7k per semester long course with about 100 students. I could maybe handle 2 courses per semester (after some time to get my
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by Zanta 11y ago
I used BigBlueSaw for making frames and parts for some robots I built for fun. They fill a nice gap in that they serve hobbyists but can work with materials and sizes that support beefy, industrial style designs. Conventional machine shop
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by Zanta 11y ago
I've used BigBlueSaw as well as some local makerspaces for my waterjet and lasercut needs in the past, and I've been happy with their services. Where does your business fit within that marketplace? Is your advantage pure cost (w
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by Zanta 11y ago
I'm a mechatronics designer at a robotics startup. It's a junior 'jack-of-all-trades' position: mechanical design, testing and automation, and hardware troubleshooting. I'm still pretty new but I like the project
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by Zanta 11y ago
Typical tree planting terrain is one of the least robotics-friendly environments imaginable. Logs, brush, loose sticks and rocks, swamp, sand, hills, you name it. Here's a photo of a planting site I took during one of my planting cont
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by Zanta 11y ago
Fun fact: that shop is in Dan's basement. He has a beautiful home in Vancouver and has built into the basement a better machine shop than any at UBC. It's a playground.
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by Zanta 11y ago
I'm pleased to see how much instructional content is available for fledgling prototypers. I got into the field after reading Shane Colton's [ http://scolton.blogspot.ca/ ] and Charles Guan's [ http:/&#x2F