My basement is being renovated and along the edge of the main room and along the stairs there are tack strips. I step on one every other day lol, im kind of a klutz and dont watch where im going so its totally my fault but man it hurts.
What did you do today?
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That took a lot of courage and I'm proud of you. It takes a lot to make such a change and as much to tell us about it. We're rooting for you!
OW! I hope that you do recover soon. How much do steel-toed shoes or boots cost? They should at least be willing to help with covering the cost of them. Barring that, they should bar you from the site or give you other tasks to perform for safety reasons. You getting seriously injured or worse is no good.Sometimes we need to stand up and voice our emotions and thoughts to take that next step. Good on you zovc, it's only upwards from here
My day: Accidentally dragged a wooden pallet up my big toe (through my shoe.. really should get the company to buy me protective footwear!) and snapped my toenail in half (cringe >.<), cue swearing and blood. Then proceeded to sweat all day at my day job - our facility is basically a giant industrial shed converted to retail/ distribution with no aircon or insulation, and I work a very physical job in distribution in the warehouse. Think 30 Celsius, humidity in the 90% range and very little breeze until later in the day. Ugh!
Ouch. Are they on the edges or further in?
The strips run against the wall, stairs, and doorways to the other rooms. The ones I step on are the ones that run by the doorways to get into the laundry room and my hobby room. They are about a half inch wide so if you dont step into the room and instead step into the doorway they will poke the bottom of your feet. Feels like a few tiny needles stabbing you in the foot, not unbearable but painful.
Get a wooden dowel (handle of a hammer works well) - or heavy (clean!) metal cylinder if you happen to have one - and slide it across the area where the tack strip pokes up through. The tips of the tacks will fold down against the carpet, preventing it from lifting and keeping the sharp tips pointed away from your feet. The downside is that if you ever need to remove the carpet, there is more resistance to lifting it than when it is just laid straight down over the tack strips.
There is no carpet right now, thats why the tacks are sticking out lol. We are renovating and will have new carpet installed in a week or two. Once the carpet goes down it wont be an issue. But with me putting some things ahead of finishing renovations it has been sitting there for like ... 6 months? with the tacks poking me the entire time lol.
Ultimately, wear this and nothing will scratch or stab you at home anymore 
Today I got a project that I've been messing around for the last few days working, it's an extremely novel approach to path finding using convolutional neural network, the novel part is that I've used only 1 training data which is a map that I drew in MS paint, with pink dots as the ground truth:
Which then after 2 mins of training on a 750ti, test running the network with some other maps that I drew again in MS paint:
Path 1
Real time output:
Path 2
Real time output:
Path 3:
Real time output:
In this path it went off the course a bit when turning left, but overall the network with no pre-existing knowledge but only 1 poorly drawn map, I was very surprised that it even managed to go straight not to mention actually staying on track, I can explain more about the methodology and how everything works if anyone is interested but I don't know if this thread is the right place. anyhow I'll try to train it with a couple more better drawn courses to see if it performs better, and this has been a fun exercise to do some random machine learning project
Which then after 2 mins of training on a 750ti, test running the network with some other maps that I drew again in MS paint:
Path 1
Real time output:
Path 2
Real time output:
Path 3:
Real time output:
In this path it went off the course a bit when turning left, but overall the network with no pre-existing knowledge but only 1 poorly drawn map, I was very surprised that it even managed to go straight not to mention actually staying on track, I can explain more about the methodology and how everything works if anyone is interested but I don't know if this thread is the right place. anyhow I'll try to train it with a couple more better drawn courses to see if it performs better, and this has been a fun exercise to do some random machine learning project
Speaking of nails, once had a little one in the arch of a running shoe. Every time I landed hard or got up to speed, I got a prick. Took far too long to figure out what was going on, the lack of bleeding helped in that.
Today I'm supposed to get my very own internet service installed, since my roommate's been ripping me off on that for months. Yay, adulting!
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That's awesome!
Today I'm supposed to get my very own internet service installed, since my roommate's been ripping me off on that for months. Yay, adulting!
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Today I got a project that I've been messing around for the last few days working, it's an extremely novel approach to path finding using convolutional neural network, the novel part is that I've used only 1 training data which is a map that I drew in MS paint, with pink dots as the ground truth:
Which then after 2 mins of training on a 750ti, test running the network with some other maps that I drew again in MS paint:
Path 1
Real time output:
Path 2
Real time output:
Path 3:
Real time output:
In this path it went off the course a bit when turning left, but overall the network with no pre-existing knowledge but only 1 poorly drawn map, I was very surprised that it even managed to go straight not to mention actually staying on track, I can explain more about the methodology and how everything works if anyone is interested but I don't know if this thread is the right place. anyhow I'll try to train it with a couple more better drawn courses to see if it performs better
That's awesome!
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@nero626
That is wicked.
@Biowarejak
That is petty of them. Yay, adulting!
Today was alright. Seriously considered quitting my call centre job as I keep making mistakes. Now to game and then sleep.
That is wicked.
@Biowarejak
That is petty of them. Yay, adulting!
Today was alright. Seriously considered quitting my call centre job as I keep making mistakes. Now to game and then sleep.
Today I worked my but off , tomorrow I’m going to do the same .
Gonna have to work weekend this week. ex-boss (a friend) couldn’t find help. Agreed to, but I gotta prepare a bit afterwards because I don’t think I can help out afterwards
Also had to return an item of two parts that was with the proxy shipper. Was preparing A to be sent back and waiting for B to be made shippable.
Guys sent away both A and B ._. Not sure what Amazon would do when they get back an item I didn’t return
Also had to return an item of two parts that was with the proxy shipper. Was preparing A to be sent back and waiting for B to be made shippable.
Guys sent away both A and B ._. Not sure what Amazon would do when they get back an item I didn’t return
Today I got a project that I've been messing around for the last few days working, it's an extremely novel approach to path finding using convolutional neural network, the novel part is that I've used only 1 training data which is a map that I drew in MS paint, with pink dots as the ground truth:
Which then after 2 mins of training on a 750ti, test running the network with some other maps that I drew again in MS paint:
Path 1
Real time output:
Path 2
Real time output:
Path 3:
Real time output:
In this path it went off the course a bit when turning left, but overall the network with no pre-existing knowledge but only 1 poorly drawn map, I was very surprised that it even managed to go straight not to mention actually staying on track, I can explain more about the methodology and how everything works if anyone is interested but I don't know if this thread is the right place. anyhow I'll try to train it with a couple more better drawn courses to see if it performs better, and this has been a fun exercise to do some random machine learning project
Looks great. I spent some time working with OpenAI's Gym and Universe as well as some basic python neural networks, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing. Its a really cool field and opens up a lot of possibilities. Unfortunately I don't have much time to do much of it anymore, but it was a fun few weeks while I was playing with it. Theres a pretty good sized group of people using Universe and Gym to create a self-driving AI in GTA5 to test on a real self-driving car. They figure that GTA5 is close enough to use as a baseline with all the random things that happen in the game.
As for me, I spent the day going through imports from china and testing some LG 18650 cells. Looking at maybe doing an EV conversion on an old broken down motorcycle. Frame and electronics are good, just the engine is seized and I dont feel like wasting time with it. An EV conversion is something on my project list, so I figured id give it a go.
I spent the day playing with Oracle's VM VirtualBox. I needed Linux, because proffesional development on Windows suck!
It is super easy to use and maniputate. There is a reccomended setting for RAM and storage space, but it is a slider, so you can change it quite easly.
Also, had some problems with my ISP, as every cookie i had from any website remained cached for days, without refreshing. They fixed it and now works fine.
It is super easy to use and maniputate. There is a reccomended setting for RAM and storage space, but it is a slider, so you can change it quite easly.
Also, had some problems with my ISP, as every cookie i had from any website remained cached for days, without refreshing. They fixed it and now works fine.
Finally received my first SATA M.2 stick. For some reason every time there's a hardware change, the motherboard decides to go bF (overclock-related issue). I don't have an overclock for over a year now ._.
Gonna figure out how to install windows 10. once I find the stupid OEM DVD I left somewhere
EDIT: Oh, right. Amazon didn't note the extra item in the return box. I'm seriously considering other options to cart a Cerberus over ._.
Gonna figure out how to install windows 10. once I find the stupid OEM DVD I left somewhere
EDIT: Oh, right. Amazon didn't note the extra item in the return box. I'm seriously considering other options to cart a Cerberus over ._.
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Just download the image directly from Microsoft and put it on a bootable USB.
sweet, thanks! still gotta find it eventually ._. the key's on there but I don't intend to use it until I finalise permanent plans for a long term PC (for another 7 years past mainstream DDR5/PCIe 4.0)
Working on game programming gig number 2. Getting some experience with the Unity engine this time, though it's mostly coding for me. Also, I'm thinking of what PC build idea should I attempt next- either a 4L watercooling gamer build in a similar vein as the S4Mini watercooling build, or a sub-4L case for small workstation graphics cards.
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this pic is BioShock.Ultimately, wear this and nothing will scratch or stab you at home anymore
I worked on learning how to write Verilog test benches. It looks scary and complicated, but the easiest way to get it is to split each test bench into parts and determine what part does what. Than just code what the module it, its signals, stimulant and time of run. There is a reason why verification takes 75% of the projects, while design takes 25%!
@AleksandarK aye but that's half the fun. I did a lot of those test bench simulations as an intern, it drove me a bit crazy starring at waveforms for 8hrs a day but its a necessary evil.
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