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Feels like the golden age of DIY engineering
I agree 1000%, which is why I find the whole “the internet sucks now” movement really disheartening. There are huge upsides to a network this large.
I've watched and re-watched Aaed's videos on the capstan drive, it's great stuff. High speed, high torque, compliance, effectively no backlash. It's fascinating to watch a legit engineering mind at work.
Potential and active founders here should consider reaching out (i think a startup setting would suit him better than corporate research), though he’s obviously got his own stuff going on and a degree to finish!
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i noticed recently YT has been suggesting micro-small channel(<1000 subscriber) to me, not sure if this is good thing.
The real question: Are the recent recommendations better than previously? Example: If the recommendation engine (presumably driven by some kind of AI/LLM at this point) better understands the content of videos, it can make better recommendations. If anything, it seems logical that smaller channels would begin to appear on your YouTube feed, as long as the content is highly quality and matches your interests.
But i don't like how aggressive it is with suggestion. If i search some random topic, my newsfeed will be flooded with all videos about that topic many days later. So sometime i have to use different profile just to not "contaminate" the algorithm.
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I'm more optimistic. I think filling battlefields with autonomous weapons will make humans obsolete there and reduce war causalities. Basically any attack on humans is going to be a war crime and terrorism akin to attacks on civilians russia is doing right now
Well, suppose you have two countries at war, say, Burnia and Hevonia. They each produce a million autonomous weapons. Burnia sends their million autonomous weapons to kill the million people they judge are most crucial to Hevonia's war effort, prioritizing Hevonia's political leadership and military officers. Hevonia, meanwhile, sends their million autonomous weapons to destroy Burnia's autonomous weapons, when they…
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I'm more optimistic. I think filling battlefields with autonomous weapons will make humans obsolete there and reduce war causalities. Basically any attack on humans is going to be a war crime and terrorism akin to attacks on civilians russia is doing right now
That is a really weird take considering how hard Russia (and Ukraine) work to continue to kill humans in the same situation you are describing.
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Why would you put someone with clear talent at building stuff in charge of running a startup? He'll get bogged down in lawyers, day to day operations and growth strategies. Hire him and put him in R&D in some robotics company.
Yes but also the robotics industry notoriously has an extremely low shipping rate. So choose your bog I guess?
What is the power consumption of these robots? I often wonder how limited and viable autonomous robots really are. When I look at Tesla's Optimus or Boston Dynamics' spectacular robots, how quickly do they need to be recharged?
Why spend so much effort to achieve an "exact" gear ratio? Having more zeros does not equal to being more "precise". Also, I wonder how resistant this mechanism is to wear and fatigue.
This is an absolute masterclass in DIY robotics. With a proper battery and a tougher foot material, this thing could really stomp.