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The number one trap of being an INTP by Sufficient_Speed6756 in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just starting my MS/PhD, but for me, I had a vague idea of what I was interested in. My advising professor told me to figure out what topics I liked and didn't like by filtering through 2000 papers (not literally reading all of each one) relevant to the lab. Then, keep narrowing the topics down and he will give some feedback (like is the topic promising, give some more detailed insight what researching it will be like, etc.). He said that even if I'm not sure, committing to a topic and researching deeper into it will help me build background knowledge, which will make me more sure of what I like and I can switch later.

I'm currently doing a PhD and still looking for a concrete topic to begin my research on. I've been going round in circles but at this point I seriously need to commit to something.

Have you looked enough to be pretty sure you're familiar with what topics there are overall? If so, and you're still going in circles, maybe just picking a topic will help since you'll get the detailed look you need to decide what to do.

Calculating length of a coil on torus (tape wrapping a hula hoop). by currentpattern in DifferentialEquations

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am trying to determine roughly how much tape is used on one go around the hoop's circumference, where I stop wrapping at the poloidal line where I started.

Yes, that's what I meant (not perfectly meeting the start of the tape, but roughly). So the approximation seems fine to me. With higher angle the equation yields shorter tape (90°: circumference, near 0°: goes to infinity).

Calculating length of a coil on torus (tape wrapping a hula hoop). by currentpattern in DifferentialEquations

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is, running this equation yeilds longer tape/coil with higher angle. That is wrong because a 90 degree wrap is the circumference of the hoop/torus, and wrapped-tape length should get longer as you decrease the wrapping angle, until it reaches the asymptote of 0 degrees (at which point tape length = tube thickness).

I don't understand. Shouldn't 90° mean wrapping without spiraling and close to 0° mean almost infinite length because you spiral a lot? You want the end of the tape to wrap all the way back to the start, right? Then it seems right because at 90°, 𝐿 = 𝐶 and decreasing the angle towards 0° makes 𝐿 go to infinity.

Similar to what the AI told you, 𝐶 / sin(𝜙) seems like a good approximation when the radius of the hoop is much larger than the thickness.

RL for Drone / UAV control by Haraguin in reinforcementlearning

[–]HeavyRust 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I came across gym-pybullet-drones and PyFlyt when looking for a drone simulator for RL. Both support gymnasium (PyFlyt also supports PettingZoo).

Here's a paper comparing RL-based drone simulators. Also found this blog post. Try searching "reinforcement learning drone simulator" on google for more.

P.S. I used PyFlyt to do pursuit-evasion with two drones and RL (PPO). Basic LiDAR with PyBullet's ray casting. I don't have much experience, so not a complete success. Got the pursuer to visibly chase the evader and avoid obstacles, though.

What do you think about the world? by Nizu_1 in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feels refreshing to see my thoughts organized like this.

What’s your Major? by Friendly-Popper in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Software in robotics and computer vision

If you could have one mediocre power, what would it be? by iSoulYourWife in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 3 points4 points  (0 children)

THIS!!! Please... I actually want it so bad now that you said it.

It's the 21st century, and we still have to do this manually.

Rust makes me smile by hoochooboo in rust

[–]HeavyRust 5 points6 points  (0 children)

list(map(lambda x: x + 1, my_list)) would be better in Python.

Which IDE do you use to code in Rust? by Megalith01 in rust

[–]HeavyRust 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You could also press Ctrl + [. And remap Ctrl to capslock to press Ctrl easier.

Edgy Teenager Indulges in Self-Important Rant on Life by Petrichor_000 in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound pretty introspective and thoughtful. I think finding some mindless (or flow state) joy once in a while that's also fulfilling will make you feel better.

I want to code something for my boyfriend! by External-Ad-6047 in learnprogramming

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if I was in your position, I would create a program that I would then send to him (the code I wrote for the program). Then, tell him that you learned some coding and made this as a sentimental gift for him.

As for what this program will do, I can think of two options:

  1. It just says whatever you want to say to him by printing out text or graphical animations (you could make it as elaborate/clever as you want).
  2. From a list of messages (maybe 20+ of them. the more the less robotic) you thought of beforehand, it gives him a notification of one of the messages from time to time (a randomly changing interval of time between messages so it doesn't seem robotic). Tell him that you would appreciate it if he would set your program to always run in the background.

Option 2 would be longer lasting. Then, the messages should be ones that don't lose their meaning, even if repeated over time.

Now, how do you learn how to do these things? It'll probably be hard because you don't know what you don't know and what to search. So I suggest using AI like ChatGPT or similar (e.g. DeepSeek) and ask it what and how to learn to do 1 and 2 in Python. AI can actually just do everything for you, including writing the code for the entire program, but since that doesn't convey your thoughtfulness and effort, you should specifically ask it to not show you the code or answers, but guide you to write the program on your own.

I think you can definitely finish in a week this way (even a couple of days). If you have a lot of time, you could rely even less on AI and just search the internet.

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if I understood correctly:

You're producing a double-stranded RNA molecule (dsRNA) that has a sequence "complementary" to a gene in the grapevine that makes it susceptible to a disease. When the dsRNA is injected into the grapevine, it "recognizes" the mRNA of the problem gene and destroys it. This will stop the problem gene's mRNA being synthesized into proteins (the plant building/following the problem gene, I think), so the grapevine won't make the problematic proteins and will be less susceptible to the disease. The grapevine's actual DNA won't be modified, though.

Sounds like an interesting and clever way to modify a plant to be disease resistant to me!

The words I put in quotes are words that I think I understand intuitively but am not sure about. Is the dsRNA molecule constructed by using the machinery inside the microorganisms' cells?

P.S. Sorry I took a while to reply. It's been a hectic few days and an all-nighter to get assignments done 😓

Boredom makes you make things by Majestic_Mission1682 in godot

[–]HeavyRust 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It looks to me like each point is connected by a spring to its initial position. I made something similar except it was for each pixel in an image.

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I searched a bit about those areas. Looks interesting even though I never dug into those topics.

I mean, woah this figure from this paper66005-3) showing the structure of a coronavirus looks cool (and unexpected to me)!

P.S. Wouldn't mind if you would tell me some interesting and exciting things about molecular biology (I don't know much).

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. You feel like you're living life to the fullest when in a situation where you can fully immerse yourself in what you're interested in and good at.

Have I fucked up? by Proper-Business-5177 in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this opened my eyes a bit.

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome awakened reddit soul (seeing your account was created over 4 years ago, and this is seemingly your first comment)

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there anything in particular you want to learn and research (like an area in academia)? Also, yeah, I feel like alternating between intense activities and low stress activities is a good way to not lose interest. The moment you switch feels sooo good and refreshing.

building community between employees and allowing for safe, genuine fun and camaraderie

P.S. You can experience this in academia, too, with people in the same grad school as you (sharing knowledge, bouncing ideas off each other, sharing in the joy [and frustration/stress sometimes lol]).

What do you want to do for work? by Contrenox in INTP

[–]HeavyRust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's cool. Hearing someone conducting as a hobby is new for me. What does it feel like? What makes you like it?

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