#robotics Logs

Feb 13 2019

12:15 AM mrdata- is now known as mrdata|
06:28 AM polprog: https://youtu.be/nCwkGiXA8vQ
06:28 AM polprog: oh god
06:28 AM polprog: so many leds
06:43 AM deshipu: you probably want to put strips of something non-translucent between them
06:48 AM polprog: hmm i can get many tiny lightbulbs. makes me want to make up an eggcrate display
07:03 AM Unit193 is now known as Guest53476
09:17 AM rue_mohr: I should really work on that one more this week
09:20 AM rue_mohr: deshipu, yes, the sanding makes the cross-contamination worse too
10:44 PM mun: hi
10:45 PM mun: i see that almost all electric scooters use a drive belt. anyone know why they don't just get the BLDC to drive the rear wheel directly?
10:46 PM zhanx: cost
10:51 PM mun: zhanx hmm but how does a direct drive cost more?
10:51 PM zhanx: think about 1 million units and 5 cents more
10:54 PM mun: zhanx but why does a direct drive cost more and not less? the drive belt and sprocket cost too
10:55 PM orlock: i dont know what you are talking about
10:55 PM orlock: but direct drive i am assuming needs a more expensive motor
10:56 PM orlock: and motors are $$ compared to gears/etc
10:56 PM zhanx: higher torque
10:56 PM orlock: also it's easier to add the needed bearings
10:56 PM zhanx: Evening orlock
10:57 PM orlock: zhanx: remember i mentioned those dodgy "UK" netblocks that were not?
10:58 PM zhanx: yep
10:58 PM orlock: at least one of them has "vanished"
10:58 PM orlock: and the netblock has been absorbed back into the parent russian netblock
10:58 PM orlock: another few have done similar
10:59 PM zhanx: funding is your next thing
10:59 PM mun: right
11:03 PM zhanx: orlock, in America we know the last huge block of russia ip addresses influenced the mid terms
11:04 PM zhanx: now the lawsuits are going to make the democratic party pay millions for not registering as a foreign party by using them
11:06 PM orlock: democratic? i thought it was republicans?
11:06 PM orlock: i mean,.. the republicans won?
11:06 PM zhanx: nope it was a front, the lawsuits won't get huge media
11:06 PM zhanx: so far they have paid 4.6 million for it
11:08 PM zhanx: there is no collusion law in the us. there is only a failure to register as a foreign agent and pay taxes
11:11 PM orlock: eh, i don't get it
11:12 PM zhanx: its why america has a irs law that allows you to pay taxes on illegal income. its odd
11:12 PM orlock: everything i have been reasing, it was the republican scolluding-but-thats-not-illegal with the russians?
11:13 PM zhanx: collusion is not a crime, not paying your taxes on it is, hence all the indictments are pre 2016 mostly and not all republicans
11:13 PM zhanx: obama's entire legal team was indicted for not registering etc
11:14 PM zhanx: its just a fine and they move on
11:14 PM orlock: yup
11:14 PM orlock: not like, lying to the special counsel
11:14 PM zhanx: they lied to the special counsel on it
11:15 PM zhanx: but its a fine
11:16 PM zhanx: either way no one not tossed out by the parties are going to jail
11:17 PM orlock: zhanx for president 2024
11:17 PM zhanx: even with trump they are changing the narrative from Mueller to the house investigation
11:17 PM zhanx: fuck no
11:17 PM zhanx: independents in the us are like the red headed step kids
11:19 PM orlock: thats how we treat our PM's
11:19 PM orlock: red hair or no
11:19 PM zhanx: here i vote for the person that can do the job, not party, its a rough thing