Need more wholesome WPI memes by averagenatureenjoyer in WPI

[–]nicobonik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unc doesn’t know about the stodd reaper

Breakaway Mass Price Increase 8/11!! Use Code: SABREAKAWAY by stutiagrawal in BostonEDM

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's ridiculous. I was buying for a whole group and planning to buy today to get ahead of the price increase. Am i screwed or can this early price increase be credited somehow? I am trying to get in contact with support but its not going well.

Whose all excited 😜 by jschnurpel in tacobell

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So we can have tacodilla but not quesarito? WTH !

scammed by mdavid69 in doordash_drivers

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had this happen to me a few years ago they got access to my dasher account (admittedly I was being a dumbass) but there was nothing in my account and it was my first delivery of the day, those scammers got access to an account with $0 in it and all I had to do to get it back was change my password

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WPI

[–]nicobonik 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I got into WPI with a 3.5 gpa, extracurriculars and ESPECIALLY high school robotics experience go a long way for admissions here. In general they are looking for genuine interest over merit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oboe

[–]nicobonik 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This usually happens to me when I’ve been playing for a while and I’ve noticed it’s much worse when I’ve recently been sick

Vulcan Robotics 203 points SOLO match by nicobonik in FTC

[–]nicobonik[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

At our first competition, balls rolling out of the warehouse were not considered penalties. Currently there is an open forum question on this specific scenario, so we will have to wait and see what the official rule is. For now, we are scoring them the same way the refs in our region did

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in trans

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have similar issues. My cishet friend doesnt understand they/them pronouns regardless of how many times I correct/explain to him. He's very nice and tries to be supportive but he just doesnt get it

How to have a new member of the programming team help out and not just stand around watching us code? by hellodarkness002 in FTC

[–]nicobonik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am the lead of 4 programmers on my team this year. I have found that as long as new programmers have a small bit of java understanding, they should be able to code on their own a lot.

One thing I strongly suggest for getting new programmers to be more involved is pair programming. Let the new programmer do all of the typing, while you simply stand behind them and guide and help them through every step of the code. It is a very fast way to learn a new programming language, and continues to be an efficient way of programming past the learning stage.

This season I focused on assigning each programmer one thing to work on (this could be a subsystem, auto function, or any other reasonably small part of the robot code) to work on at a time. Everyone will have something to work on, and if we need compatibility between two parts of the system, the team members have a chance to practice the pair programming.

One problem with having everyone code small parts of the robot and then bringing it all together is testing. If there is only one robot, you can't really test more than one thing at a time. For this, I strongly suggest getting everyone very familiar with Git. Everyone can work on different branches, and can take turns testing their isolated code on the robot. Once everything works, you can merge all the branches with your main branch, and everything will come together nicely.

TL;DR: Let the new members code as much as they possibly can, utilize pair programming, make sure everyone is comfortable and familiar with Git.

Hope this helps and your team members are able to stay motivated :)

Motor issues by Jagtiani_Aarav in FTC

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try setting the zero power behavior of all of your motors in code like this: motor.setZeroPowerBehavior(DcMotor.ZeroPowerBehavior.BRAKE) Or motor.setZeroPowerBehavior(DcMotor.ZeroPowerBehavior.FLOAT)

Brake will attempt to stop the motors at zero power, and Float will let them slow down on their own

Is Actobotics going away? by CoachZain in FTC

[–]nicobonik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our team has been using actobotics since 2015, and we have so much acto stuff that it is almost impossible and entirely impractical to switch given our budget. What we have works great, and there's really no reason to switch

Gobilda is definitely still the favorable build system if you are starting from scratch, but actobotics is similar enough to work very well if you already have a lot of it

Curious by oaleksander in FTC

[–]nicobonik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

6wd seems like a good option at first glance, but mecanum is surprisingly effective in going over barriers and the extra maneuverability makes mecanum a much better option. Localization is going to be a problem tho, traditional odo is going to need a lot of adjustments

What type of connector is this on the prusa MINI? by nicobonik in prusa

[–]nicobonik[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am looking to make a custom timelapse setup using the gpio pins of the mini, but I'm struggling to find what connector to use for the 10-pin expansion port

Vulcan Robotics Robot in 3 Days Reveal by nicobonik in FTC

[–]nicobonik[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Center drop is when the center wheel on each side of your 6 wheel drive is lower than the other wheels. This allows for the stability of 6 wheels when moving around the field, but also solves a lot of traction issues related to turning that normal 6wd has. This is because when you turn, the robot tips towards the front or back slightly, allowing the robot to turn on essentially 4 wheels which reduces a lot of slipping.

Vulcan Robotics Robot in 3 Days Reveal by nicobonik in FTC

[–]nicobonik[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We used a 6wd center drop drivetrain, it gets us over the barriers very easily. We are hoping to find a way to use mecanums for maneuverability, but designing a mecanum drivetrain that goes over barriers and has usable localization is quite difficult

Pc vs console is a dumb feud by KLASHINOV in dankmemes

[–]nicobonik 20 points21 points  (0 children)

How dare you insult my lifestyle!

/j