vla hater before it was cool ex @ValstadShip, @AMD, @USDA, @NASA. former frc nerd.

Austin, TX
Joined March 2025
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augmenting used FANUC robots with our automated elastokinematic calibration process (more below)
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hypixel sky block might be more profitable than some YC companies
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in sf today and tmrw, let me know if you’re down to yap about robotics or mfg!
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ok anthropic has to have gotten sick of everyone telling them their per-model gains are terrible so they lobotomized opus. my name is in my claude account. what's going on.
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this is proof that clause is getting dumber istg. why is it saying yeah? i have never seen it use slang ever unless i used slang first.
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self report on how much i crutch claude now 💀
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if you poast about using any sort of so100 style arm to “solve industrial robotics” I hope a bird poops on you, especially if you have zero published papers/preprints and don’t work in industry. you’re missing the point. stop clogging my feed please.
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won @comma_ai hack 6 over the weekend, here’s how we did it: therefore.sh/projects/period
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we use a series of algorithmically generated positions to measure not just the geometric error in each robots joints from the expected model but also the bending deflection from various payloads and the nonlinear effects of gearbox wear
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this helps us get our prev 8mm abs accuracy robot down to sub-mm accuracy while giving us a source of cheap robots
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auto RTU calib workflow using a laser tracker and linear algebra. human visible is enjoying life scrolling shorts, not wasting time calibrating.
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mfw i maxed out my memory and cpu on my max-spec mbp to the point where rerun lags
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paid for the whole cpu so imma use it all (help when is someone writing a nx-metal solver)
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also god bless @OrbStack , if you didn't eat 7gb of my memory at idle you could have my secondborn. we have three licenses for two devs.
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what other books should I buy on the company cc? I’m on my performative male arc.
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the lion does not care for the American infatuation with gargantuan pickup trucks; however he appreciates that they increase his gas mileage significantly
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guys is anyone building anything cool in DFW? picking up some compute here rn.
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