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by gertlex 2y ago
Yeah... so much for that hope on my end! Thanks for testing. (hard to formulate why I was too lazy to test myself :) )
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by gertlex 2y ago
What if the word "generic" were added to a lot of these image prompts? "generic image of an intergalactic bounty hunter from space" etc. Certainly there's an aspect of people using the chat interface like they use g
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by gertlex 2y ago
That makes sense. Thanks for the extra info!
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by gertlex 2y ago
I also came to the comments to weigh in on my perception of how rough this was, but instead will ask: Regarding "exhausting 2-day brute-force grind": is/was this just how you like to get things done, or was there external pre
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by gertlex 2y ago
We managed to get pretty solid reliability with the USB C versions, to the point where I can't remember the last time we had a flaky robot due to this. I can't remember specifics of what we fixed (I think it was a combination of s
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by gertlex 2y ago
You're not really misremembering. There was a bunch of drama around a press release or something, with various robotics companies having to reach out to their Intel contacts to get a better picture of what was going on. The press rele
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by gertlex 2y ago
Ahh yeah! That's true. I was solely thinking the realsense cameras and their general form factor not having consumer use. Relatedly: A decade ago, where I worked, and around the time Primesense was getting bought (I think, without doub
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by gertlex 2y ago
There certainly hasn't been a consumer use case for these. But the RealSense line are quite commonly seen on a wide variety of robots (maybe specifically those from US-based start-ups) over the past 8 years or so, at least from what I&
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by gertlex 2y ago
They're more specifically out of scope because the first person to ever photograph+publish a picture of a human (which would fit the upload rules as I read it), is long since deceased ;) (I'm sure someone on here could point us to
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by gertlex 2y ago
Thanks for the correction. Discussing with a coworker yesterday, they also pointed out the distinction I'd missed, which is that there are separate robotics groups doing research (Gemini) and applied work (Intrinsic? physicalintelligen
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by gertlex 2y ago
It's somewhat debatable based on lack of results that have made it to market. In addition to the other comment mentioning Boston Dynamics, they are also the employers of a lot of folks that were formerly at the Open Source Robotics Fou
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by gertlex 2y ago
Long article. Mostly interesting! Surprising that they skip over autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in their survey of types, but perhaps that's because it's a weird interstitial with high interaction with Humans for less-general use
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by gertlex 2y ago
I wonder if they could get away with an extra L and using ascii art of the pokemon...
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by gertlex 2y ago
Classic bagon comment! :)
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by gertlex 2y ago
He could also hit the limit downloading a single image, if I'm understanding his situation. If I'm an infrequent tinkerer that occasionally needs docker images, I'm not going to pay a monthly cost to download e.g. 1 image&#x2
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by gertlex 2y ago
Ok, that's pretty neat sounding. I'm behind the times with a 15 year old Saturn that's fully manual controls (except headlights turning on). My temperature adjustments are the old fashioned "what temperature air to blow&
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by gertlex 2y ago
That's a reasonable point. Too bad an auto mode for my music and podcasts (of varying volume; also varying with whether I have a passenger) is probably not a thing... On the other hand, my sense with how I use temperature control in m
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by gertlex 2y ago
Curious if I am missing a detail: It sounds like a knob with endstops, incremental notches for a finite number of positions between the endstops, and probably a spinny position encoder underneath it? (this also describes my 2009 saturn; I t
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by gertlex 2y ago
Is this very feasible with Github Actions? Or would you be combining with other approaches? i.e. my impression is there isn't any real "wait for user input to continue" that is part of github actions.
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by gertlex 2y ago
Gotcha. I totally agree with the sentiment, or rather I should say: all these thoughts come to mind when thinking about setting up partial automation for a process, and I regularly remind myself to keep to simple, and get something working.
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by gertlex 2y ago
Are these actual criticisms of the article? And you leave us hanging: which solution is the "simplest solution"?
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by gertlex 2y ago
Had one in our university solar car 15 years ago, too :D
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by gertlex 2y ago
I have three... I should try this... but so many other projects :'(
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by gertlex 2y ago
They as in google? This happened in a few stages: Rollout of the new release (Jan 8 or so; I got it maybe Jan 16?) Folks showed you could get the old update (I don't recall specifics) and block the OTA URLs (developer settings I think?
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by gertlex 2y ago
No, it's not actually draining the battery faster. It's setting low level limits on maximum and minimum charge levels. (and also the charge rate, further controlling heat issues) Some folks have hooked up devices between the phone
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by gertlex 2y ago
In the sense that it was a perfectly good phone, and still works with e.g. various bank apps or whatever... and I got tired of jail-break/customization stuff of smart devices about a decade ago... the extra work to wipe everything and
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by gertlex 2y ago
I'm a weirdo who carries two pixel 4as. I'm also waiting for a response regarding the $100 voucher on one of my phones... My other one I took in for the free battery replacement, and that's doing OK. But yeah, I was planning
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by gertlex 2y ago
Do you mean Flash?
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by gertlex 2y ago
More constructively, the middle ground of asking a doctor about some minor symptoms over async messaging or tele-appointments (whatever the term for those is), is probably always something to consider for the trivial stuff.
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by gertlex 2y ago
FWIW (having used Dynamixels for 13+ years for hobby stuff), there are cheaper alternatives with tradeoffs now, too. Though I've only played with e.g. AX-12-sized ones (specifically HiWonder HX-35HM sitting on my desk from early last y

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