#robotics Logs

Dec 14 2013

02:34 rue_house hahahaha
02:34 rue_house this cant end well
02:39 rue_house wildmage, I still want ot make my main work table into an airtable and play with some muffin propulsion
02:39 rue_house muffin fan thrusters!
03:01 wildmage how would muffins works as propulsion?
03:01 wildmage GargantuaSauce, noooooo
03:30 GargantuaSauce i dunno i think it has the potential to be a good thing
03:30 GargantuaSauce like, better google than darpa?
03:49 wildmage darpa does own things, they fund things
03:49 wildmage they funded boston dynamics i'm sure
03:49 wildmage google has made some interesting moves in the robotics space though
03:49 wildmage simply because they have the money to do it
03:49 wildmage Willow Garage
03:50 wildmage i feel like I'm barking up the wrong tree
07:43 GuShH_Lap MrCurious: hey is lavender good as a natural repeller for ticks and such? I bought commercial products for the cats... they didn't work
07:44 GuShH_Lap made a fresh lavender tea and washed 'em with it, we'll see if it works.
07:44 GargantuaSauce worst case they'll smell nice
07:44 GuShH_Lap I tried frontline and the other one... also the cheaper stuff
07:44 GuShH_Lap none work anymore
07:44 GuShH_Lap GargantuaSauce: haha yeah although I'm not a big fan of it
07:44 GuShH_Lap but it smells nicer when it's fresh, vs. the synthetic smells they use on cleaning products
07:44 GuShH_Lap which is way too strong
07:44 GargantuaSauce yeah
07:44 Faek Worst case is that they smell nice, still have ticks and such, and you're covered in scratches
07:44 GuShH_Lap actually they loved it
07:45 GuShH_Lap I didn't use a spray bottle as that annoys cats, just my hands.
07:45 GuShH_Lap I don't know why my cats like to get "showered"
07:45 Faek So 1/3 aint bad
07:46 GuShH_Lap 1/3 ?
07:46 GuShH_Lap I think someone changed the password on my irc account on freenode
07:46 Faek Well 2 bad things, 1 good
07:46 Faek Hence 1/3
07:46 ShH_Lap p
07:47 GuShH_Lap This probably works if you keep bathing them with it on a daily basis, I say probably... I'm not entirely sure.
07:47 GuShH_Lap I just refuse to keep buying these nasty chemicals if they won't work at all
07:47 GuShH_Lap They are probably watered down or they grew immune to them
07:49 ShH_Lap shakes fist at cat f
09:04 GuShh_Lap2 GargantuaSauce: nickserv working?
09:05 GargantuaSauce [10:52:11] [NickServ] You are now identified for GargantuaSauce.
09:05 GuShh_Lap2 well I guess someone somehow got ahold of my account
09:06 GuShh_Lap2 email recovery should still work though
09:06 GargantuaSauce yeah try that
09:06 GuShh_Lap2 oh maybe it's being filtered as spam...
09:06 m_itx spams G
09:06 Shh_Lap2 wonders if some fancy restaurant is currently serving spam sam
09:07 GuShh_Lap2 but "cooked" in some fancy way that makes it sound more expensive.
09:07 Tom_itx you can't hide spam
09:07 GuShh_Lap2 with some molecular gastronomy frothy foamy thingy on top
09:07 GuShh_Lap2 probably cat spit.
09:08 Tom_itx half digested hairball?
09:08 GuShh_Lap2 Tom_itx: my spam problems are almost gone though, compared to a few years ago
09:08 GuShh_Lap2 I bet that's a delicacy somewhere
09:08 GuShh_Lap2 If they drink pooped coffee beans, anything is possible.
09:08 GargantuaSauce i get some amazing spam
09:08 GuShh_Lap2 hairball kimchi with a side of monkey balls
09:09 GargantuaSauce i have all mail @ xn--d-bga.su directed to one mailbox
09:09 GuShh_Lap2 I used to have a "catch all" ...
09:09 GuShh_Lap2 >_<
09:09 GargantuaSauce all those russian spam services? yeah they make up emails @ every domain that is registered
09:09 GuShh_Lap2 And I do redirect for redundancy purposes (might sound silly)
10:16 robotustra chop-chop - and put in production
10:38 robotustra Google has bought up the cutting-edge robotics firm, Boston Dynamics, for an unspecified sum (although, since even Snapchat thinks it's worth more than $3 billion, presumably it's quite a lot).
10:46 GargantuaSauce considering they're doing military contracts for tens of millions it's definitely quite a lot
11:13 rue_house http://i.imgur.com/gurbJGk.jpg
11:13 rue_house YEA!
11:17 GargantuaSauce heh
11:17 rue_house can I substitute half my breakfast with a large peice of cake?
11:18 GargantuaSauce no
11:18 GargantuaSauce your whole breakfast, on the other hand...
11:23 GargantuaSauce so china just landed the first vehicle on the moon since 1976
11:25 rue_house good show!
11:26 rue_house it was either gonna be them or a hackspace
11:28 GargantuaSauce pretty sure amateurs haven't even gotten anything in orbit
11:32 doomlord_ china is planning to turn the moon into a Death Star
11:32 doomlord_ i gather that was the whole reason for the moonrace originally
11:32 doomlord_ nice missile base
12:04 MrCurious i think they will set up bright neon advertising signs...
12:04 MrCurious giant pepsi logo in t\e night sky
12:10 MrCurious anyone tried programming in C+=
12:12 doomlord_ C+= ? haven't heard of it
12:22 GargantuaSauce check your CISCprivilege shitlord
12:23 MrCurious shitlord?
12:24 GargantuaSauce i would suggest familiarizing yourself with the standard tumblr garbage for informational purposes but instead i will advise the opposite in the interest of preserving one's sanity
12:24 MrCurious how much of ones life does tumbler affiliation consume?
12:25 GargantuaSauce 333%
12:26 MrCurious i cant afford that
12:26 GargantuaSauce http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/top/
12:27 MrCurious i shook off my reddit addiction 4 years ago
13:18 MrCurious 27th school shooting this year?? thats totally messed up
13:57 MrCurious http://imgur.com/gallery/9RRH5Tm
13:57 MrCurious makes sense
14:53 MrCurious GuShH_Lap: do you live near buenos airlines
14:53 MrCurious aries
15:22 GuShH_Lap MrCurious: I live _IN_ buenos aires, why
15:24 MrCurious ever watched starship troupers?
15:24 GuShH_Lap Perhaps
15:24 MrCurious the bugs destroied buenos aries with a meteor
15:25 GuShH_Lap MrCurious: I don't recall...
15:25 GuShH_Lap wait, was it total recall where he ends up in argentina?
15:25 MrCurious take it on faith :)
15:25 GuShH_Lap in the end
15:25 GuShH_Lap or which movie was it, with the helicopter
15:25 MrCurious i dont recall
15:26 GuShH_Lap that's not what arnie's maid said!
15:31 mumptai hi