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coolvision

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About coolvision

I am a software engineer from Ukraine, currently living and working in Estonia. I mainly specialize in computer vison & robotics. https://grgv.xyz/

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    this is brilliant! I just went through a few years of this, very relatable

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    Comment #48073128

    thanks for the Xdrive pointer, I just got samples of tinymovr and odrive controllers (with FOC), they seem nice but are more expensive.

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    Comment #46972389

    it's funny how your forecast reaches such a similar results as "AI 2027"

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    Comment #46972353

    to me, programming has always been about problem solving, not s/w in itself. I love that with more progress in computing I can solve harder challenges, faster. I'm in my 40s and am…

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    Comment #46629619

    https://grgv.xyz/

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    Comment #44038868

    This is very misleading, just look at the data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_compan... Yes, it's different for different countries, and some EU countries a…

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    Comment #43670711

    Might it be because of more relaxed culture, and less pressure on researchers and engineers? Innovation likes freedom and exploration, not deadlines.

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    Comment #43217432

    This stopped being a territorial dispute long ago. Russia is only interested in a ceasefire as a pause before occupying most of Ukraine. Not a single time Russia has even hinted to…

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    Comment #43217387

    This is rich. Russia occupied and annexed Crimea, and a part of eastern Ukraine. Of course Ukraine was seeking NATO membership.

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    Comment #42539473

    Is it better to invest into TSMC or NVIDIA stocks, in context of AI growth?

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    Comment #42220003

    nice! did you use cloud GPUs or built your own machine?

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    Comment #42145282

    PX4 with Pixhawk FC would be much better in terms of working out of the box. But of you use it with a random "supported" FC then still lots of debugging is needed

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    Comment #40068667

    how does it compare to 8-bit/4-bit quantization in terms of speed/accuracy?

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    Comment #40034211

    I've worked a bit on inductive syntax-guided synthesis, but did it at the worst time -- right before it was made obsolete by LLMs: https://grgv.xyz/inductive_program_synthesis/

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    Comment #39537122

    I tried to make a robot simulator with rapier, with a mixed sucess: https://grgv.xyz/blog/simulator4/ The performance is great but realism of joints and motors is lacking, and not …

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    i moved to 4 day work week with a small pay reduction. I spend Fridays and some evening on learning and side projects. might earn a bit less now, but then i can be sure that my ski…

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    bookmarking extension, not much traction though https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/autolicious/jbmpoml...

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    Comment #39259387

    You need therapy. It's not a good idea to explain/justify mental health issues with some external factors. It's all in your head. The worst that can happen if you can't find a job,…

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    Comment #39259304

    https://exrx.net/WeightTraining https://exrx.net/WeightTraining/Research

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    Comment #38978562

    are we discussing here "intelligence" or high IQ? those problems sit on high IQ level for humans, and are not a good fit for testing intelligence in general. if one claims that pas…

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    Comment #38973423

    >They can't reason logically, draw meaningful conclusions, or grasp the nuances of context and intent. Can you come up with some examples that would demonstrate this on ChatGPT (GP…

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    Comment #38915007

    It was written before ChatGPT, GPT-4 and maybe even before GPT-3. So his impressions of limitations of LLMs should not be taken as facts and should be re-evaluated. If you check yo…

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