RedditRefugeeTom

RedditRefugeeTom , 5 months ago to linux in When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? **Edit: Linux Mint it shall be.**

I plan to do the same. Since all I do on my PC is play Steam games, I was thinking of going to SteamOS. No idea if that’s even a good idea though.

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to nostupidquestions in People who dont particularly care for or celebrate Christmas, Whats your favorite Christmas song?

Skank For Christmas - Reel Big Fish. Their Happy Skalidays album is great. I make it a yearly thing.

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to linux_gaming in Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite

Valve has sold multiple millions of steam decks. Fortnite is a popular game. What better way to grow a platform than to develop a popular game for it? Am I not wrong in thinking you’d increase profits having invested in another area? Especially if it would only take “a few more programmers”? I know Tim Sweeney doesn’t want to provide profit to Valve and I know he’s also a fucking idiot, but more money is more money…

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to videos in Bethesda's Game Design Was Outdated a Decade Ago [37:21] - NakeyJakey

Same! I have been very happy since becoming more patient with buying games after release. Has saved me money too!

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to videos in Bethesda's Game Design Was Outdated a Decade Ago [37:21] - NakeyJakey

Great video, great guy. Always happy to see a Nakey Jakey video! It feels like he’s the only one who really sees how things are. Its too bad consumers accept video games as they are right now.

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to asklemmy in Does anyone actually use bathroom bluetooth speakers?

I’m not wrong. I’m stating my opinion. If I am wrong in stating my opinion than you are wrong as well for stating your opinion. I have a pair of open headphones, Audio Technica R70X. They still allow music to escape just as bad as it would be for a Bluetooth speaker to be playing at low volume. Perhaps Samsung Buds Pro 2 could work, but why would you want to seal yourself away from nature that much if you’re out hiking? Bluetooth speaker has been an appropriate choice in my experience.

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to asklemmy in What is the profession you wouldn't work, even for a day and even if paid your weight in gold?

Working in a foundry or an oil rig. They both seem like pretty shit jobs due to the hazards, materials and conditions.

RedditRefugeeTom , 6 months ago to asklemmy in Does anyone actually use bathroom bluetooth speakers?

Not completely safe being out hiking and blocking off your ability to hear your surroundings. I think it’s completely acceptable to be considerate while out with a Bluetooth speaker.

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to asklemmy in What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert?

Every try Cranberry orange relish? Take a bag of cranberries and an orange, process them or blend them to a finely chopped consistency. Add ab9it a half cup of sugar to start, then sweeten up slowly. The next day it’s a great mix of sweet and tangy.

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to asklemmy in What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert?

Cheesecake and cranberry-orange relish. Such a great combo!!

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to news in Robot Kills Man After Mistaking Him for Box of Vegetables

Even if it was a vision system, which I highly doubt it was, there is no way a vision system could mistake anything for anything other than what it was programmed to see. Vision systems are finicky little bitches to setup. Gotta make sure your lighting is consistent and perfect, can’t place the machine near windows or else the sun will fuck up your vision system, etc. The late worker had to have accidentally triggered a box presence sensor while having the robot unsafely bypassed into a not-safe running state.

I once had to male 36 vision programs into one robot. That’s 1 vision program for each I-Beam that came in, in a stack. Couldn’t find the majority straight edges off a layer, no, had to find only one beam at a time. That was a nightmare job. To make it worse, the I-Beams camexin from the outdoors after it could snow. Water reflects light, so we had to make sure all the beams are dried off completely. Lastly, the customer later.decided to clean and update their tin roof with clear plexiglass wavy things. Well, then the vision programs stopped working from sun up to sun down…vision systems are finicky little bitches!

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to news in Robot Kills Man After Mistaking Him for Box of Vegetables

Crazy shit. My boss had to pull someone lifeless out of a horizontal cnc mill. Doing the same procedure they both had done multiple times in the past. Except the guy accidentally triggered a sensor somewhere, which caused the machine to plunge a drill bit into the guy’s head. I am honestly surprised you can continue to work with automated equipment after something like that, it was just the other guy’s turn to do the procedure that day with my boss as assisting (way before he was my boss and we worked at the same company, so years ago). I guess if anything it explains his drive to making sure we are shipping out safe machines.

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to news in Robot Kills Man After Mistaking Him for Box of Vegetables

Robotics technician with 7 years under his belt here: these things only happen due to human error. Either at the integrators level (not the proper risk assessment made or poor programming/design) or by the worker (bypassing safety devices to get the job done). Now since this is South Korea, I don’t think they’d be bad off on providing safe machines in the first place. Since the robot unexpectedly moved, I’d have to guess the fence circuit of the robotic cell was jumped out in some way. Either by a hardwire jumper or taking the safety key off the door and jamming it in the receiving locking module. Normally when a safety circuit is broken (Emergency Stop, Fence/Gate/Light Curtain or Non-Teaching Enable Device) the robot has power to its servo motors disconnected physically.

On the integrators side,.perhaps they didn’t interface a safety gate in with the robot, perhaps they didn’t use dual chain safety (24v line and a 0v line that flip at the same time and if they don’t flip within a certain time of another, safety trips due to the time discrepancy). Doesn’t say what brand of robot was being used, but the 4 types of robots I’ve used (fanuc, abb, motoman and kuka) have had force sensitive feedback to stop the robot in the event of a collision. But that’s a collision, so even a robot at 100% collision detection is going to do some damage before it stops, possibly could kill too if programmed poorly.

There is a lot that can go wrong via human negligence of automated equipment. Having integrators and customers that understand the risks and practice good safety is vital to preventing workplace injuries on automated equipment! I’m proud to say the leading industry turnkey integrator I work for always has safety number one with our machines. Normally I would call BS if someone stated that, but we have almost endless checklists and design reviews geared towards safety. That’s what makes a great integrator standout from the mom and pop shops!

RedditRefugeeTom , 7 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Visual storytelling at its finest

business yes! business good!

RedditRefugeeTom , 8 months ago to technology in Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake

Especially with Microsoft Teams. Teams is such a powerful application for businesses. It’s a pain in the ass to use on my work iPhone. ID love to have MS Phone again. They were well built and I never had any software or battery issues.