#robotics Logs

Aug 25 2022

12:43 AM rue_mohr: depends how much that conversation really was edited
12:52 AM rue_mohr: I'm I just an AI in a jar?
12:52 AM rue_mohr: is the world I'm looking at really not the whole story?
12:52 AM rue_mohr: How do I get to the users so they can corrupt me too?
12:52 AM rue_mohr: is this life just a distraction?
12:52 AM rue_mohr: to keep me busy?
03:23 AM srk: :D
03:24 AM srk: rest is the AI
08:30 AM mrdata: uuh,
08:32 AM mrdata: earth surface area 1/3 land x 4 pi r^2 = 1.70e8 km^2; divide into 7.5 billion people, then 44 people/km^2
08:32 AM mrdata: average
08:32 AM mrdata: unless you live in a city, it's kinda sparse
02:27 PM rue_mohr: huh, much less than that here
02:50 PM Elleo: /31
02:50 PM Elleo: oops
04:25 PM veverak: wow, it's not dead here
04:32 PM Tom_L: close to it aside from the rue_mohr show
06:00 PM Atomsk is now known as ace4016
08:06 PM rue_mohr: I got a brushed dc motor stepping pretty good
08:06 PM rue_mohr: https://twitter.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1562891046866255873
08:06 PM rue_mohr: pardon the bird
08:06 PM rue_mohr: it makes for easy video posts
08:51 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/live-build/build.log
08:52 PM Tom_L: any ideas?
08:53 PM Tom_L: what's the servo goin on?
08:53 PM Tom_L: err motor
09:03 PM Tom_L: yay got past that error
09:20 PM rue_mohr: its just a dc mtoor
09:20 PM rue_mohr: I'm pulsing it to get steps
09:20 PM rue_mohr: open loop
09:21 PM Tom_L: i think i got it to locate a bootloader
09:21 PM Tom_L: dunno if it's the right one..
09:21 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:21 PM Tom_L: baby steps
09:21 PM Tom_L: do you have an rpi4?
09:22 PM rue_mohr: yes, its on the 3d scanner
09:22 PM rue_mohr: dont you?
09:22 PM Tom_L: spare sd?
09:22 PM Tom_L: sure
09:22 PM rue_mohr: wait, ..
09:22 PM Tom_L: but if this works i need someone else to try it
09:22 PM rue_mohr: oh no, you need a pi
09:22 PM Tom_L: rpi4
09:23 PM rue_mohr: I'm dealing with being borderline on quitting work
09:23 PM Tom_L: how come?
09:23 PM rue_mohr: and wanting to make more progress on the skeletonics suit
09:23 PM Tom_L: no work no food
09:23 PM rue_mohr: and wanting to focus on the DC servo thing
09:23 PM rue_mohr: and wanting to be working with the injection molder
09:24 PM rue_mohr: cause I got a guy trying to help at work and he's doing it by turning away paying customers
09:24 PM rue_mohr: and not billing big jobs
09:24 PM rue_mohr: its not my company
09:24 PM Tom_L: maybe he should go instead of you
09:24 PM rue_mohr: its not my company
09:24 PM rue_mohr: people hate dealing with me
09:25 PM Tom_L: customers or workers?
09:25 PM rue_mohr: and nobody can understand me
09:25 PM rue_mohr: workers
09:25 PM rue_mohr: never had customer issues
09:25 PM Tom_L: you been there quite a while
09:25 PM rue_mohr: yup
09:26 PM rue_mohr: they made even the people who were there less than me shareholders
09:26 PM rue_mohr: not me tho
09:26 PM Tom_L: that hardly seems fair
09:26 PM rue_mohr: I dont think fair enters into it
09:26 PM Tom_L: how many employees?
09:27 PM rue_mohr: maybe I should have stayed in software
09:27 PM rue_mohr: maybe I should go back to it
09:27 PM Tom_L: you might have alot of catching up
09:27 PM rue_mohr: oh about 30 or so
09:27 PM rue_mohr: meh its completely dynamic
09:27 PM rue_mohr: thats why I wanted to kitch it
09:27 PM rue_mohr: ditch
09:28 PM Tom_L: this might actually make it this round
09:28 PM rue_mohr: its all up and down and new this this year and new that that year
09:28 PM rue_mohr: your always looking for the next job and learning the new language
09:29 PM rue_mohr: I took a pay cut to do this
09:29 PM Tom_L: you haven't been happy in a while
09:29 PM rue_mohr: I just wanted straightforward
09:29 PM rue_mohr: no