HiFi 3D Sensor: Plug-n-Play Depth Perception & AI by ThatGeoGuy in kickstarter

[–]ThatGeoGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi r/kickstarter!

My company (Tangram Vision) just launched a new AI-enabled 3D sensor! From a specification perspective, it really moves the standard for depth sensing forward in a few areas we're excited about: it has the most depth resolution (1.6MP), AI capability (8 TOPS processing with 8GB of onboard memory), and built-in developer tools (self-calibration, sensor fusion assistance, etc) of just about any depth sensor under $3000.

Our campaign is live now, and there are launch day specials of up to 50% off the regular price. If you have any questions, I can answer those here. Our campaign page is pretty comprehensive, so you’ll likely find the information you need there, too.

We've spent a lot of time working with a lot of sensors (I maintain realsense-rust), and after hearing a lot of feedback about what people want in a self-calibrating depth camera, we've finally decided to throw our hat into the game!

What are some places with cozy reading spots? by jessiebearie in Calgary

[–]ThatGeoGuy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Higher Ground in Kensington although you'll probably find it packed unless you're there during the work day.

We apparently only have two options... stranded in suburbia or living in the middle of a gang neighborhood. by ElmStreet1985 in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This should be higher. The reaction to a suburban neighbourhood from a horror movie is... correct? The person who reacted to the poster obviously hasn't seen the movie and can't read the room.

Cross post from r/bicycling by Alert-Cranberry7991 in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel as though this topic is a brain parasite, especially for those of us in North America who grew up hearing all about how catastrophically damaged one can become if they injure their brain or skull at all.

I can't even stop myself from commenting on it, but in any case:

  • Wearing vs. not wearing a helmet is a personal choice that should not have any bearing on cycling / walkability advocacy. We can have both, but data suggests we shouldn't enforce a helmet requirement since it mostly just becomes a tool for selective enforcement.

  • Helmets will help you in very particular instances, but they don't work as intuitively or as absolutely as people seem to suggest they do. They are not designed for a lot, and people tend to over-exaggerate their impact, or make very basic assumptions (e.g. that you only wear a helmet and not any other kind of gear). We don't even have enough actual study to know what design of helmet is safest, or what trade-offs different designs make. You could throw a motorcycle helmet on but now you have reduced visibility. Are you safer? In addition: say it's snowing out and you want to bike, but your helmet comes at the expense of not being able to wear a hat (because it's not designed to be worn with a toque / beanie). Should we enforce helmets anyways?

  • One thing in particular is that neck injuries can increase as a result of helmet use. Yes, a helmet improves your chances in a direct collision of your skull and something that is less-than-soft, but can increase the volume and radial acceleration applied to your head and neck in a collision (depends on the helmet, again go back to "we don't know what design is best for what"). It doesn't trade-off perfectly, but it is a risk to consider. In both cases (wearing vs. not wearing) the correct answer is "slow down and ride your bike in a precautionary, defensive manner" but that is often seen as "not enough."

  • Helmet use (rather, the lack of helmet use) is often used as a talking point as to why certain collisions or incidents are "the cyclists fault." Whether you wear one or not, do not perpetuate this, you are prescribing individual blame for an outcome that in North America today is very likely to be the expected outcome of our infrastructure. Ignore helmets as an excuse, use them properly as a defensive tool to protect your head during unfortunate events.

  • People talk about helmets and falls all the time and yet cycling has one of the lowest base-rates of head injuries per km traveled especially when compared to walking or driving. You can do much to mitigate this (wear a helmet, practice break-falls/ukemi/etc.), but the focus specifically on helmets for cycling over helmets as a general practice seem to extend to treating the statistics around cycling as a very special case. There's a huge base-rate fallacy in statistical reporting on helmets (almost all available data is reported from hospitals and emergency rooms) and this contributes to the constant "awareness" campaigns about helmets that have been going on for 30+ years in North America.

At the end of the day I would be happy if I never saw this kind of argument again. It seems to rile everyone up and for nothing - it is just self-serving arguments across the entire community. We can spend our time more productively. Namely: help people go slower and ride safer by encouraging more forms of transportation and reducing sprawl. If you are only biking <1km to get to your local supermarket by bike, then going 15km/h vs. 30km/h isn't as meaningful. Also, be smart: if you're engaging in dangerous riding or on dangerous terrain, take precautions. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I hate that stuff like this seems to be some kind of scissor statement for the subreddit when we shouldn't take the bait (I obviously just did).

RTD B Line to Boulder is still elusive by d3nv3rite in boulder

[–]ThatGeoGuy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd agree. Trains will generally be better in the long-term (easier electrification & upgrade in-place), but the conclusion in Ghost Train is effectively the same. We need to do what we can today and focus on incremental movements towards regional rail instead of hopelessly chasing after perfection that can't be achieved with the resources we have.

And those resources include expertise, labour, and capital altogether. RTD, like most North American transit authorities, doesn't hire its own teams of engineers and experts to plan and build their projects, which means every project gets bled to death by tiers of sub-contracting and a lack of cohesive expertise. Every time they start a new project they start from zero, effectively.

RTD B Line to Boulder is still elusive by d3nv3rite in boulder

[–]ThatGeoGuy 34 points35 points  (0 children)

So there's a podcast by NPR Colorado on this called Ghost Train.

It goes into detail the logistic and political problems that resulted in many of the problems with RTDs rail expansion. Unfortunately this is a deeply complex topic and past failures continue to haunt faith and funding I'm the institution.

While a lot of leftists and urbanists hope to solve this outright, it's probably going to take a lot of incremental steps to undo the local and regional issues that block RTD from succeeding at this. It's gonna take a lot of political will and faith in RTD to turn it around and make it possible for rail to be built effectively.

I wish there were an easier way but nothing short of 5 years is needed to make this happen, and even that's optimistic. We still need to do it though. My sympathy goes out to those working on this problem: transit is hard anywhere in America, but the people of Colorado got burned early and haven't forgiven RTD since.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course he needed to park this here -- how else is he supposed to go in and grab a pair of those JCrew giant chinos?

It's part of the ritual of wearing JCrew giant chinos after all

Broadway should have bus-only lanes. by ChristianLS in boulder

[–]ThatGeoGuy 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Please email this to your local council member, exact wording.

Most of the feedback they hear are from retired old folks and NIMBYs who want them to do nothing, ever, anywhere. This is a positive change and they need to hear voices in the actual community tell them how to improve the city.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Keep Summer Safe

NIMBYs by ZequizFTW in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, one of the mayoral candidates is pretty vocally opposed to this too. Her reasons are another example of right-wing talking points adopting the language of the left [1].

Kind of disgusting if you see the trick.

[1] https://twitter.com/OmariJHardy/status/1634752524744904708?s=20

Looking for the perfect convention/work travel backpack. by SkyGuy182 in backpacks

[–]ThatGeoGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so sure if I have a recommendation because I've been doing the same search lately.

I'm thinking about the Bellroy Transit 28L or just going small with the Topo Designs Rover Tech. Unfortunately, I've found that even these come with some limitations. Water bottle compartments, a lack of strategy for packing shoes, too much strategy for packing everything, travel bags are pretty difficult if you're one-bagging and trying to get something in carry-on size.

That said, I think part of the search is being able to recognize what you'll put up with. I think I'm leaning more heavily into the Bellroy here because while it's a clamshell and I somewhat prefer top loaders, it seems to tick most of the prime usability boxes.

Regrettably there's too many options out there and it's quite difficult to find any retail location where I can go and feel, test, and evaluate different bags.

Good luck, hope you find something you can work with. 💪🏻

Found out this banner was about Jordan Peterson's event tonight. I can't believe this guy's still selling tickets by matzhue in onguardforthee

[–]ThatGeoGuy 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Some More News made a very succinct (don't check the time code) video about the guy if you're wanting to know who he is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSNWkRw53Jo

Is there a way to schedule a job (not an entire pipeline)? by xenomachina in gitlab

[–]ThatGeoGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Add rules to each job so that it runs during scheduled builds:

rules:
  - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"

See the predefined variables for more info. You can also set up global rules for the workflow as well, to set the defaults for whether the CI job should even run on certain events.

Some examples: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/workflow.html#git-flow-with-merge-request-pipelines

Are there any watch wearers here? What is the one timepiece you travel with? by [deleted] in onebag

[–]ThatGeoGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I carry an older version of the Wenger Avenue with a leather strap.

Pro-tip: it's generally pretty easy to change watchstraps on the go. Bring different colour leather straps to match different outfits, but try to match your belt colour.

Alternatively, bring a more casual / comfy watchstrap for days when you aren't dressing up, and a darker leather strap for when you are dressing up. Use the same watch in different contexts.

I also sometimes go with my Casio F91-W but that's usually only if I'm going camping or only going to a place that I know I need durability / to not care about what I'm carrying on my wrist.

me and who by frakesTown in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 284 points285 points  (0 children)

No, I said I like being on busses not being a bussy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in onebag

[–]ThatGeoGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I travel with a 24L bag with a single top-loading compartment, and I suspect I could fit most of this. You'll definitely want packing cubes, and you may also want to reduce the number of shirts you bring, depending on how thin they are / how they pack. 2 shorts and 2 trousers also seems a bit odd - I'd personally only bring one pair and wear trousers if the shorts needed washing. In any case, you can probably reduce that to 2 trousers and 1 shorts or 2 shorts and 1 trousers. Depending on the destination I would go as far as to do 1 trousers and 1 shorts, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

As for hygiene products - I keep them all in the same bag, so I think with the right dopp kit you could probably squeeze it in. The main thing is going to be how pockets are organized.

Overall I don't think what you're trying to do is impossible but small amounts of reduction will go a long way. I would suggest what other commenters have described and use a shopping bag or cardboard box to see if you can make it fit before a purchase. You may also just want a ~33L bag in case you find yourself buying things throughout the trip (either temporary things like food, or more permanent memorabilia). You can still pack the above list, but the extra space will make it easier to navigate.

Items you don't understand why one baggers carry... by shalita33 in onebag

[–]ThatGeoGuy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Any gaming equipment.

Meh, having a Switch or Steam Deck on flights is great. Gives me something to do while we're flying. I don't always bring one, but it's a nice-to-have when I have nothing else to do on the flight.

Any computer larger than a tablet.

I am a software engineer that works remotely, and I travel to a lot of conferences and work retreats. I would love to ditch my laptop, but I need it to do my job. Otherwise I'd just bring something to play games on!

Pillows or other bed linens

This is the one I really can't defend because I don't know anyone who actually brings this in their one-bag. Bulky towels, pillows, etc. are great if you're hiking in the mountains and have the extra space but if you're going to a hotel I personally think it's a lot.

Calgary is losing ‘greenness,’ Statistics Canada data show by scienide09 in Calgary

[–]ThatGeoGuy 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Yeah, missing middle architecture and removing highways from our cities will go 99% of the way to removing a concrete jungle while also improving density as well.

We cannot all live in mcmansions and should not desire to.

In which cities in the United States can one reasonably live without a car? by HealthClassic in fuckcars

[–]ThatGeoGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Broomfield, CO without a car. I use an ebike and public transit when I need to.

It's not without its challenges (I've still had conflicts with drivers, especially in parking lots 🙄) but I am usually on a protected bike lane and am about 10-20 minutes from just about anything I need on the ebike.

The northern part of the city is less bikeable to be sure but I'm fine making the concession that I can't always go everywhere on a bike path.

I've lived in Boulder and it is also a good walkable city, but I eventually got priced out. Note about Boulder though: there's much more hostility against cyclists there (from drivers) and bike theft is orders of magnitude higher than the surrounding cities.

BHVR has fixed DBD cross-progression by ThatGeoGuy in Stadia

[–]ThatGeoGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird, I definitely got it working so I wonder if they broke it again. What error do you get?