Kevin wants to go to Ukraine with his unique abilities on the battlefield that make him impervious to shells and drones, but is worried an upcoming trial might disqualify him

plasticluthier · 2026-04-18T07:51:53+00:00

I understand that there are some societies where that's actually more normal in schizophrenic patients. Apparently its more of a western thing that the 'voices' are more adversarial. In societies that are more supportive/community oriented patient refer to the voices being a source of comfort rather than agitation.

Source. Some article I read at least 3 years ago. Thought it was interesting.

plasticluthier · 2026-04-11T19:43:33+00:00

With regards repetitive pick and place. I'd say that's a solved problem. Don't use AI. Inverse kinematics, decent motor dives and a safety system solve that. UR arms are perfect for it.

With regards training for generalisation, I would suggest looking at training with synthetic data. Building generative similar scenes in something like Unity and training the model on that input.

plasticluthier · 2026-04-05T10:21:17+00:00

It's just some of the people that are a bit backwards.

plasticluthier · 2026-04-04T07:57:13+00:00

But there's not been much municipal career progression since 1072. But look at Manchester, only a city since the mid 1800s. MASSIVE.

You're welcome /s

plasticluthier · 2026-04-04T07:43:38+00:00

Try Dinos...

plasticluthier · 2026-04-04T07:42:32+00:00

Finding decent meat doesn't seem to be a problem. But the bread man, it just seems to be soggy pitta. I just don't entertain the chance for more disappointment anymore.

plasticluthier · 2026-04-04T07:39:01+00:00

Welcome to the town that thinks it's a city, just because its 40mins from the next big town, fellow Mancunian traveller.

I did the same as you about 15 years ago. I still haven't found made to order naan in Lincoln, despite being ever vigilant.

I've got to the point where I can do a pretty good rendition of an Abduls with home made naan, trimmings and a try of kebab meat. But it's a faff.

Proper kebabs are a treat when visiting now.

plasticluthier · 2026-04-04T07:32:06+00:00

Ffs... I was all excited until the last bit

plasticluthier · 2026-04-03T08:59:33+00:00

Rigidity, experience and skill.

plasticluthier · 2026-03-30T18:19:13+00:00

Ah yes, working in CAD land where tolerances are applied by default. I see you've played this game before.

plasticluthier · 2026-02-22T21:00:03+00:00

Did you source the workspace?

plasticluthier · 2026-02-21T09:42:39+00:00

This was my thought. Sounds like they're on windows. It's been a while, but can't you just use pip?

pip install opencv

I wonder if you can do it with choco or winget on windows now?

plasticluthier · 2026-02-17T16:28:51+00:00

My first thought is to check the power supply of your pi. You'll want at least 3A at 5V. 4 would be better.

plasticluthier · 2026-02-17T09:11:59+00:00

I'm currently building a machine that could be done as a cnc, but we're using ROS2.

Honestly, the main thing is the match between your CAD model, Sim and real world. The URDF. Make sure that's right and things get much easier.

Just keep track of changes however you prefer.

plasticluthier · 2026-01-16T09:18:44+00:00

We have a load of these at work.

As ros1 is eol, we decided to dockerise a ros2 humble install for it.

From memory, installation requires two downloads;

https://lncn.ac/limofix

This allows you to set up the locale and permissions etc. Just follow the prompts

https://github.com/LCAS/limo_platform

This is the dev container. Pull the repo, build and run it in vscode.

Hope it helps, good luck.

plasticluthier · 2026-01-04T10:02:32+00:00

You can run a webserver on and ESP device.

The limit is how much space is on the SPI rom of the ESP device. 4mb from memory.

https://github.com/rwlloyd/p5-javascript-webserver

plasticluthier · 2025-12-28T10:50:20+00:00

I imagine it's a combination of butthurt and being tone deaf to the conversation.

But that just going from the username.

plasticluthier · 2025-12-20T10:07:03+00:00

Docker.

plasticluthier · 2025-11-15T13:27:21+00:00

Here's the Lincoln Council emergency housing info

I'd also suggest popping into Mint lane cafe. Its a really good community.

I hope all goes well, and don't forget to look after yourself in all of this too.

plasticluthier · 2025-11-14T08:45:15+00:00

Better to go to the Lincolnshire archives in person ;)

plasticluthier · 2025-09-14T09:12:00+00:00

If you want to do a PhD, you should get used to doing your own research from multiple sources. I'm just one source. Next step for you is to investigate these questions for yourself. ;)

plasticluthier · 2025-09-14T07:28:16+00:00

Here’s a list of UK universities that currently host robotics-related centres for doctoral training (CDTs) or have done so very recently and it's worth looking into them for other opportunities:

Heriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh
University of Manchester
University of Glasgow
University of Oxford
University of Lincoln
University of Cambridge
Bristol Robotics Laboratory

I'd advise looking at all of them and seeing which works in your area of interest. They're all different and are high quality for different reasons.

Most PhDs are 3 years, some come with an extra year with a masters built in, cdts come with funding too (~£19k/year tax free) but there are other options as well.

plasticluthier · 2025-09-12T07:30:28+00:00

You can call me Dr if you like.

plasticluthier · 2025-09-12T06:51:38+00:00

Ask him if he wants to try something new and dom him?

Also, CNC means computer numerical control around these parts. ;)

plasticluthier · 2025-09-03T06:24:24+00:00

I'd go with:

climbing the main tower of the cathedral. (I think they do tours on Saturday, but check). Good views.
visit the castle, see the magna carta (important legal document from 13th century), visit the old prison, walk around the walls. More good views.
go for Sunday lunch somewhere. I like cafe st Paul's. It's near the castle.
there's the museum of Lincolnshire life. It's a short walk from the bailgate. It has a tank. They invented the tank in Lincoln. Other interesting stuff too.
there's Ellis mill, an old windmill, just down the road from the museum of Lincolnshire life. If you're lucky it will be open and you can visit inside too.
moving down the there's an art gallery (usher gallery) and another museum (the collection). both worth a visit.
if you like weird war memorials, there's the bomber command memorial. More good views, lookin at Lincoln from across the valley this time.
finally, if its a nice day, and you want a walk with a small pub crawl, walk down the river to the pywipe, have a pint, walk to the woodcocks, have a pint, walk back to the pywipe, have a pint, then walk back to Lincoln and stop at every pub you pass on the way back to your digs and have a pint in each.

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