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by catbird 9y ago
This gives me an idea: design a small robot to ride the donkey and steer it using, e.g., a carrot on a string.
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by catbird 9y ago
I disagree. In an autonomous system, more sensors is almost always better, provided you have enough computing power to process the data. Having two sensors that disagree gives you much more information than if you had a single sensor with a
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by catbird 9y ago
You can still steer and stop a car w/out power. It just takes a lot more force than you're used to.
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by catbird 10y ago
I think the line you're referring to actually read "For social security and tax purposes - not for identification." As it was explained to me, it meant that the card itself was not a proof of identity, as opposed to something
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by catbird 10y ago
I might just have to give up on using the internet if treestyle tabs stops working. I'll get a job on a farm or something and lead a simpler life.
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by catbird 10y ago
This is really nice. If you are looking to expand, I would like to see more audio equipment included, such as synthesizers, mixers, and computer audio interfaces. I've recently been struggling somewhat with the difference between mono,
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by catbird 10y ago
Why not just use a spline and leave the control points where they are as you traverse the curve? Once the path is planned there is no need to re-plan at every step—you can use your choice of line-following controller to minimize your distan
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by catbird 10y ago
Thank you for writing this and linking the video. At first I thought, "ugh, I'll never buy a Christmas decoration again!" But on second thought, maybe this industry is helping bring people out of poverty. Then again, all that
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by catbird 10y ago
Ah, they mean 20 percent of the vacuums sold this year. Since a vacuum is not something that gets replaced each year (or every 5 years even?), it will take quite a while for robots to reach 20 percent of all existing vacuums, if ever. Anecd
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by catbird 10y ago
What would be the best time to buy the previous model of 15" MBP? The slight bump in processor speed doesn't make up for the loss in connectivity to me. I don't think I could live without magsafe power and an integrated SD ca
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by catbird 10y ago
It looks like there's still a function button in the bottom left corner, so maybe that is used to switch the mode of the 'function strip.'
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by catbird 10y ago
That's not a security checkpoint though, they're just waiting to board the train when it arrives.
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by catbird 10y ago
Or the place near Trenton, NJ where I-295 North becomes I-95 South, and vice versa.
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by catbird 10y ago
Oh well, there is nothing new under the sun.
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by catbird 10y ago
Sounds like the plot to a scifi novel: Scientists discover that so-called junk DNA contains physics equations, along with what appears to be coordinates to a distant star system with an Earthlike planet.
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by catbird 10y ago
Wow that was mesmerizing. I'm surprised that all of the traces were drawn manually. I had always assumed that modern design software would do all of that tedious stuff for you. The creator of that video was answering questions on reddi
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by catbird 10y ago
This sounds really cool. I am struggling trying to wrap my head around how a recommendation system could be accomplished without some kind of graph connecting things together. I'll be really interested to see how it turns out!
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by catbird 10y ago
Looks like there are ropes attached to his harness that control the flaps as he leans to either side.
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by catbird 10y ago
Yes this is in really poor taste. I'm sure it's very comforting to the deceased's family to know that safety features could have saved their life, had the angle of impact been different.
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Better brews come delivered by data analytics(psfk.com)
2 points by catbird 11y ago|0 comments
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by catbird 11y ago
Ah nice, I had just seen a video of the Commando theme being played on the new pocket operators[1] and it reminded me of the Chipophone. No wonder it seemed familiar... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjcUuGttKU
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by catbird 11y ago
Or use a javascript bookmarklet to remove all elements with position:fixed attribute :-) http://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
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by catbird 11y ago
Well, the raw picture (light field) from the camera looks like something from an insect's eye - a hexagonal grid of tiny pictures saved into one giant jpeg [1]. The Lytro software processes that data into a stack of jpegs of reconstruc
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by catbird 11y ago
Have you taken a look at Tumblr? It's almost exactly what you are describing.
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by catbird 11y ago
"A logistic map is a diagram that’s often used to describe the state of a nonlinear, dynamical system." What? No. The logistic map is a function (a mapping from input to output variable) that describes how the state of a particula
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Uber Powerful: The Car Service's Brazen Plan to Become a Robotic Superpower(popsci.com)
1 points by catbird 11y ago|0 comments
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by catbird 11y ago
Very cool, thanks for the info.
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by catbird 11y ago
Really nice! Are the stars from an existing picture, or did you generate them somehow?
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by catbird 11y ago
Ah, I had no idea that they cost so much. Thanks
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by catbird 11y ago
That's so strange. If you're going to park your tiny home somewhere, why not make it the size of a regular car, like the VW Westfalia camper van? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Westfalia_Campers

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