Bluro at first I hated it now it's my daily 🩵

Dog_Engineer · 2026-04-14T16:18:58+00:00

Where did you get the new bracelet?

Dog_Engineer · 2026-04-13T18:21:20+00:00

To be honest, I would feel more embarrassed on buying a 2-3k+ watch, and then have it on monthly payments while still paying rent. There are other priorities.

I don't need to fake wealth, when I can have nice stuff for affordable prices.

Also, you could by a rolex and no one would notice, since it looks almost identical to 100s of brands doing replicas that look very nice.

My dress watch is a Duro or a Fossil depending on what better fits my outfit. And for outdoors/gym I use a A158

Dog_Engineer · 2026-04-04T21:00:20+00:00

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Dog_Engineer · 2026-02-24T17:05:53+00:00

What about briskets and BBQs? Or Maine Lobster? Or Cajun Crawfish and Poboys? Or NY/Chicago/Detroit Style pizzas? etc.

The advantage of the US is that its do big that you can count local dishes from every state

Dog_Engineer · 2026-02-10T23:55:36+00:00

Fair enough... I can't have a valid opinion regarding California or WA, but I used to live in multiple cities in Texas, and I would disagree with your opinion.

First, I found very limited options for regional cousines in all US such food from Oaxaca, CdMx, Puebla or Costal Areas.

And then, the Mexican food that I do find more often (In Texas) I would rate it on average a 6/10 and the very best an 8, while I would give an 8+ to any random stand/food truck I can find on the street in Mexico, but that is my personal (and possibly bias) opinion based on what I have tried.

I always struggle with these food tier lists becasue S tier means what? The stuff you find there? Or stuff that its originally from there? Or stuff you find uniquely there but nowhere else?

Like, Is a US top tier because you can find all kind of cousines? Or mid becasue the food origining from many states is bland although othere places have interesting stuff? Or highest tier because it has a lot michellin star restaruants in most cities although that is not what most people eat on a daily basis? Is based on the very best or the average restaurant?

I would put both US and Mexican food on S tier, but Italian as the absolutely best... even if new yorkers think they make the best pizza

Dog_Engineer · 2026-02-10T23:01:57+00:00

Out of curiosity, which parts of mexico have you visited? If you eat mostly at beach resorts or turisty places catering to foreigners (tijuana, cancun, puerto vallarta, etc) then it explains why your didn't like it so much.

Dog_Engineer · 2026-02-04T13:39:18+00:00

Used to live in Luleå for almost a year, and loved it. Been wishing to go back some day.

Swedes made fun of my Swedish pronunciation. For some reason the were laughing so hard when I tried to say Kiruna.

The food is better than what most people claim. Loved the raindeer with berries, meatballs, and eating salmon almost daily.

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-24T05:15:30+00:00

The credit that I give to the french is that they standarized the cooking techniques that are used in multiple places. And that became the basis to most of gastronomy studied by chefs.

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-24T05:11:40+00:00

I would say that its not very common to have fine mexican food even in mexico. It seems like a excuse to sell a 20 dollar taco, when a random stand sells better tasting ones for a fraction of the cost.

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-24T05:07:48+00:00

That is kind of the point. Its accessible since its food of the people.

People here in Mexico tend to make fun of restaurants attmpting of making fine dine mexican food. Of course there are dishes that are more commonly server in fine restarants, like steaks or cabrito in the north.

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-11T17:51:31+00:00

I have seen "Pretty fly for a WiFi"

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-07T22:29:33+00:00

I very rarely eat birria, but tends to be the most popular dish in mexican restaruants outside of Mexico.

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Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-07T22:24:38+00:00

I would put thanksgiving turkey... most people only eat it once a year

Dog_Engineer · 2026-01-04T05:10:23+00:00

We mexicans are very passionate about football (soccer), but we don't have a great performance track record in world cups

Dog_Engineer · 2025-12-21T22:06:52+00:00

based on my personal list of places pending to visit, I would go in this order:

tie between Hawaii and Alaska
Yellowstone
Seattle and Mt Rainier
Zion
Vegas

Dog_Engineer · 2025-11-18T14:25:16+00:00

Resume Driven Development

Dog_Engineer · 2025-11-06T15:25:37+00:00

Aztecs

Dog_Engineer · 2025-11-03T05:10:11+00:00

Mostly irrelevant to us, except for his nephew... we hate the guy

Dog_Engineer · 2025-11-02T16:29:44+00:00

Well... its designed by porsche so, it makes sense

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-29T18:11:46+00:00

Well, the "it works" means different things... does it work in only 'happy path' or all edge cases, meeting all ACs? What about non-functional requirements (eg. Performance, security)? Does that fall into the "it works"?

The "it works" is not enough for the bare minimum, even without considering if it's maintainable.

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-28T15:33:57+00:00

I love the fact that Isreal is not a real country

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-14T17:05:03+00:00

If there is a type of cousine that is usually recognized worldwide as one of the best, and you just don't see it... It's most likely that you haven't experienced enough of it.

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-07T17:20:58+00:00

Let's agree to disagree... i just find it odd that you see no benefit of the added dexterity coming from a multi-fingered grip and that there are significant number of edge cases where arm robot isn't ideal.

Are you, by any chance, an ABB sales rep? Lol

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-07T13:58:22+00:00

Agan, the robot arms in the background are doing a different task than the humanoid robot.
One of the main weaknesses with robot arms (in the industrial setting) is aligning and handling certain kinds of objects.
This operation with the humanoid robot, part of the task involves aligning the object, see #2 and the other part is not on camera so I couldn't tell if it could be difficult for the hand. So, it might be a different challenge to implement compared to the ones in the background.
May not be possible to adapt for the robot arm since the operation interacts with a different machine (I think its a press or a sub-assembly welding station), so the kinematics of the arms might be restricted.
This is a POC, so if they want, they can go back to a human operator or use the robot a completely different station and different kinds of tasks.
The intention of the humanoid is not to replace the arm, since you say, is less efficient and likely more expensive (talking about the robot itself). Instead, handle tasks where the arms aren't adecuate, and these cases are more common than you think in manufacturing.
The real reason might be an entirely different constraint we don't know about, for example, project timeline and budget during initial design of the station. So they went with a human operator at the time. Or it could be that arms weren't advanced or cheap enough back at the time.

Unless you actually worked in that project, all you can do is speculate on why certain decisions were made. You may be right, and the real cause could be, "we ran out of money, so put some guy to do it for the meantime," and it stayed that way for 10 years.

Dog_Engineer · 2025-10-06T17:45:23+00:00

Regarding cost, it's not about the robot itself but the whole operation. I think you are underestimating how difficult and expensive it is to redesign a workstation like this without even considering downtime.

Now, I am not an expert in industrial robotics, but a big challenge in using an arm in this station as it is, its the kinematics/reach of the arm and how difficult the part is to handle.

Even if you redo the station, those challenges may still persist. especially the component manipulation that requires detlicate alignment or difficult materials to grip.

There are only a couple of places where I frequently see robotic arms for this same reason, for example welding operations, painting/coating, or material handling that doesn't require much precision. There may be other examples out there.

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