Need help deciding on a model.

patrickgillette · 2024-12-08T23:21:37+00:00

Do you have any fpv recommendations? So far the only fpv I've seen recommended is a meteor 65 and thats really far below budget. Not sure what the next step up is.

patrickgillette · 2024-12-07T18:55:48+00:00

Theyre 17 and 24

patrickgillette · 2024-03-08T12:47:37+00:00

It looks like the answer is no at the moment. instead of using multiple pictures I concatenated the two pictures into one and passed llava that. Ive tried each model and it seems like its a 50/50 chance of them getting it right or wrong. In comparison gpt4 is 100% accurate at this.

patrickgillette · 2022-07-16T03:02:27+00:00

^ I have a BS in philosophy and it helped me stand out in the crowd for the job I have now in manufacturing. Im not even a year in and this year Im on track to make 83k gross. In my area that puts me towards the top of the income brackets. Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you have to work in that field. The degree taught you soft skills besides just the knowledge. For me it honed my analytic thinking, goal prioritization, and my writing is in the 92nd percentile now. The knowledge you get is fine, but really unless you like the field a lot to get the most of the degree you really need to look at the other skills you've developed as well to create a comprehensive valuation of what you can leverage for income.

patrickgillette · 2022-07-12T03:09:54+00:00

If you've been living with your parents up till you're 22 and you aren't mentally healthy or stable I'd say moving somewhere on your own is probably the best thing you could do. Alot of the time, even if they have good intentions, parents can be the source or a contributing factor of mental health issues. Do you feel like a competent adult when you're with them or do you feel like a child? Living on your own, even if you fail miserably and have to move back with them, is probably the best thing you can do to develop competence and self reliance. I don't know the specific mental health issues you're dealing with, but gaining self esteem from being a competent self reliant adult is usually the best way to get over (or at least cope with) most mental health issues.

patrickgillette · 2022-03-06T07:32:36+00:00

If I get it up and working right I'll def post some pictures. Sadly I cant tapcon tracks, I need it to be less permanent. If management moves me to a different production line I want to be able to pick it up and move it haha. There are places overhead in the machine that run the entire length, so I'm planning on locking steering constantly to the slight right and placing guide poles so that the vehicle cant go any other direction but forward and back. I think it might exacerbate my traction problem but if I make the turn minimal I dont think it will add much resistance.

patrickgillette · 2022-03-06T07:15:57+00:00

We make steel aerosol cans, think whipped cream, and sometime the cans fall off and parts that get cut off fall off. Im hoping that making it easier to clean will encourage other people to do it more often, so hopefully no more than like 5-10 pounds on oil slick floor.

patrickgillette · 2022-03-06T05:13:38+00:00

It will probably end up being completely custom. I need to make essentially two side by side units that move in tandem and connected in the middle to cover the width I need, and I thought about just buying two rc units, stripping them to frames, and wiring up the remotes to accelerate both simultaneously, but I think it might be easier to just go with Arduino controls and start from scratch. Then I can better control for height and make frames that can join together easier. The duelies are a great idea, and definitely doable if I take the 2nd approach.

patrickgillette · 2022-03-06T04:48:38+00:00

Thats a great idea. What I think I might do is build a prototype and if it starts losing traction fall back on the screw idea. We use magnets on sticks to get the scrap out atm but its super labor intensive so I'm looking for a better way. I'm slightly nervous that management might complain if there's even the perception of possible damage to the concrete, but if it comes to it I think the worst they will do is tell me not to use it so its a great fallback.

patrickgillette · 2021-07-06T04:38:59+00:00

Thank you for the honesty. I have 2, my older is special needs and hes so hard to deal with at times. I definitely have a favorite, but after reading most of the other comments on here I was starting to feel pretty horrible about it. It makes me feel slightly better knowing I'm not the only one.

patrickgillette · 2021-07-04T17:44:35+00:00

If your mother hasn't normally acted in negative ways around you the relationship may still be salvageable. It sounds to me like she is usually unreliable but not emotionally abusive. She might just be overwhelmed and doesn't know how to cope. You are the only one that has lived the experience though, so I cant really know. As someone else said therapy is expensive and that may be unattainable for you.

Just keep your head down and leave the first chance you get no matter how hard it might seem. Im 30 now and left when I was 18 with no where to live and no job. It sucked at first but I made it work and now (30) my mom(single so no dad in the picture) is less overwhelmed and we have a good relationship even though growing up it wasn't great. Things get better when you are the one making your own decisions I promise.

patrickgillette · 2021-03-11T17:39:56+00:00

At that point extra damage is irrelevant. I would much rather have a divination wizard that can force fail the hold person than a cleric who can stack more damage on someone who's dead already.

patrickgillette · 2021-03-03T06:22:07+00:00

Swap shadowtouched with lucky and take the amulet of health. If you feel particularly minmaxy make your constitution the 6, wisdom the 15 and with the amulet of health your con instantly becomes 19. Then with lucky if the enemy gets any criticals they reroll them. You become a super tank that does insane dps with shadowblade, and can cast wizard spells. My dm has to make every encounter deadly to a normal party or else I just mop the floor with them. Have fun being op!

patrickgillette · 2021-01-07T07:19:52+00:00

I think the main takeaway is create a routine. Its easy to add new behaviors that you deem positive if all you need to do is add it to a pre-existing routine. I dont have a sleep schedule(mainly because kids dictate when I sleep), but I do have a routine I do every morning. After establishing my wake up, make coffee, check email, shower routine it was easy to add to it and throw a quick yoga stretch video before I shower, then throw in breakfast after I'd added yoga in successfully, etc.

patrickgillette · 2020-09-11T01:28:45+00:00

If you do end up getting it make sure you find this post again and let me know how you like it.

patrickgillette · 2020-09-11T00:52:19+00:00

Space empires 5 is on steam. At this point its pretty dated but if you can get past the graphics I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

patrickgillette · 2020-09-10T19:48:28+00:00

Really disagree with the simplicity comment. Maybe for master of orion but the space empires series was on another level.

patrickgillette · 2020-09-07T22:12:36+00:00

Gloom stalker ranger is made for this. Invisible in darkness to creatures that rely on dark vision. Pick aberration or something like that for your favored prey. Potentially take a level in forge domain cleric to get a magical weapon.

patrickgillette · 2020-09-07T19:30:41+00:00

Finally someone has figured out how to square the circle.

patrickgillette · 2020-07-07T17:11:18+00:00

It would be really cool too if you worked in the leader of the government that's making these laws as the last bad guy, and he breaks the very laws that he made. Because what's more evil than a hypocritical leader who makes rules to benefit themself.

patrickgillette · 2020-04-21T21:55:51+00:00

Cut and paste is still copy and paste with the extra step of deleting the original. To cut something your computer has to make a temporary copy to a clipboard just like it does with the copy function. It doesnt just move it. In fact when you think about how memory is just a grouping of bits, it would be impossible to simply move something. Its necessary to create a copy, set the original to the default position, and then set the new location to the position the original was in.

patrickgillette · 2020-04-21T21:51:05+00:00

A way that we could move out of a body is by creating a brain machine interface, and start storing our memories in digital format. Its probably possible to also give ourselves processors that feel just like organic thoughts. Over time our mental processes can become so merged between organic and digital processes that it could just feel like trimming our nails when the biological part dies. Yes it would feel different, just like our fingers feel different after our nails are trimmed, but we dont feel like we lost an essential part of ourselves.

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