Brian Helfrich

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Brian Helfrich

Brian Helfrich

@MojaveCrow

Espionage & sci-fi author weaving plots of intrigue & treachery • WIP thriller: The Lumin Intercept • https://t.co/E9W85v91Y1 #SpyThriller

Tucson, AZ Katılım Aralık 2024
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
I'm writing a sci-fi spy-fi thriller: The Lumin Intercept An agent has gone dark, leaving a package in the wind and a cryptic reference to an entity known as Lumin. Join two operatives as they struggle to uncover a shocking and otherworldly plot. More at brianhelfrichbooks.com
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
New version of the 32-tooth gear coming with additional support struts and twice as thick to limit out of plane wobble.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@DanaGricken I'm the kind of reader that likes to see words I don't know/understand, then look them up and think about how they color the story. I'd prefer 'laneway' if that's how you talk.
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Dana Gricken says be kind!@DanaGricken·
Doing edits today! As a Canadian, there are always some communication barriers when I work with American publishers/editors. For example, in Canada, we also call a driveway a “laneway”. My American editor had no idea what I was saying. Always fun to see the little differences!
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 I feel like time should be a factor in the scoring, ie, faster assembly is more better.
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
Need a chance to go down in Engineering History with ultimate glory and accolades? Look at The Autonomous Self-Replicating Machine Challenge github.com/mooreth/Autono…
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 False positive in Conf 1. Classic case of cross-reactivity with vampire rays mimicking photon behavior. Photodetector bias. 🙂
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@sofrepofficial That "combat roll" looked like he was spinning the wheel of where will I be shot? Lower back? Foot? Ass?
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@BagOfNeurons That's the book that did it for me 25 years ago, then the glacial pace of actual progress drove me back out... @somewhereville's post showing an actual, reproducible, mechanically controlled hydrogen abstraction using a tooltip gives me hope again though.
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Colin Kakama
Colin Kakama@BagOfNeurons·
Just got Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age". Lets see if I can fall in love with molecular nanotech even more this weekend.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 Let me know. I can sit on this couch and suggest work and experiments to do all day long. 😀
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
@MojaveCrow Thanks. It should be tested out, but I'm stretched thin, need a team.
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
New version of the 32-tooth gear with added support is replacing the old one in the part library.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 Ahh, there is that. I guess the question is how round is round enough. Either way, it's cool.
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
@MojaveCrow I'm not sure how to make that round as I would want it.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 I don't think we're there yet with the current AI anyways, at least not for design, maybe for testing. I was thinking more basic like reinforcement learning for part optimization, etc. Either way, it's very cool. Modular architecture/platform is going to accelerate development.
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
@MojaveCrow I have not used AI, but I've wondered if I have a large enough part library to train a model on to be able to design stuff. If a SME ever asks to collaborate, I'd jump at it.
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
We will be able to design atomically precise nanorobotic systems with Diamondback in a quick and practical manner.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 Very cool. Is there a force that keeps the two couplers from rotating and un-hooking?
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Tom Moore@mooreth42·
Carbon nanotube version of the locking coupler, A version should be possible that allows another tube to pass through the center.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 Maybe something like calculate the total force on the wall due to atmosphere (P_atm × Area), then divide that force across several springs pushing on the wall... you do have springs don't you?
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
Solid model bricks on the left get turned into atomistic bricks on the right. I wonder how long a box made of bricks like this would maintain a vacuum. Any suggestions on how to simulate that?
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 You counted molecules. There's 51 atoms in that pic. (Which is exactly what I would have guessed, btw. 😉)
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
I want to design some pumps. Yesterday if you asked me how many atoms are in 1,000 nm^3 of air at sea level, I would have guessed a thousand, but it's only like 25.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@jflWrites I was trying to come up with a sentence having to do with spiders that could have come before that one and made it make sense, but yeah, looks like a "fix it later" line for sure.
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J.F. Lawrence | Author (Jesse)
While editing my WIP, I came across this sentence. You may bow before me in awe. "A pile of them was in a pile of them."
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 All atomistic sims should conclude with a spherical body flying in and demolishing it.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@mooreth42 It's not clear to me what is connected/part of what. There're two white clips, clipped into yellow stationary bits. How is the nanotube connected?
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Tom Moore
Tom Moore@mooreth42·
Gear is spinning at 2 billions times a second, held in place with two clip-pins. The CNTs needs to be one row shorter. I think there is some interaction between them and the clips.
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Brian Helfrich
Brian Helfrich@MojaveCrow·
@jflWrites 'Respect' is def better. I'll go with Neal Stephenson and Jason Matthews
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