Vinay Hiremath

@ericjang11 Sick! Bookmarked. Thank you for putting your knowledge out there

@HaixuanT Drone that waters my plants

@vhmth Hard to say without more context? What are you trying ro build?

Anyone have familiarity with ros2 vs. dora-rs? Would rather not roll my own robotics framework but also kinda want to steer clear of ros2 since it seems extremely heavy and there are so many horror stories scaling it to production

@IAmMattGreen LOL

@vhmth must be powered by gemini flash

I can tell they’re really turning on the AI on Waymos because they have been way more retarded lately

Well said. One book that changed my life is The Untethered Soul which paints a picture of a person who is scared of losing control of something “out there” and so they construct this castle of thoughts and behaviors solely focused on avoiding that thing. And eventually that web of energy controls their whole life. It blocks them from living at all.

Some context: my friend raved about this book a couple of years ago but I just skimmed it since I've never identified as codependent and a lot of the stories in the book are about the spouses of alcoholics, which isn't personally relevant. But I read it again recently and realized that the book is actually about letting go of the need for control. Many of us try to help our friends and family, without realizing that the frame of "they need my care/support" is actually a form of establishing control. We believe that people need us, that they'll go down the wrong path without us and make the wrong choices in work/relationships/life, but what happens is that while you're trying to control the other person through supporting them you become controlled by their behavior. If you've ever had the experience of being extremely frustrated at a friend, partner or family member because they asked for your advice and you gave it, only for them to ignore it, this book is relevant to you. (From what I can tell, that's a pretty universal experience.) In it, Melody Beattie writes, "The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people’s business, and the quickest way to become sane and happy is to tend to our own affairs." Despite our best efforts, we have extremely limited ability to influence other people's choices. People are free to neglect their bodies, engage in destructive behavior, get in or stay in toxic relationships, abuse substances, etc. This might feel unbearable if you love them, but if you get overly attached to the idea that *they need you in order to stop,* you've trapped yourself in a situation where you have no real leverage. As in: no matter what you try, how hard you try, how pragmatic, useful, wise, supportive you are, *it's not ultimately your life.* Most of us are better served by, well, actually living our lives, instead of trying to solve someone else's. Through extreme effort we may able to be able to temporarily modify someone's behavior, but the change will not last because real change only comes when someone grapples with the consequences of their situation and makes the decision to live differently. You cannot force someone to have a revelation, not matter how badly you might want to. Though people might tell us they want or need our advice or support, this generally just gets us trapped in the drama triangle. There is a difference between *actually helping someone*, and *assuming the role of the rescuer because we believe it's what's required of us." Caretaking is often just a form of enabling. Another great quote from the book: "At the time we rescue or caretake, we may experience one or more of the following feelings: discomfort and awkwardness about the other person’s dilemma; urgency to do something; pity; guilt; saintliness; anxiety; extreme responsibility for that person or problem; fear; a sense of being forced or compelled to do something; mild or severe reluctance to do anything; more competency than the person we are “helping”; or occasional resentment at being put in this position. We also think the person we are taking care of is helpless and unable to do what we are doing for them. We feel needed temporarily. I am not referring to acts of love, kindness, compassion, and true helping—situations where our assistance is legitimately wanted and needed and we want to give that assistance. These acts are the good stuff of life. Rescuing and caretaking aren’t." The tl;dr of it all is that in order to actually change, people generally need to reckon with their sense of autonomy and responsibility. When we shield people from consequences, they never learn how to make better choices.

@ric0seq @KevinJDCS Thank you!

@vhmth @KevinJDCS China contingent with LD + Zhongda Leader + Zhenkang They are cheaper and lower quality than the Japanese producers The question for this new AI paradigm is what need to be the most important characteristics of these components. TBD if micron level precision is needed

ripped a big buy of harmonic drive systems inc 🇯🇵

@ric0seq @KevinJDCS What are the other major makers? What do you think of LeaderDrive?

@KevinJDCS @vhmth Iykyk

@UnitreeRobotics Sick

Unitree Unveils: GD01, A Manned Transformable Mecha, from $650,000 👏 The world's first production-ready manned mecha. It can transform. It's a civilian vehicle. It weighs ~500kg with you inside. Please everyone be sure to use the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner.

Two things: 1. I hope Will is wrong and the team cooked and did some wild shit. 2. We need way more technical critical discourse like this from Will. There are so many out of pocket things being claimed on the timeline these days. And hacker news is untrustable because everyone there seems to be either in total AI psychosis or denial.

Reminds me of branch prediction for CPU pipelines. What else can we borrow from operating system design and apply to model design?

@andrew__reed Extremely underrated tweet lololol

john ternus around

@devanshpandey 🤝🏾❤️

vinay has been incredibly helpful in the mad dash to get compute allocation before it dries up! incredibly thankful.

.@devanshpandey and Galen are exceptional. Proud to be a small angel on this journey and watch them blow up. @mcannonbrookes @scottfarkas there are more than a few interesting partnership angles here.

Lastly, the deficit of macro-inspiration doesn't even feel like something I deserve to chip away at if I haven't ascended through my own lower level, yet, by the same token, my perception that society is less inspired makes it harder for me to feel consistently inspired. Anyone else feeling some version of this?

Basically, "not everyone is rich with no dependents" and that feels valid. Honestly, thinking about this gives me massive imposter syndrome and makes me feel guilty of my position in life. Something to unpack later.

I have become obsessed with my perception that there is a vast deficit of inspiration in the world. This is self-serving on two levels. On the lower level, I want clarity on the next step in my career. On the higher level, I want to thrive in an optimistic and excited society.