joey_meyer

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Optimism (1903) by Helen Keller(en.wikisource.org)
2 points by joey_meyer 6y ago|0 comments
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Glad you enjoyed it! I don't have plans to make more and sell them, but the robot is safe–like I mentioned in the other comment it actually moves slower than the speed it does in the video and the servos aren't powerful enough to
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
The robot actually moves much slower than the speed in the video, so it would be hard to get caught without trying. The servos are also weak enough that they wouldn't be able to really hurt you.
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Ah yes clearance height is the same for all pieces, the servo raises the piece to the piece height + the "resting" height. Relevant code can be found here: https://github.com/joeymeyer/raspberryturk/blob&
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
I considered moving pieces via magnet underneath the board as well, but decided to go with the arm to remain more true to the original Turk. The robotics was the hardest part of this project for me since my experience is software not hardwa
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
The error was too high so I haven't integrated it into the actual code base yet, so it hasn't been a problem in practice yet! Ha. Yes I think the best thing I can do will be to collect more data, I am hoping that will close the ga
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
It's hard-coded at the moment. I just measured the height of each piece and stored the values.
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Thanks! No at the moment the robot just places it's pawn the last rank. You have to watch the status page on screen to see what it promoted it to. Definitely need to come up with a better way to do that.
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
The robotics components were the pricey part. The breakdown is something like this: - Table (w/ paint, wood, pipes, lights, etc): less than $50 - Electronics (Raspi, camera, cables, electromagnet, microcontroller, etc): about $15
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Wow, my project is on the front page! Happy to answer questions if anyone has them.
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Dan Carlin has an episode[0] of Hardcore History on this exact topic. I highly recommend it (along with the rest of the podcast). [0] http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-10-the-wha...
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by joey_meyer 10y ago
Could it be the top comment of this somewhat recent post? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12152658 It was this HN comment that prompted me to read it, fascinating book. The topic of the post, Boltzmann brain, is also w
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Mapbox Drive(mapbox.com)
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NVIDIA DGX-1: The World's First Deep Learning Supercomputer in a Box(nvidia.com)
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by joey_meyer 12y ago
The alternative is to go halfway and just use nmap regardless of the context, apparently it's the way to go: http://nmap.org/movies/
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1Password Watchtower – Heartbleed Domain Checker(watchtower.agilebits.com)
1 points by joey_meyer 12y ago|0 comments
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Objc.io Issue #10: Syncing Data(objc.io)
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Why did Ashton Kutcher choose to play Steve Jobs in the upcoming movie Jobs?(quora.com)
6 points by joey_meyer 13y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Was the Coinbase iPhone app removed from the App Store?
1 points by joey_meyer 13y ago|0 comments
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance(articles.latimes.com)
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GPGMail for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is finally here(gpgtools.org)
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by joey_meyer 15y ago
I tend to agree with the article. I am a senior, studying computer science and also a tutor at the engineering building on campus. The large majority of students that come in and need help are from the CS1 and CS2 classes. It's really frust
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Ask HN: Any Design Tips for my First iPhone App?
1 points by joey_meyer 15y ago|1 comments