#robotics Logs

Aug 26 2013

17:52 GuShh_ MrCurious: so more or less 4 inches wide each?
17:53 MrCurious yeah, big fat man hands
17:53 MrCurious or is that big, faat, man hands
17:53 Shh_ sh
17:53 GuShh_ you could have big hands and not be fat though
17:56 theBear i've got big hands, and any skinnier i'd be dead
17:56 theBear the ladies love them
18:04 Tom_itx you ole dawg
18:07 theBear heh
18:08 theBear for reference, facial hair is also much more 'acceptable' if it's nice and soft and fluffy instead of like a shark tongue
18:30 Curious wonders why ladies would like big hands OHHHH i ge
18:31 MrCurious big hands warm heart or some such
18:32 theBear hehe, that's it
18:32 theBear course then there's the big feet, that's different <grin>
18:35 GuShh_ theBear: thoughts on bottle type jacks?
18:37 theBear err, what ?
18:37 GuShh_ hydraulic jacks
18:38 GuShh_ bottle jack.... the hell man
18:38 GuShh_ how else do you call them?
18:39 theBear oh, those little things, well, they're strong
18:39 GuShh_ depends
18:39 theBear like, much easier than scissor jacks
18:39 GuShh_ the 40 ton ones are not that little!
18:39 GuShh_ but I'm looking at 6T
18:39 GuShh_ scissors are shit.
18:39 GuShh_ bendy pieces of crap
18:39 GuShh_ why can't they just issue a 2T bottle jack in all cars instead?
18:39 GuShh_ and a mandatory medikit
18:39 Shh_ shakes
18:40 GuShh_ I know top of the line cars come with medikits but still, it should be in all cars. like the fire extinguisher, all cars should be issued with one
18:40 MrCurious make the bottle jack in a car automatic so the car self lifts...
18:40 GuShh_ instead (at least here) you gotta buy it (plus a silly safety kit)
18:40 GuShh_ that too, why not.
18:40 MrCurious like bouncing lowriders
18:40 GuShh_ except this would be useful
18:41 theBear cos even a tiny bottle jack is more expensive than a shitty scissor
18:41 GuShh_ who cares, it's safety related.
18:41 GuShh_ should be imposed upon these assholes.
18:42 GuShh_ plus the scissor ones that come with most cars are borderline useless
18:42 theBear wtf is a safety kit ?
18:42 GuShh_ after a few uses the nylon bushings are almost gone
18:42 GuShh_ like 10 kilograms of shit you'll never use
18:42 GuShh_ I'll find you a picture
18:42 theBear heh the bushings make it SLIGHTLY easier to turn, but nothing stops them bending
18:42 GuShh_ includes a hi vis vest.
18:43 Tom_itx scissor jacks are cheaper to produce than bottle jacks silly
18:43 theBear that's what i said !
18:43 GuShh_ can't grubmints impose all kinds of silly things to car manufacturers?
18:44 GuShh_ http://img2.mlstatic.com/kit-reglamentario-de-emergencia-para-el-automovil-8-en-1_MLA-O-136769896_4751.jpg
18:44 GuShh_ that's mandatory by law here.
18:44 theBear oh, yer standard european 'safety' kit.... i thought you meant something to stop you being crushed when the bottle falls over
18:44 GuShh_ that you are born with.
18:44 GuShh_ common sense
18:45 MrCurious not everyone is born with it... some have to aquire it
18:45 GuShh_ not really, those without it are taken care by mr darwin.
18:45 MrCurious some adapt... aka autism
18:46 GuShh_ what's that? some sort of auto related ism?
18:46 theBear GuShh_, if only they were, stupid modern safety features
18:46 theBear hehe
18:46 MrCurious we should found a religion after all the people who have died to save us from ourselves!
18:46 GuShh_ so... what are those two bungee straps for anyway?
18:47 MrCurious saint arthur, who died and gave us seat belts
18:47 GuShh_ in case of minor collision so your fenders don't fall off?
18:47 theBear what, jesus ?
18:47 MrCurious saint bernice who died and gave ground fault protection
18:47 GuShh_ were they autistic too?
18:47 theBear oooh, seatbelts AND airbags i like, they saved me from someone else... that's the problem with cars, you can't always save yourself from others
18:47 MrCurious autocratic
18:48 theBear GuShh_, reeal autistic, one of them painted the roof of a chapel you know :)
18:48 Shh_ stares at a picture of eins
18:50 GuShh_ theBear: you should donate your body to science!
18:51 theBear screw science, i'm not done messing with it yet
18:52 GuShh_ o.o
18:52 theBear tho i am tempted to go to 'my old university' (i went there a lot when i was 12 and 13 to use dumb terminals and irc mostly :) and talk these experimental dudes into experimenting on my spine, apparently they're doing world class work
18:52 theBear tho hopefully they'd let me stay alive too
18:53 GuShh_ you have some sort of atomic liver - kidney combo
18:54 theBear it seems so
18:55 Shh_ bl
18:56 MrCurious atomic liver? sounds like an 80's pubk band nahnahnahnahnah-FILTH!
18:56 MrCurious punk
18:58 theBear hehe
18:58 theBear i was in a 90s punkband for a while... give christ back to the martians
18:58 MrCurious did they?
18:59 theBear nah, last i heard the remaining boys were still lobbying
20:13 MrCurious miley cyrus just ruined teddy bears and twerking for me forever
20:26 theBear lol, funny how links get around quick, wtf did she do exactly ?
20:27 MrCurious acted like a guy in a female body?
20:27 MrCurious ruined the purity of teddy bears
20:27 MrCurious twerked for financial gain?
20:28 theBear ahh, got it, should i even bother finding a video ? i only seen pisstake imgur stuff so far
20:28 MrCurious no
20:28 MrCurious it will ruin teddy bears for you and leave you feeling wholly unsatisfied
20:28 MrCurious read a good book instead
20:33 theBear heh, cool
21:29 hackman127 Tom_itx: Seem familiar? http://www.mpja.com/08-27-13.asp?r=282722&s=2
21:39 Tom_itx yep i have some
21:39 Tom_itx iirc i paid a buck something for em
21:41 rue_house I bought one for like 1.50 from ebay
21:42 rue_house I have it infront of me now
21:42 Tom_itx i got half dozen of those and half dozen with the 7 seg readouts
21:43 rue_house 400483508568
21:43 rue_house http://www.ebay.ca/itm/400483508568
21:44 rue_house ok, I paid $2.35
21:44 rue_house ish
21:55 hackman127 I remember sending you the datasheet to those LM2596's however long ago, and I think I bought a couple bare boards off you at some point. It's kinda crazy how cheap you can get them now, cost a fair amount more to buy the parts to make them.
21:57 Tom_itx yep
21:57 Tom_itx i still have and use a few i made
22:46 hackman127 Yeah, just found some on eBay for $1.29 US. Can't beat that. WAY too much work to DIY when they are as cheap as a damned candy bar.
22:46 theBear candy bars aint that cheap no more
22:46 theBear why can't the chinese start making them ? huh ?
22:47 theBear are candy bars really htat much harder than switchers to build ?
22:48 theBear actually on reflection, a bowl of damned rice costs more than a switcher these days, wtf ?
22:48 hackman127 No joke!
22:49 theBear stupid capitalism !
22:49 jadew Tom_itx, have you tested their performance under load?
22:55 jadew I'd like to see the output on a scope when drawing different currents
22:56 jadew http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-DC-DC-Buck-Converter-Step-Down-Module-LM2596-Power-Supply-Output-1-23V-30V-HS-/111133535554?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Test_Measurement_Equipment_ET&hash=item19e0132d42
23:00 jadew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYf7qKuZF_I
23:00 jadew YouTube: LM2596 DC-DC Adjustable Power Step-down Module - Load Testing
23:01 jadew he still didn't put it on the scope
23:29 MrCurious blah blah blah bob loblaw
23:45 MrCurious just worked out my work computer has spoiled me
23:55 MrCurious i see all these survivalists on tv training their children to kill and shoot guns and survive in teh wild
23:55 MrCurious how long till one of these offsring go full-mcveigh....
23:56 MrCurious and head for the nearest bell tower with 15 guns and all lthe ammo they can carry