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Post by TaylorAlexander »

quanto wrote: post #640
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #528

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also it should be noted that with my $850 estimate that is $400 worth of Odrives. For years I have longed for good brushless drives for under $100 per channel and there are some newer ones out there. But basically brushless drivers are a major chunk of the price which I think could be reduced with cheaper custom drivers.

For my previous work years ago, we did custom brushless motor drivers including basic control theory implementations. I was under the impression that the driver designs were fairly standardized/commoditized. Could you explain more on your search of suitable drivers and on why you didn't build your own drivers? Why are these drivers so high in price?

I have designed brushless motor drivers in the past. But at the time I was fairly busy and I discovered the VESC 4.12 which is pretty good, but the creator moved to a new design that costs way more and the user community fragmented. The 4.12 designs are still for sale and pretty affordable, but I switched to Odrive due to the very active development community. It seems the price of Odrive has gone up though. I mostly use them at work so I don’t care, but this arm is a personal project and I used a couple odrives I had previously purchased.

There’s other new drivers out there that I haven’t tried. And I could take a crack at a new driver again. But really I want someone in China to produce a good design and sell them on AliExpress. Something with open source design files and code, able to handle 2kw power, able to use one or two encoders, etc. You can get a VESC on AliExpress for $75 or an Odrive clone for $95 with two channels. But I guess I feel bad buying an Odrive clone because the newer hardware isn’t open source so they are unauthorized clones, and I know the Odrive team works really hard. I would feel bad showing off my work with Odrive clones.

There’s other options out there though and I may want to try them. It’s been a while since I’ve needed new drivers at home but with this project I sure do!

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Post by gkkirilov »

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

Invest in my startup :D haha joking

Great one, I would recommend not taking too long to get back in the game of goals as they keep you moving forward, also maybe start looking for a life partner if you haven't done yet.

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Post by floxy »

chirau wrote: post #712
gitfan86 wrote: post #661

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In general you can leave your money in the stock market and take out 4% a year and expect that to continue forever. Obviously there is no guarantee on that but it has held true for 60+ years. If your expenses are 40k/year you only need 1M to retire. 20M would get you 800k/year.

I doubt 1M is anywhere close to the figure. And 40k in expenses? What kind of life would you be living? My rent alone is more than that.

>My rent alone is more than that.

Maybe he'll buy a house for $50k?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/142-Abiguchee-Ln-Richwood...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/26-2nd-Ave-NE-Mayville-ND...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/107-S-2nd-St-Greene-IA-50...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/0-County-Road-19-Scottsbl...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/421-N-11th-Ave-Fairview-O...

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Post by chalcolithic »

dcz_self wrote: post #696
chalcolithic wrote: post #676

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was mostly referring to the fact that filesystem kind of enforces hierarchy, so you have it even if you dislike it. When I'm sorting out the mess that is my hard drive I defenitely value information about hierarchy overlap (due to (incomplete) copies), but I still have not found a tool that would help me an I can't imagine a query language that would be helpful.

I'm not sure about a file system enforcing hierarchy. Historically, they didn't even support directories at first. Which use cases would a query language fail to help with?

Hierarchy is the only tool it gives, you can't really have one dir with all your files, unless there's very few of them.

My typical scenario is multiple copies of something in progress, like traveling with friends, copying photos to each other phones on the way and then downloading the whole mess to one computer. Query language would give me precise information for every file but it's overwhelming.

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Post by zemvpferreira »

Teknoman117 wrote: post #752
philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

28/M myself, and if I ever ended up with that kind of money, the first thing I would do is focus on my health. I'm very overweight and out of shape and never seem to be able to muster the motivation outside of work to do anything comprehensive about it. I'd love to just be able to quit and consider fitness my full-time job for a year or two. Depending on exactly how much I made, these are daydreams I've had before: S…

It's awesome that you have such concrete dreams. Please don't wait until you're rich to pursue them, especially dropping weight and becoming healthier. That's one of the best things you can do for yourself in life.

I was a fat kid who managed to lose the weight around ~16 and kept it off till my 30s. I'm 36 now and independently wealthy - much chubbier now than in my 20s. I can tell you that money and lack of worries doesn't make finding the motivation to see a large weight loss through any easier. I go through periods of working out/playing sports for 3-4 hours a day, but if you like eating, it's easy to super compensate and continue to put on weight. I always seem to manage eating one more croissant.

You don't have to do it all at once to become healthier either. any year where you trend downward, even by half a pound, is an improvement. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Again, easier said than done, but you don't have to be comprehensive - just 1% better every day.

Happy to chat with you about weight loss and health if it would be helpful: zemvpferreira @ the old gmail.

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Post by fataliss »

bambax wrote: post #648

I wrote a book of fiction (in French) and I self-published it on Amazon (KDP) after some encouragement from someone here on HN; it's just been selected as one of the five finalists of the Storyteller Amazon contest. Sales are slow, though. I'm trying to get good at EDM but am making little progress. I have watched many tutorials, studied the masters. I am good with tools, and sometimes I come up with 4- or 8-bar loop…

What's the book's name? No wonder sales are slow, you gotta promote that shit :)

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Post by tppiotrowski »

mxwsn wrote: post #133
tppiotrowski wrote: post #23

A 2D slippy map that shows sun and shadow around the world. Today’s sunset around Puget Sound: https://shademap.app/#47.89056,-122.66785,7z,1635813675213t

That's so cool! It's inaccurate for Manhattan though ;)

If you zoom in to city-block level you can see building shadows...

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Post by luxpir »

zoba wrote: post #612

I’m building an off grid tiny cabin. Solar power, spring water. The solar power has been a challenge. The SolarDIY subreddit has been super helpful in understanding this subject I knew nothing about. - I live near a bunch of Amish and recently one gave me a riddle and told me if I solved it, she’d bake me a pie. I solved it! In return, I have used a Playfair Square to provide her a riddle. I’m giving her all the inst…

What was the riddle?

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Post by luxpir »

yakkomajuri wrote: post #544

Outside of work (which is great), my main personal battle at the moment is adapting to yet another foreign country. Have done quite a bit of moving around in my life but this time it was for a relationship (i.e. not for work or studies) and given that I work remotely, it's very hard to integrate into society. I know no one and don't have a place like an office where I get to cover my social needs (no coworking spaces…

Link that blog!

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Post by iamwil »

kalev wrote: post #415
iamwil wrote: post #152

I started selling spice blends, the flavor being "Beef Noodle Soup". After seeing "Everything but the Bagel" at Trader Joe's, I thought it was the first spice blend I saw named after a dish. Interesting! If people can have bagels anywhere, what else would people want to have anywhere? I asked my partner what sort of flavors would be familiar to people we knew, and she came up with the triumvirate: Pho, Ramen, and Bee…

Can you share a bit on how the process of creating a spiced blend goes? You buy individual ingredients wholesale and mix them together with your own recipe? Seems like a unique but very fun side project!

I didn't start with wholesale. I bought retail ingredients and just started experimenting. It took a lot of iterations and tracking with spreadsheets to get it where I had both a front and back note that was noticeable.
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