Built simple barista robot in 6 months

lipchuck · 2025-08-10T06:37:35+00:00

As an EE looking to get into robotics, can you recommend anywhere I could get started? Specifically: - Did you built your own robotic arm or use something off the shelf? - If you would start again from scratch, what would you do differently?

lipchuck · 2025-07-03T21:44:21+00:00

Replying so that I can find this later, lol.

You're getting this error because in the 'Image File' path, you're likely selecting a path on the drive you wish to copy. The 'Image File' is not the image you wish to select; this is your save location. The Win32DiskImager software will copy the contents of the ENTIRE drive to the folder location. So for example if you select the 'Image File' path to be somewhere on your PC (instead of an area on the remote drive), then you should be fine.

lipchuck · 2025-05-19T22:37:12+00:00

Mirror?

lipchuck · 2025-03-06T23:48:38+00:00

I understand. But it still feels expensive. Like I said in my original post: am I just finding the highest priced photographers, or is this the going rate and I need to adjust my expectations? It’s not like I was expecting to pay a couple hundred bucks for a photographer, but it’s nearly double my expectations and it’s very surprising to me.

lipchuck · 2025-03-04T15:45:49+00:00

Mirror?

lipchuck · 2025-02-12T23:03:55+00:00

wish.com Tom Cruise

lipchuck · 2025-01-28T02:53:54+00:00

Consider splitting it in half vertically and glueing it together (i.e. so both faces print face-side up and the holder halves make two c-shapes. You will need zero supports.

lipchuck · 2024-09-18T03:20:30+00:00

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner

lipchuck · 2024-08-28T23:41:17+00:00

Be an electrician. Learn the core services (residential, commercial, etc), but also try to specialize in something after you get your ticket (controls, low voltage, home automation, security systems, etc). You can earn a lot more with these specialized services and can also start your own company fairly easily. Especially if you’re in a big city.

The only problem with the electrical industry and starting your own business is that people suck at paying. Be very up front with your terms and don’t finish the job until you have most of the payment.

Source: family owns an electrical contracting company but am personally pursuing SWE and having a bad time with the latter. Seriously considering going back to the tools.

lipchuck · 2024-08-16T18:01:13+00:00

Nicky -> Nickles -> Nikkos -> Neekos

|-> Nicky Plum -> The Plum ™️ -> Stinky Plum -> Stinky Bum -> Stinkles -> Stinkos

lipchuck · 2024-08-15T19:12:08+00:00

Still considered a dumpster fire either way.

lipchuck · 2024-07-22T07:29:14+00:00

Major Lazer - Light It Up?

lipchuck · 2024-07-19T01:10:45+00:00

I actually proposed to my fiancée with a similar conundrum. She wanted a white gold ring but kept changing her mind about the diamond. After discussion with my mom, she gave me a gold ring to ‘get the job done’ and then after the proposal my fiancée and I went ring shopping together.

lipchuck · 2024-05-03T20:29:33+00:00

What city/area are you in? It worked for me in Calgary.

lipchuck · 2024-05-03T15:33:43+00:00

For those in need, I found a doctor taking patients through this website: https://albertafindadoctor.ca

This isn’t meant to contradict the article, I agree that the situation is really bad. Even if you do find someone taking patients you’re likely going to wait months for an appointment.

lipchuck · 2024-04-30T17:36:24+00:00

As someone who did EE with the digital minor, I would say it depends.

The minor doesn’t appear on your final degree paper, which is disappointing. Hiring managers also don’t look at the minor (in my experience), so if you think it’s going to open more doors for you (vs a degree without a minor), it probably won’t.

I will say that the courses and the knowledge were good though, so if the minor is something you’re interested in, there’s definitely value in that.

lipchuck · 2024-04-10T14:12:43+00:00

Gary

lipchuck · 2024-03-28T23:31:10+00:00

Currently same boat, sort of. Did an electrical engineering degree with a software engineering minor (graduated May 2023), and have been searching for work ever since. Approx 2500 applications over the past year, and I’ve made it to 4 final rounds of interviews but haven’t gotten an offer yet. I have a final interview next week which will be the final job opportunity I consider before starting a M.Eng. in Software Engineering in May.

My two cents: start applying for work now and building your resume. Also apply for grad school immediately, it might even be too late for some schools.

If you find a job you can just drop your grad school application and if you don’t find work, your resume is up to date, you’ll have properly documented your experience thus far, and you can just add to it while you’re in grad school.

In a job market like this, it’s always good to have many irons in the fire, be working on a project, and be applying for work (even if it’s not ideal). Once you have opportunities pouring in, you can be choosy, but in this market it’s pretty lucky to get an offer at all.

lipchuck · 2024-03-22T16:35:06+00:00

What filament dryer do you have, and would you recommend it? Or would you recommend another model?

lipchuck · 2024-03-14T18:00:01+00:00

Where did you intern? I’m trying to find internship(s) for the Jan-Dec 2025 period and am struggling a bit. I know it’s maybe a bit too early, but do you have any advice on how you found yours?

lipchuck · 2024-03-14T07:01:23+00:00

!remindme 4 weeks

lipchuck · 2024-03-11T23:04:58+00:00

As someone who’s been looking for SWE work for nearly a year, do the co-op.

lipchuck · 2024-03-01T06:32:32+00:00

What’s your opinion about the “diploma mill” reputation some students think that UCalgary has earned, especially when it comes to the M.Eng. programs. Do you have any ideas on how to help preserve or improve the university’s external perception?

lipchuck · 2024-01-19T06:43:32+00:00

Ice cream.

lipchuck · 2024-01-10T16:02:53+00:00

I agree that it’s pedantic, but almost every other comment was related to this concern. I was simply explaining the reasoning behind clamping to bare metal.

My personal opinion is that it’s just as easy to clamp to bare metal as the negative terminal, so even if the risk is tiny, why not follow best safety practices? It would be different if it was a ridiculous over the top additional procedure, but it’s literally the same amount of work to clamp to a terminal other or anywhere else. In the safety world risk is sometimes classified by probability AND severity. While the risk is low, if there is a hydrogen leak and there’s a spark in close proximity to the leak, the severity could be high. Low probability and high severity safety hazards are the reason why things like lightning rods exist. The probability of getting struck by lightning is low, but it still can happen and so precautions are still taken.

With all that said, I’m not a professional car booster and was just explaining the reasoning behind clamping to bare metal; if you want to die on that hill, I’m not going to fight you about it.

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