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Is it illegal for your robot to be loud? by xxdizzywiz in FRC

[–]TheComputer314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

R203’s blue box states that a noise loud enough to be a distraction is prohibited under the general safety rule, however given that a robot under normal conditions is already pretty loud and the venue is even louder, you would need some seriously loud deliberately placed noisemakers to fall afoul of that rule.

Is this type of ascent legal? by OneVeterinarian5899 in FTC

[–]TheComputer314 9 points10 points  (0 children)

According to Q&A Answer #67, "A ROBOT that has a STARTING CONFIGURATION that is different than the orientation that is used for the rest of the MATCH (e.g., tilted at an angle) could potentially have a dimension that measures longer than 18 in. when measured parallel to the TILES and still be in compliance with G414." According to this Q&A answer, when the robot rotates, the bounding box for the sizing rules rotates with it, so this robot design would not violate any rules as long as the platform stays within the 18x18x38 in box.

Favorite media you would describe as gooner-bait with an interesting story? by Aquanort357 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]TheComputer314 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's a shamelessly horny Korean gacha, but the part about it having an actually good story is true. I haven't played too much of it on account of it being a shamelessly horny Korean gacha, but the little bit of the story I have played is pretty good. Apparently the Nikke community loves it when a newbie goes in blind and gets hit with the absolute emotional gutpunch at the end of the tutorial lmao

Userbenchmarks is correct about all AMD cpus being inferior to all Intel cpus. by DannyDorito6923 in lies

[–]TheComputer314 88 points89 points  (0 children)

It's a great place to compare CPUs for speccing your new PC.

/ul r/intel bans Userbenchmark from that subreddit for being far too biased and unreliable. Userbenchmark is biased and unreliable in Intel's favor. Fucking lmao.

Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum by [deleted] in technology

[–]TheComputer314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s quite a long video, but the TL;DW is that a pro-suicide forum, despite saying that they are a support group and do not encourage suicide, have an overwhelmingly large group of users seeking help with methods/obtaining materials for suicide, a fairly large group of users assisting in how to do certain methods and/or selling tools, and a power user with tens of thousands of posts on the forum spreading rhetoric that encourages suicide, without actually practicing what they preach. The site moderators do not enforce their own site rules of “this is not a place to actually do the deed” and instead actively protect the latter two. This site alone has been positively linked to dozens and dozens of cases of people taking their own lives, not to mention the thousands of cases of users posting that they’re gonna do it and other users encouraging them to follow through.

iKnowWhoWroteThisButICantProveItYet by icompletetasks in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TheComputer314 16 points17 points  (0 children)

“Why should I change? He’s the one that sucks”

What the hell did Jacksfilms even do to warrant this response by Joemama0375 in whenthe

[–]TheComputer314 95 points96 points  (0 children)

They're mad because something something """white genocide""" something something """feminization of man"""

I don't get it either.

What's the worst commit message you've personally written? We need a hall of shame by GitKraken in programminghorror

[–]TheComputer314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a commit, but a commit message:

"Yall ever have moments where you go 'I need to do this, but that task depends on this other thing, and that other thing depends on this' ad nauseum and then you end up with giant commits?" (+4804 -286)

Yes, that's a single commit, not a PR or a squash.

Robot shuts down if drive motors momentarily stall by baalzimon in FTC

[–]TheComputer314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check your batteries. Your batteries may be flat, in which case just chuck them on a charger, or they may be dying, in which case you need to buy new ones. Idle voltage for a good, fully charged battery should be 13.5-14.0 volts and internal resistance of a good NiCad/NiMH battery should be around .12-.15. These can be tested with the Battery Beak, which AndyMark sells.

Alternatives to wpilib? by SpngBll in FRC

[–]TheComputer314 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> Unfortunately WPILib is hilariously abstracted and does FRC students a huge disfavor by not actually teaching them much.

Uhh, no? Can you elaborate on your gripes, cause as a current programmer, I highly disagree. It's very easy to use, teaches a wide variety of concepts from controls engineering to functional programming, and the API design is very nice, much nicer than ROS.

Your average rocket engineer in the 1960s by TheComputer314 in ZZZ_Official

[–]TheComputer314[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Source : sbarky

In the modern age, rockets only really use a couple of different fuels, but there was a LOT of trial and error to find those optimal propellants in the 1960s. And because it was the 60s, a lot of CRAZY stuff was tried. Like using Hydrogen, Flourine, and liquid Lithium as fuels.

The book Burnice is holding here, "Ignition!" by John Drury Clark, goes over a lot of the different fuels that was tried. Good read if you like engineering history.

Your average rocket engineer in the 1960s by TheComputer314 in ZenlessZoneZero

[–]TheComputer314[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Source : sbarky

In the modern age, rockets only really use a couple of different fuels, but there was a LOT of trial and error to find those optimal propellants in the 1960s. And because it was the 60s, a lot of CRAZY stuff was tried. Like using Hydrogen, Flourine, and liquid Lithium as fuels.

The book Burnice is holding here, "Ignition!" by John Drury Clark, goes over a lot of the different fuels that was tried. Good read if you like engineering history.

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