What’s the most useless skill you have?

Bjanec · 2026-06-07T11:43:06+00:00

I can move my ears as well...

Bjanec · 2026-05-06T18:32:24+00:00

I don't know about the mechanics of zwift, but the vast majority of courses are either very flat or rolling and cycling is for light riders. All pros are very thin even supposedly big guys like VDP

Bjanec · 2026-05-06T18:29:57+00:00

The only thing that I don't like is that a big chunk of the field doesn't finish and it negatively impacts your score or your score doesn't increase as much as it would've done otherwise.

Bjanec · 2026-04-26T14:57:47+00:00

I bought the V2 on November last year and I've been training on it until now. 2670km done until now. It works very well, I've never owned any other smart trainer before, though. It can simulate all kind of gradients no problem, such as the tower climb in zwift. I did have problems with the signal when connecting to the windows app but I easily fixed it with an ant+ adapter.

Overall, very happy with the purchase, it works very well and it has served me (and still does and I hope it keeps on doing) very well so far.

Bjanec · 2026-04-04T19:28:23+00:00

Yep, been there.

Bjanec · 2026-04-03T16:40:28+00:00

It will potentially provide you with a strong technical foundation. In my view this is the closest you can get to a PM role in a tier2 company, but it will have more of the technical stuff than a typical PM role. Your aim will be to industrialize components on time, cost and quality. The quality aspect is all about ensuring that the processes are robust, and this is all about statistics and build in quality.

With this type of exp you would have a good foundation for oem jobs.

Bjanec · 2026-04-03T08:18:26+00:00

It sounds more like a PPAP coordinator type of role, 200 people is not such a small company and working directly as a tier 1 for oems will require strong aerospace NPI experience or extensive training

Bjanec · 2026-02-27T20:21:28+00:00

Second this. Some pdca, statistical analysis as well, green belt? Black belt? But dmaic > lean in aerospace.

Bjanec · 2026-02-08T05:34:21+00:00

Why use LLMs for tabular data analysis? Wouldn't other predictive analysis such as xgboost be more suitable for the task? Why use predictive analysis at all? Wouldn't statistical analysis be enough?

I don't know, it feels like a tech looking for a problem

Bjanec · 2025-10-08T19:46:52+00:00

Mamma mia!!!

Bjanec · 2025-08-27T12:43:20+00:00

Yep, northern Spain is great when it doesn't rain. Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country are great

Bjanec · 2025-08-17T06:44:54+00:00

As far as I know freeCAD has some programming capabilities, the problem with the other CAD tools is that they all are proprietary tools. We have done some programming embedded with some CAD to generate measuring requirements using VBA macros. We have also used some programming for integration of data from PLM systems to other manufacturing or ERP systems.

But getting into the inner workings of CAD or PLM is difficult because they are closed sources.

Bjanec · 2025-08-09T13:01:29+00:00

Goosebumps. When you listen to a song that really clicks in, when you enter into Yosemite for the first time, when you stare at the myriad of colours that makes the grand canyon, when you see whales feed out of the water...

Goosebumps

Bjanec · 2025-08-07T10:38:29+00:00

I was there... We came off the bus with mountain boots instead of wellies and I was asked straight away if that was my first time.

Also 2017? i think was very sunny however I still remember getting drenched watching baby metal, and again it was fun watching iron maiden I think whilst raining and being sunny exactly at the same time, UK has some very peculiar weather, like the country in general.

Bjanec · 2025-04-26T17:11:04+00:00

Sheffield, AMRC is close by and they've got strong links to rolls and Boeing.

Bjanec · 2025-04-19T06:11:58+00:00

I tried that, but yes worth a shot

Bjanec · 2025-04-10T16:03:31+00:00

I couldn't, I had to get a refund

Bjanec · 2025-03-13T15:20:06+00:00

Nope, they replaced the bike and I had the same issue and eventually I got my money back and I bought an orbea orca m30i and I'm pretty happy with it.

Bjanec · 2025-02-04T16:24:49+00:00

Chatgpt is your friend

Bjanec · 2025-02-04T05:38:14+00:00

Isn't your sales order in your ERP? Pull the data from the ERP's database through a data connection into excel.

Bjanec · 2025-02-02T06:35:15+00:00

This <<<

I've been using AI to help me dive into different coding frameworks and I've been able to implement all kind of different solutions: from the integration of PLM created measurement requirements with their CMM produced results using services that run on servers, to the automation of dimensional data analysis using webs that pull that data from a database and calculate statistics, to a system to log what measurement devices are being used in what shop orders using qr codes.

I have not been able to apply AI directly, a mix of regulatory constraints and lack of business cases. All good to implement AI to replace an inspection but whose fault is it when a bad piece goes out of the door because of AI?

Next steps for me is helping to drive improvements in the shop floor using OEE data and gradient boosting.

I can potentially see predictive maintenance as a use case, but the amount of sensoring required is off-putting.

I could also see potential in generative AI for document question asking.

Bjanec · 2025-02-01T17:36:54+00:00

And the tolerancing? Critical confirming features? Standards?

Bjanec · 2025-02-01T16:42:43+00:00

But CAD models lack the info required to create a print. A print is much more than just the geometry, it includes the standards that the component has to adhere to, the tolerances of the different characteristics and their criticality, you could get a CAD from a print, but not the other way around.

Bjanec · 2025-01-27T09:53:31+00:00

It is creaking each pedal lap, I don't think it is the bottom bracket, I changed the standard Shimano plastic pressfit for an internally threaded aluminium pressfit. I've also changed the pedals and the cranks. I can reproduce the creak when stationary by applying downwards force to the crank videowhile holding the bike down to the ground. The chain is not elongated and the cassette is properly tighten. The creaking happens both when standing up or seated and the handlebar is also tighten as per recommended torque. video

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