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by xchip 8y ago
I know some people down vote TL;DRs but I do want to save people's time. The answer is the robot didn't perform well during the demo.
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by xchip 8y ago
Not sure why this requires to be connected to the cloud... ah probably to bill people.
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by xchip 8y ago
Related: If you have a piano you can check that by using my online tuner that shows you the power of all the 88 notes a piano has. This means you can look at the fundamental frequency and its harmonics too. https://htmlpreview.gi
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by xchip 8y ago
I was shocked that glasses cost as much as the lens of a DSLR camera, and glasses dont have all the moving parts and materials a DSLR lens have. I found some cheap glasses company on the internet and now I am very happy with the results.
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by xchip 8y ago
I think you can find peculiar people in every country.
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by xchip 8y ago
I really miss the bees, last year I went to a redwood park and saw no insects there, it was disheartening.
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by xchip 8y ago
I'm wondering how many physicists roll their eyes each time they see similar extraordinary headlines like this one edit: I am a physicist.
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by xchip 8y ago
TL;DR: The man is obsessed with citing his own work—except on the occasions when he does a cut-and-paste job, in which case he is suddenly shy about mentioning his other publications. And, as editor, he reportedly says he sends out everythi
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by xchip 8y ago
Isn't the title of the article totally misleading? I learnt Italian, to learn it quickly find out what makes you excited about Italy, is it music, movies? And then just try to understand what they say. In my case it was opera.
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by xchip 8y ago
TL;DR: "a part of the brain known as the superior temporal gyrus, which is involved in auditory processing, is highly connected to brain regions involved in sensory perception and motor control. However, in patients who developed psych
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by xchip 8y ago
Wooow thanks guys!
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by xchip 8y ago
LOL it will be harder to own a drone than to own a gun
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by xchip 8y ago
MONSANTO's glyphosate seems to be the culprit, and it seems they knew that and that it causes cancer( https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/business/monsanto-roundup... )
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by xchip 8y ago
You might be interested in this tutorial: http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/aguaviva/Ph... It shows how to extend the concept to a full blown engine
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by xchip 8y ago
Stay away from Neato cleaners, they sell them with a type of battery that only lasts for 6 months (that is what the guarantee claims), so prepare to spend $45x2 every year.
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by xchip 8y ago
I used to crack games just for fun, in fact the fun was in cracking the game and not in actually playing the game.
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by xchip 8y ago
Before the interview: - Do read my CV - Look at my GitHub repo. During the interview: - Ask what were the technical difficulties of whatever project calls your attention/looks relevant, both on my CV or GitHub.
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by xchip 8y ago
You may like too this single file midi player that comes with a one line synthesizer https://github.com/aguaviva/SimpleMidi
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by xchip 8y ago
well, to begin with, the heart rate signal on the logo is upside down :)
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by xchip 8y ago
Cooking, I built a sous-vide machine that cooks for me: https://github.com/aguaviva/SousVide
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by xchip 8y ago
How could we know whether those sad news are true and not?
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YouTube is down
15 points by xchip 8y ago|6 comments
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by xchip 8y ago
Well, you ask your manager for the reasons behind his decision, most of the time they have a compelling reason and you get to learn something (besides of not remaining resent).
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Pose Detection in the Browser: PoseNet Model(github.com)
1 points by xchip 8y ago|0 comments
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by xchip 8y ago
It used to reply "blue", not it claims it doesn't know the answer.
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by xchip 8y ago
What is hotter the sun or the moon? The answer: http://aristo-demo.allenai.org/ask?q=what%20is%20hotter%20th...
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by xchip 8y ago
I like people and I like listening and asking questions about their stories, if you give them enough time people will tell you the most amazing and surreal stories you can imagine, I always end up laughing and so do they.
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by xchip 8y ago
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." (apparently 4 people in HN hated this comment)
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by xchip 8y ago
This is my favourite explanation of how a Kalman filter works http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/aguaviva/Ka...
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Atlas robot jogging(youtube.com)
1 points by xchip 8y ago|0 comments

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