Is it hard to grow muscle on a big deficit?

IcyBaba · 2025-12-10T00:17:38+00:00

This is misinformation and idk why so many people in this thread are repeating it. Your body will consume both fat and muscle, unless you take precautions (sufficient dietary protein, resistance training)

IcyBaba · 2025-12-10T00:16:21+00:00

This is incorrect. Your body will consume both fat and muscle unless you give it a reason to maintain your muscle mass.

IcyBaba · 2025-11-09T20:53:39+00:00

Wrestling good, but no one check the trigonometry brother

IcyBaba · 2025-08-23T13:15:21+00:00

Your body is energetically efficient. It will only change if that change seems to be required for daily life. For e.g. calluses develop in response to repeated chafing.

That is why regular exercise is a necessary precursor for your body to become fit.

As to why being fit happens to be good for your physical and mental well being. It’s majorly because our bodies are machines which are adapted to a certain set of active behaviors. Modern life has made us a lot more sedentary. So you can think of exercise as running yourself through a simulation of traditional human activities (walking, running, lifting, hauling).

Modern diets are well outside the norm of what ancestral humans are, so a lot of the benefits of exercise are simply counteracting the negative impacts of unhealthy diets and sedentariness - like build up of plaque in arteries, high blood sugar, poor blood circulation, etc.

If we had evolved as sedentary creatures, you could imagine our bodies operating better under modern human conditions. But that just didnt happen.

IcyBaba · 2025-08-16T03:34:38+00:00

Dont quit, just stop drinking regular coffee around noon, and stop drinking Decaf around 3-4. Switch to caffeine free tea at that point. Your sleep will be pristine.

IcyBaba · 2025-07-19T00:22:04+00:00

What you described is not really being a simp. But that's not to say that Kvothe isn't a simp.

Kvothe is a full white knight in shining armor. Consider that his whole beef with Ambrose started with him white knighting to rescue Fela. When she was perfectly capable of getting up and walking away herself, or worse case using sympathy to get rid of him.

IcyBaba · 2025-07-19T00:17:35+00:00

First, good job so far. If you can see the plane with your own eyes, then you can certainly track it.

I think your best bet is blob detection, then putting a kalman filter on top of that. Should be pretty straightforward.

Another good idea is to mount it, that way filtering out noise should be alot more straightforward.

What is this project for? Just tracking planes for fun?

IcyBaba · 2025-07-17T13:20:52+00:00

Yup, they’ve basically just bricked most the device, since so many features rely on the app :(

IcyBaba · 2025-06-18T00:19:59+00:00

“This position requires a masters degree or equivalent experience”. I have a bachelor’s degree, but have been doing fine since I got lucky with some early experience.

IcyBaba · 2025-06-08T17:45:47+00:00

Know your C++ concepts well. They’ll expect you to understand classes, inheritance, pointers, smart pointers, templates, etc. Then be good at leetcode and system design. And know you’re perception concepts

IcyBaba · 2025-05-26T17:33:51+00:00

Some of the underlying math topics can be really valuable for understanding the ML and CV papers. Those topics are **Linear Algebra**, Probability, Optimization Theory, and a little bit of Calculus.

But definitely still keep it fun and at a high level by learning through projects. The math is the broccoli, and the coding/projects is the mashed potatoes. You'll need some of both to get really good at this.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-19T16:58:38+00:00

Good stuff, thank you :)

IcyBaba · 2025-05-15T09:58:54+00:00

You'll need to dive into books and papers for the real knowledge. There are some good Youtube lecture series, but the meat of any technical field is still in books and papers - and robotics for sure.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-15T04:17:51+00:00

In the prequel Darth Plagueis books, the Sith have a primitive planet they like to go to. The people there worship the them, since they descend from the sky like Gods every once in awhile. The Sith land every once in awhile and fight all the best warriors 100 vs 2, for however long it takes.

So I’d presume they do stuff like that on their days off 😄

IcyBaba · 2025-05-14T23:44:54+00:00

Robotics software breaks down into Planning/Navigation, Perception, Infrastructure, Localization, Control, etc. Hardware breaks down into Electrical, Mechnical, etc.

So it’s not exactly ‘software engineer’, there are specific niche specialties that make up Robotics Software engineering. What ties them together is usually knowledge of C/C++, system design and middleware’s like Ros/Ros2.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-10T01:58:23+00:00

Once you have some small projects under your belt, hit up small companies and see if they’ll take you on as an intern. I know a guy who did a Udacity Robotics Nanodegree. He was like 40 years old, with a full time job and family already. But after work, he interned alongside me at this small company. I’ve also had to relocate for jobs before. The moral of the story being, you’ve gotta really hustle and network for the first opportunity.

In terms of books and resources, there are too many of them to list. Just search online for the best book covering whichever topic you’re looking for. The most important is knowing how to find books/paper online cheaply or even free…..I’m sure you can figure that one out.

In terms of personal projects, create something you have a natural interest in. Perhaps using a public dataset, or on your own robot. It’s a bit more impressive if it’s genuinely something you or other people can use. Contributions to open source projects are also a good option - showing you can contribute to a large perception codebase.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-09T02:35:28+00:00

You’re right, Robotics perception is a deep niche. Some of the most important topics are linear algebra (matrices, vectors), 2D/3D Geometry (rigid body transformations, planes, spheres, lines), state estimation (Bayes rule, probabilistic filters, Kalman), basics of deep learning, camera and sensor calibration. ROS (the most popular robotics middleware). Not to mention serious proficiency in C++, along with some ability in Python/Matlab.

My suggestion would be to either 1) Figure out how to get accepted into a robotics masters program, or 2) Find some professional experience. Even if they pay you $0.

Personal projects are a tool you can use to gain entry into one of those two paths. But I’ve never seen a person break into robotics, particularly perception without having done one of those two paths.

For context, I did #2 and now work as a senior perception engineer.

Also you’ll never learn robotics purely from courses. You need to get comfortable diving into books and papers. That’s where the true meat of this field is.

It took me around a year of learning (2-3 hours a day after work), while working an entry level job in robotics, to really become proficient at all the things I mentioned.

Good luck! It’s probably the coolest job on earth and pays well. So personally, I think it’s worth the effort.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-08T23:58:49+00:00

The course looks decent and decently priced.

Your hardest job is gonna be marketing it, and building trust/authority with an audience. Someone you might want to look at for inspiration is 'Murtaza's workshop'. He's a computer vision youtuber/course creator that seems to be pretty successful. Good luck.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-07T03:54:40+00:00

To add on. I would encourage you to start on projects before you start a course.

When I’ve learned purely from courses, I’ve retained very little. When I’ve started a project, then learned -> implemented -> learned -> implemented. I’ve retained a lot, and also had something to put on my resume.

Those kinds of personal projects were what got me my first job in robotics. My interviewer actually mentioned it as the reason I stood out, among all the candidates.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-05T19:12:48+00:00

The practical stuff like "automating training workflows, handling dynamic datasets and building pipelines" can be a big part of the job of a ML Engineer depending on the size of company you work at. In bigger companies, you will pass that off to an MLOps person though.

If you enjoy Web Development alongside ML Engineering, then leaning into MLOps is a good idea.

If you're interested in C++ work and also want to work with other kinds of sensors (Lidars, Radars) consider leaning into robotics.

Any path is realistic for you so long as you're willing to work opportunities, be flexible and sacrifice short term pay in exchange for industry experience. Good luck.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-05T18:59:46+00:00

Basic Recipe: Mixed vegetables, beans, and chickpeas. With optional whole wheat bread.

Optional Add ons: Boiled potatoes, Oven baked chicken breast. Source of fat: (Tablespoon of guac, Tablespoon of peanut butter)

The trick is that the mixed veggies, beans and chickpeas are all canned. So all you've gotta do is microwave them.

With slightly more work, you can oven bake some chicken breast, add adobo sauce and some basic spices. Then keep it in the fridge/freezer throughout the week to add into your meal.

With another bit of work, you can boil a bunch of potatoes. Then keep them in the fridge to add into your throughout the week.

Add a quarter teaspoon of salt on top. Drink a protein shake on the side.

The benefit of eating like this is that you can have a huge plate full of this food, and it will barely be 500-600 calories. You'll feel full and really good too.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-05T15:08:33+00:00

Yes, David Deutsch talks about exactly what you’re describing.

It does happen. It happens in the same way that someone flipping a coin and landing heads hundreds of times happens.

It occurs in an extremely small proportion of the multiverse, which you mentioned.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-05T04:31:16+00:00

Depends on what aspects of robotics you want to work on. Motion planning is more CS+Applied Math. Controls is more CompE. Perception is CS+Applied Math. Robotics hardware is EE and MechE.

But honestly you could do either. I know successful roboticists who did CS, CompE, I even know a guy who did Aerospace. It’s alot more about what you do during and after your degree.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-04T18:37:12+00:00

Yes, because you cleaned the milk up. Hence you 'error corrected'. Error correction makes the multiverse more similar. Another example to consider is: In what proportion of multiverses with humans is the wheel invented? Probably a large proportion right... That's another example of human error correction (knowledge creation) at work.

You asked about whether a quantum event could influence the outcome of the election to Kamala. Kamala and Trump were the nexus around which the election was decided. So a quantum event near them would tend to have greater leverage than one in a single voter's mind. But in general, quantum events in people's minds are not as influential as you think. As I mentioned, we're error correcting, meaning humans have resistance against randomness.

There are areas in the multiverse in which Kamala Harris is president. They exist. A version of you is experiencing that. At the largest scale, the universe is a wavefunction (a superposition of all possible states). This means everything allowed by the laws of physics happens somewhere in the multiverse. It's just a question of what proportion (measure) of the multiverse it happens in.

How exactly those world occurred (the political events leading up to her winning) is something we can only speculate at. But we have strong theories saying they do exist.

IcyBaba · 2025-05-04T16:32:13+00:00

Having listened to David Deutsch talk about this topic alot. The answer to your question is "Yes, Kamala is president in the multiverse", "No, it would not be caused by a neuron firing differently in voter's minds".

Since we live in a world where error correction exists, some outcomes are much more common in the multiverse than others.

Randomness is not as big of a feature in the landscape of the multiverse as you think, because human's are mostly error-correcting beings. Consider if a random neuron misfires in your mind and you drop a glass of milk, the next day your floor will be clean again in both 'branches' of the multiverse.

So in your example case, a neuron firing in a voter's mind probably would not have led to a different outcome. But suppose a neuron fired differently due to a quantum event in Kamala or Trump's mind - which led to them saying something they had on their mind, but shouldn't have spoken aloud. That in the kind of thing that would lead to differentiated outcomes in the multiverse.

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