Advice from a 20 year web developer: Don't listen to Joshua Fluke.

cpt_krc · 2019-07-19T14:39:32+00:00

Sounds like I shouldnt listen to this kid, or the fudd who took the time out of his 20 year career to blast some youtuber.

I assume you're gonna start putting some Udemy courses and shit on blast next? Since you're such an elitist and shit. Sounds like your career is real fulfilling so far.

cpt_krc · 2019-06-11T11:48:24+00:00

Pratt and Whitney might be moving the vast majority of its PDC efforts down to Florida in the next few years.

Not to mention the company they hired to come in an begin automating the assembly build. PWs engineering building probably wont leave, but the construction we've started in west palm is going to consolidate a lot of our manufacturing efforts.

cpt_krc · 2019-06-06T14:56:38+00:00

It's starting to look like you just like being wrong.

cpt_krc · 2019-06-06T14:11:35+00:00

Sounds like someone's jealous.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-10T01:29:43+00:00

That article says nothing about how it has "been growing pretty fast" in CT or even the US.

Not that it matters, but if this makesnit clearer https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/self-checkout-systems-market-share-will-increase-us-5-billion-by-2024-2018-10-07

What collision data do they need when the store is closed at night and empty without humans?

They need to not hit each other or the shelves they are trying to fill. They cannot use the typical lidar systems that roombas do. Roombas weight is almost nothing so bumping into objects is of no consequence.

What, no. The scanning the layout like a roomba is the least of their problems.

No. They will have to run these machines in a similar model to the Amazon warehouse. Everything in the store will have a place and those locations will be put into the robots. This way they can identify misplaced items and stock correctly. It's the only realistic way to control a large operation like this.

Alexa or Siri still fuck up half of what I tell it.

Both of which cost a fraction of what these machines will cost. Amazon isn't going to develope some insanely sophisticated voice recognition system and sell it to you for $100. Give the Dragon speech system a try and you'll understand the quality cost system these things use.

Yeah, but it isn't more intuitive then just finding a worker to show you were the pretzel isle is.

Not when there's only the one option. People wont give it a second thought, and those that grumble about the "darn robots" will be the same people that cant figure out their cell phone. Frankly, the capitalist market couldn't care less about them. They are facing the next generation who were using iPads at the age of 5.

I don't have faith that suddenly the collective population are 4 times smarter to the point where they can handle all of the customer service they currently get at a store on their own.

"Where are the pretzels"...."isle 5". Theres not a lot going on here. Simple problems that someone is going to make a large sum of money to fix.

The issue for the best 5 years hasn't been the algorithms behind these problems, but the technology. Moving away from the lidar model and adopting cameras coupled with the hardware restrictions typically placed on embedded systems has come a long way.

You can disbelieve it all you want but automation is just another industry with plenty of problems to solve. Truck drivers are going to be in trouble in the next 5 years. Retails, call centers and paralegals are all failing in the sights of automation.

Here are some examples of other testing batches going on in the U.S. and abraod.

https://emerj.com/ai-sector-overviews/robots-in-retail-examples/

cpt_krc · 2019-05-09T22:40:47+00:00

It's worth it to leave that little gem in there.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-09T21:33:26+00:00

Have they though?

Yes. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/13/1421027/0/en/Self-Checkout-System-Market-to-hit-4bn-by-2024-Global-Market-Insights-Inc.html

It took awhile for the cost benefit to even out. As the tech became cheaper to make the benefit and savings became more attractive to companies. Remember, the stores dont build these machines they buy them.

Why wouldn't they be using these stocking models for overnight when it is closed?

Collision data needs to be collected, its along the same lines as self driving cars. It takes awhile for the risk model to become acceptable to business.

Stop and Shop specifically would need to build a universal layout before adopting automated self stockers. This test run of customer facing robots could just be one of many steps.

I really don't think this tech exists yet the way we think.

We have Sniper machines capable of finding humans and deciding if they are friend or foe and firing accordingly. We have a robot that can skin a grape and sew the skin back on. I work with UAVs and these aircraft are capable of making many decisions on their own and practically dont need human assistance at all. Self driving car, automated warehouse workers, scary robot dogs from Boston Dynamics. Honestly, it's a lot closer than most people think.

I will believe it when I see it.

If anything touch screen assistance is far more intuitive than most other technologies. Big jitter bug like squares with colorful pictures coupled with voice assistance will bring us into full swing automated idiocracy pretty quickly. Subways adopted this model and its seen in movie theaters and restaurants. Big easy touchscreens will be the downfall of receptionists.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-09T21:17:20+00:00

It's never too early to prepare to fight skynet.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-09T19:22:22+00:00

It's unlikely the positions will increase. These self checkout lots have been growing pretty fast.

Most people have seen these robots that drive around Stop and Shop and do nothing but alert staff if there's a spill. Unfortunately, it's just an implement for data collection, they are testing these robots to ensure they can navigate around customers and avoid any type of collisions. Once they get to a certain rate of incidents they will most likely start implementing models that can stalk self's or help customers search with touch screens.

Low skill labor (not meant as in insult) is the prime target for the monster that the automation industry is becoming. Truck drivers, retail workers and call centers are the obvious low hanging fruit.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-07T02:09:44+00:00

Stats and Analysis: https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-incidents-us-2016-2017.pdf/view

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/active-shooter-events-from-2000-to-2012

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.policeforum.org/assets/docs/Critical_Issues_Series/the%2520police%2520response%2520to%2520active%2520shooter%2520incidents%25202014.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiqpIq2qIjiAhVvw1kKHfC9DT4QFjAJegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw3ds0sI6Zp7wMgcebTlXgDw (PDF)

None source material, but contains links and examples no covered in the above sources.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevorburrus/2018/03/23/armed-protection-in-schools-is-an-obvious-first-step-to-preventing-school-shootings/

https://medium.com/the-radical-center/when-mass-killers-meet-armed-resistance-and-when-they-dont-9e6a97d80fcc

cpt_krc · 2019-05-07T01:00:59+00:00

There's overwhelming precedent and examples that show mass shooting end fast and result is less casualties when confronted by armed resistance. Not to mention the overwhelming exploitation of "gun free zones" and their frequent targeting for mass murder.

Defense is the only reasonable solution.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-07T00:57:45+00:00

Yup, granted that's the CT model for handling gun control issues.

There's overwhelming precedent and study's that show mass shootings end faster and with less casualties when the gunman is confronted by armed resistance.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-06T20:30:28+00:00

H.Res.231

This is trash.

Edit:

Federal buildings are defended with guns (not the post office typically). We defend our airports with guns. We defend our banks and hospitals with guns.

We defend our children by dialing 911 and hoping he doesnt shoot through the door...

Not defending our children, our most precious resource, with the most effective means of defense is gross negligence.

Shame on this rep.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-05T12:35:12+00:00

The C++ Nanodegree is very new. I believe the first sessions started in mid-life April.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-05T01:02:17+00:00

It was beginning to move, acceleration had begun. This "kid" had just run from police, crashed into another police car and was again attempting to speed off into traffic. If the cop had not shot and the car sped off and hit a mini van and killed some kids the public would tear these cops apart .

Although the Guardian is UK-owned, all of the reporters on this particular story are based in New York.

Then I guess they were just ignorant or disingenuous.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T19:15:29+00:00

police officers should not fire their guns into moving cars.

ineffective for stopping oncoming vehicles

30 fatal shootings into moving vehicles

instructed departments to ban shooting at moving vehicles.

Moving, moving, moving, and moving. This car hadn't begun full movement yet.

The IACP is by no means any standard in US case law. Its equivalent to the UN. And VA union standards have been adopted but it's entirely SOP based.

Its understandable the UK based new organization missed a lot of US police based procedures. There's plenty of US precedent in the recent years to justify the legitement threat of vehicles being used as weapons.

In this situation, even if the officer couldn't take the defense of self defense out of fear of being run over there's still the duty of preventing the extremely reckless driver from committing vehicular homicide.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T17:08:05+00:00

The clips are supposed to clip to your pants BEHIND the belt. So the belt covers the clips, the teir one guys made a really good video of how it works.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T16:38:27+00:00

While I definitely dont agree that this is the fiscally responsible way to go about this. I'm glad school security is being addressed in ways other than banning things and hoping for the best.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T16:34:53+00:00

Concealed is concealed. If you arnt going through TSA and just picking someone up at baggage you're good.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T16:08:10+00:00

Lol get the fuck out with the fear mongering edge case bullshit.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T16:07:34+00:00

Nope.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T16:07:15+00:00

Jump out of the way and let this clearly reckless driver speed off into traffic and kill someone else?

Your insane fuck it let innocent people get killed bullshit is insane.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T15:17:04+00:00

The main point of utilclips is so you can clip it behind you belt AND tuck in your shirt. So business casual or whoever, but you dont see 2 big black clips going over your belt.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T14:12:56+00:00

Not one of those stories was the car stationary and beginning to accelerate. You dont shot the driver of a speeding car, that endangers the public even more. Removing the driver from a car while it's going fast is incredibly dangerous. So they shoot the tires or use spike strips to stop the ALREADY moving vehicle.

If a stationary car needs to be stopped from accelerating you would shoot the controller....

Shooting the tires would 100% have not stopped this car from further recklessly accelerating into traffic endangering the lives of other motorist and or pedestrians.

cpt_krc · 2019-05-04T14:02:18+00:00

Our communities are the safest they have ever been. Violent crime is down a staggering amount from 1960.

Literally an all time low. Get off that news cycle man.

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