random

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Who doesn’t love some random bits of stuff? :slightlysmilingface:

Programming, it's what you do in the hallway.

Still in the hallway.

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thoughts on linking a google calendar to slack for meeting schedule?

Probably a good idea

we could do that

would be nice

similar to how we have the feed for FRC

Yeah

I'd set one up but I'm pretty sure I don't have permission to make integrations post to #announcements

I can have jon or james do it

There is a link to it on the site. I don't want to add integrations to announcements as it should be as streamline as possible

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JOIN DIS GROUP HOMIES

Yo

K

For Bo and Riyadth: "Cosmodrome"
https://www.netflix.com/title/80119093?s=i

@Jon Coonan You asked about where I work: http://www.synapse.com/
We had a marketing company build a site for us so we could tell the world about what we do: https://www.themuse.com/companies/synapse
I'm featured in a video! :-)

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Is there any way we can get sponsors/logos on a vest/waistcoat instead of T-shirts this year? Otherwise it will be difficult to show off our logos if we go all steampunk...

That's a great idea actually

I've already started on some new designs for the shirt as well

How opposed do you think people would be to making the base color black? I'm just curious

@Riyadth Al-Kazily:

Hmm. Yellow on black would stand out really nicely. I saw some vests online that had a colorful front (some patterned, some plain), and a black back. Putting sponsor logos on the black background would be cool. And if we can get a blue front, then our Spartronics logo could be close to "normal"

Also, recalling that there was an airship in the teaser, something like this might inspire inspiration. Maybe for the driving team? https://www.amazon.com/Steampunk-Airship-Captain-Flying-Vest/dp/B005466G0I

Yeah I really like the idea of yellow on black it looks great as well as brighter colors of blue.

And those buttons on the front could be team buttons

Oh that best is so cool!

Vest*

It might be easy to make it as a "panel" that we can pin to regular shirts/vests.

I personally like black with our colors better it makes yellow stand out a lot better and is good with the white sponser logos as well.

It looks really nice as well.

That's a great idea as well

I see a lot of opportunities this year for marketing with steampunk

We could dress up our logo with a steampunk/Victorian font, and maybe stylize our gear to make it more steampunky. Maybe have it connect to one or more smaller gears?

It is convenient that a lot of steampunk costumes feature gears...

top hats!

Agreed!

And googles

Yesssssss

Googles? well, okay

Lol

They have to be certified safety glasses... These will do: https://www.amazon.com/ArcOne-G-FLY-A1101-Fly-Safety-Goggles/dp/B003WE9ZG6

Yes!

Those are perfect

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I have The Fly ArcOne goggles if anyone wants to see them. The lenses are much bigger than typical steampunk welding goggles. Much more bug like. If you're going to punk these, let's talk. We can share ideas.

I would love to see them!

Another good engineering documentary is "Azorian" about the 1974 US attempt to salvage a sunken Soviet ballistic missile sub at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Think Recycle Rush on a grand scale under water.

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If anyone's interested in mapping downtown Winslow on Sunday the 16th, https://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Seattle/events/234662245

Think 'the wikipedia of maps'. here's what winslow looks like right now on OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/47.62420/-122.51598

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Back on the topic of goggles, what is the certification required? I'm looking at these... https://smile.amazon.com/Industrial-Steampunk-Welding-Goggles-Standard/dp/B01GDE64MY/ref=sr112?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1475872226&sr=1-12&keywords=cool+safety+glasses+flip+up Amazon says they meet the following certifications: ANSI & CE Approved as protective safety Goggles. Exceeds ANSI Z87.1 & Z80.3 Standards

How will you convince the pit goggle gatekeepers that they are safety goggles and not cosplay goggles? "Amazon says so" might not work since they look the same as $7 cosplay ones. Try and find a manufacturer's or brand spec. Perhaps packaging says it?

Lol good point!

I just think they're cool lookin' :slightlysmilingface: But seriously, I agree there would need to be a way to prove they meet spec for the reason you describe

The Z87 tells you that they are safety rated. Your safety glasses should have the number as well.

According to the FRC safety manual:
Safety Glasses Requirements
Wear ANSI-approved, UL Listed, or CSA rated non-shaded safety glasses. Lightly tinted Yellow, Rose, Blue, and Amber tints are FIRST approved. Reflective lenses are prohibited, your eyes must be clearly visible to others. The use of anything other than ANSI-approved, UL-Listed, or CSA rated eye protection is prohibited.

http://www.firstinspires.org/download/file/fid/3271

I think those markings on the goggles are sufficient to show they meet the requirements.

If you (the general you) are considering The Fly goggles mentioned above, visit the manufacture's web site for a spec of the googles. Different model numbers have different tints (from 10% to 90%) and many are mirrored. I got the ones with only a 10% tint (i.e., block 10% of light, basically, clear). Unfortunately, they are mirrored. I removed the mirror coating with automotive polish (because that's what I had). If I saw the Titus ones to begin with, I probably would've done that. It seems easier. But I do like the larger field of vision on The Fly. They're just going to take more work.

I like them both, and agree the Fly goggles have advantages. I found a decent deal on the Titus ones with removable medium shaded lenses (could come in handy) & so I ordered a pair to evaluate the quality. I'll probably put them in the robotics room.

I thought I'd drop a plug for our locally owned Ace Hardware store. While most of the projects are for weapons, You can easily use it for other accessories more applicable to FRC. http://steampunk.wonderhowto.com/news/28-most-popular-steampunk-materials-your-local-hardware-store-0141461/

Cool autonomous program! https://youtu.be/bRZB7NYVrKY

Wow that's impressive! They make it look so easy

I remember hearing about someone on Chief Delphi saying that there were going to be teams with a two ball autonomous. Probably has to be set up just right though.

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Do we have any singers on the team? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLQ9Do4PGK4

NIIICE :ok_hand:

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does "Sat, November 5, 7am – 5pm" mean:

1. workshops start at 7, be at the door earlier
2. registration/welcoming starts at 7, but can arrive later
3. leave Bainbridge on the 7 am ferry
4. meet at BHS at 7 am to set up carpools

or something else? thanks in advance

http://www.ahsrobotics.us/event-2370224

The event is 8:30am - 4:00pm

I assume the 7:05am ferry will be the right choice, to get to the school before the event starts.

sounds like "arrive at 8"

I wish their event page was a bit better than "FRC Workshop" :confused:

Yes, it always seems to be that way. At the workshop they hand out nice schedules with lots of detail, but they don't pre-publish them.

Workshop starts at 8:30 am .

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see you guys on the 7:05 then

Hey if any of you guys going tomorrow have not been to the play I'm planning on attending (starts at 7, we can go get dinner then head there). You guys should come, it'll be fun

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For Hamilton fans https://youtu.be/jMMigGpWNFw

Welp that's my amstud tutorial right there

Wait seriously XD

I'm doing mine on Hamilton

Not seriously. I'm actually doing it on Locke

Who's that? (All I can think about is hamilton these days)

When the police chief came into talk and asked who wrote the federalist papers I swear I blurted out John Jay James Madison and Alexander Hamilton so fast he didn't hear me XD

Ok Wait this amazing too https://youtu.be/NX2kR-L0w60

They played that at an event 2 years ago if I recall

It's great

Quality content

Locke was the dude who came up with the basic ideals that would be written about in the declaration of independence and constitution, along with broader ideas in the federalist papers, all 100 years before the revolution

Ayyyyye Federalist bros

Yeet

@Rose Bandrowski set the channel topic: Memes and various mischief (not managed)

@Jon Coonan set the channel topic: Memes, various mischief along with general randomeness (not managed but Coach still reads it so keep it clean guys)

Accurate

HA Yessss someone got my reference XD

I'm always here for that:grin:

Lol

Proof for marketing that fonts matter

the headline "Trump Launches Nukes at Russia" would be much less intimidating in Comic Sans

Omg yes

it still would be intimidating though

that's something that you shouldn't joke about.

okay, Papyrus then.

Nice Jack, nice

I'm partial to wingdings

Proper use of #random right here folks

Everyone bow to my magical ability to float

Because that's obviously not photoshop

(cough thanks Jon)

Tbh photoshop was way rushed on that one, tons of artifacts

if you squint it looks real

Lol a little rushed yeah

who can fix it?

if we can get a movie poster version that would be good

Obviously what we meant Random to be actually used for, political arguments.

Federalists vrs anti federalists yo

Lol what would you name the movie

Can we agree we should probably keep politics off slack? Aside from the old stuff

"Hover" by M Night Shyamalan (had to look up spelling)

"Rose and the somewhat crappy photoshop job but hey Jon tried, it's the thought that counts"

Yeah agreed on the politics

@Jon Coonan set the channel topic: Memes, various mischief along with general randomeness (not managed but Coach still reads it so keep it clean guys). Please avoid politics

I find it funny that I was writing an email to one of the speakers at skunkworks workshop while seeing the conversation that the rest of you were having on non-robotics topics.

Well if you're distracted turn off you notifications XD

Random is for non-robotics topics

I keep this channel muted (no offense guys)

There actually hasn't been that much activity until recently

you never know when the meme storm will hit

:joy:

When it comes to that I'm gonna take the route of that Greek dude who tried himself to the mast of his ship to hear the sirens song

Probably not a bad idea

Odysseus

That's the man

hey so actually random: does anyone know the name of the band that's two german guys? something with either 'milk' or 'spoon' in it

Genre?

generic millenial indie pop

Hmm

ah nvm found it

What was it?

Milky Chance

I'd like this guy to announce that headline Jack. I think I'd be able to take it in much easier with his sass telling me.

Oh wow they're more pop

And that's beautiful rose

we're gonna need another channel for that rose

Lol a gamer channel

:joy:

:ok_hand:

I'm gonna file that one under "not slack"

As litt as that sounds

lol

@Jack Stratton they remind me of Vance Joy a bit

heard a song on the radio at the coffee shop here playing a song I know I heard somewhere before. still not sure whether I like them or not

IKR they were super popular a while ago

Kinda over played tho

it's not really my genre

Same

I only listen to Latvian Turbo Riverdance music on 33rpm vinyl

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me too thx

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@Alex Larson Freeman https://youtu.be/3TlAnsXlhS4

Yep, that is exactly accurate

:ok_hand:

Thanks for the meme

Always

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Anyone see this yet? Pool noodles confirmed (really exciting I know) http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/blog/pool-noodles-2017

can't mix and match types of noodle? weird.

I'm guessing it's because of the more gear like shape

I mean it kinda looks like a flower... close enough

OMG U CAN MIX AND MATCH POOL NOODLES? THIS GREATLY IMPACTS MY FUTURE I MUST OWN THEM ALL.

XD

in the midst of a room filled with pool noodles gasping for air

Lol I want to see this actually happen

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this channel needs sparkle

FABULOUS SPARKLE!

My friend Joseph made this.

Can we use that this year?

try #marketing

k thanks

I had my picture taken by a professional photographer check it out!

They specialize in making memes

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heres a random thought, what if medival empires had slack?

#medicicourt, #louisxvi_courtiers

Thou hast not reacted with :ok_hand: to my post?!? Off with his head!

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I can't even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovWz0154KI&t=25

the poor audio engineer

That poor guy omg XD the look on the musician's face tho LOL

Jon is a Unicorn

All signs point to yes

um wut

what signs?

The eight ball has confirmed

Crud

THEY FOUND ME

The unicorn has been found

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XD thank you (currently stressing over Ap chem) Needed that.

Aw that sucks man, glad that helped:smile:

(Cries tears of chemistry in lab) lol

Aw rip rose

sends all the chem help I don't have

XD dw its just entropy

Fun fun

Phun*

Omg how could I make that mistake!

Indeed how dare you

Granted you're not in physics...yet?

Not yet

Lol you're gonna love it.

Oh yes I'm sure:ok_hand:I also will b dead by the end of that year

Cause of death: Physics

I'm.... mostly alive after last year

Oh so u can see my future too?

Well that's good!

The eight ball sees all XD

Lol

Oh course

Lel

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Good ol' random marketing related humor http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-everyday-charts-stephen-wildish/

He makes a really good point though. His examples are very strong but subtle color changes can easily impact the tone of a peice

It's very true, its also very humorous throughout the post. Quality work dude :ok_hand:

When you accidentally say 'da' mentors instead of the mentors. Suddenly their sucking your soul out of your body. ¯\(ツ)/¯

expecto patrobot

expecto partr-gracious professionalism

lmao

rose looked like yoda in that pic im laughing so hard

Yoda Rose!

rose yoda?

hilarious

What photo

scroll up a bit

Wanted to share something I recently wrote on Tech Trends https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magnificent-7-tech-trends-watch-kevin-hawkins

I found an electric inflator in the trash in the gym and when I asked the gym teacher about it she said that she had thrown it away because some students had broken it

I deposited it in mr.chees room in case anyone in engineering wanted to fix it

we could potentially use it for pneumatics maybe

This years design philosphy

remember first make it work

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=44654

LOL, but true

:turkey:

Lol happy thanksgiving

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If you think about it the "make it work then make it work better" approach has some very severe limitations

in most scenarios it is much more economical to simply make it work the best it possibly can, before you build it

It works well for iterative prototyping but other things not so much

we should be alright using this because we are constantly rebuilding the robot

I read a poignant guide to Ruby by why the lucky stiff

As a work of literature I would give it 8/10

with enough eyes all bugs become shallow

I was so moved by it I decided to install the ruby development environment from IBM into my eclipse installation

I then remembered I had homework and almost forgot about it

lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/

omg this is a thing

jack you seeing this?

and this?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsMasterRace/

Reddit is fun

https://youtu.be/R4HffK65SZI?list=PLW1Yb5N9dD8eDt7895Tb0UZdexpU19tv7

youtube

the only place on earth where you can see a black and white film of a man singing about his dead ostrich

the things you find on the marketing photo storage drive...

:joy:

I excel at weirdness, we should all know this by now.

roses weirdness level is 10/10 weirdness points

my weirdness level is OVER 9000!

What does .dng stand for?

Digital negative

It’s a type of camera raw file

raw?

does that mean uncompressed

Extremely - file types like .jpg make automatic color adjustments and compress. .cr2, .dng and other camera raw types do not

You can learn more about it in Ms. N’s photo classes

good to know

Is there a way to turn files into text?

You are allowed, after all to send emails containing an infinite number of characters so a piece of software that can turn a file like an hour long movie in MPEG-4 format into a long string of text that can be copypasted into an email and sent without running into the attachment limit would be super great!

does anyone know of any such software?

base64 / asciiarmor but your emails will certainly be bounced for size if you're sending full movies in any format at all

Well jack you don't actually need to send the entire thing all at once

If the file had been converted to text you could just copy paste sections of it into email and send them one at a time with instructions telling the other person how to reassemble them into the full file

I don't really care about how long it takes particularly I just want the file to get to its destination without any loss in quality

because you know its important for backups to not be HORRIBLY CORRUPTED DURING TRANsFER OFFSITE

I would love to build an extension for thunderbird that does this

I do need a 3d printer fixed as well please message me if you know how to run 3d printers

I use email encryption so feel free to send me your public keys

meanwhile as we putter around with our silly bot

https://youtu.be/3wrDwbBNVwQ

these bots weigh half a ton each and are made of tool steel

the same stuff that a hammer is made of

We all knew we were strange but this just confirms it.

Haha

That's so great

http://makeitstranger.com/ go nuts

That's amazing

Ikr

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Danger things

a show about dangerous things

and the people who build them

Think rocket propelled scythes and ninja robots that see in slow motion (using slow motion cameras) and move using the power of explosions!

might like the show Prototype This, not sure if its only season is still on netflix though

I feel pretty confident I could make functioning rocket boots given the right materials

you might break your legs and get impaled with your own leg bones if you try using them though

you know because your legs aren't made to propel you that high

but I could totes do it

Thank you!! Hope you're having phun in Hawaii Kevin! @Kevin Hawkins

Brilliant pic Kevin, have a good time!

kools

it looks cloudy in Hawaii

does anyone know of a pair of opensource AR glasses I could use?

I need a pair of AR glasses for a project

what is this?

https://www.thanassis.space/backup.html

what an odd website

it's a blog, I think

check this out

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/?source=typredirect

this is a iso that you burn to a disk and then whenever someone puts the disc in their computer and presses f10 deletes their entire hard drive

I am such leet haxor

https://www.makebullshit.com/

maybe not

sorry

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/TransferFiles

how to literally move terabytes of stuff at once

I can do all the stuffs

except make a button that does this

https://www.myinstants.com/instant/this-is-sparta/

:no_mouth:

click the button!

https://www.demonsaw.com/#linux

and wut

http://joke-battles.wikia.com/wiki/TehDocturr

FYI,

IT'S SNOWING!!!

Capri said it was snowing over there lol, is it sticking?

Yes

Mwahahaha I wonder if schools going to be canceled...

I really hope - there are some tests I'd rather take later lol

Please!!!!

May the snow gods be merciful

may they be merciful

I hope so, or at least a late start

On the canceling school

:ok_hand::skin-tone-3:

I see it snowing until 5 in the morning, so a late start is possible....

Aw yeet

but it starts raining at around 6

maybe it'll be icy

here's hoping I don't have to take that math test

Oh yeah same

The snow gods were merciful :joy: yay no school (and no test Jack!)

Is the fll setup for tonight still going ahead?

Maybe a good question to ask in another channel (not everyone sees this one)

True

http://joke-battles.wikia.com/wiki/TehDocturr

The snow reminds me of that episode of doctor who where they went to a snow planet and freed a giant glacier brain

sending pic!

When I look out the window there is just snow everywhere

@Tom Wiggin set the channel topic: Memes, various mischief along with general randomeness (not managed but Coach still reads it so keep it clean guys). Please avoid politics also fabulous peeps

@Tom Wiggin set the channel purpose: ermagerdness

I didn't know I could do that

and also if you check announcements we are still meeting at 3pm for the first lego league

not risking my life over legos so i'm not going

If I had one of these though I would totally go

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@Enrique Chee set the channel purpose:

Looks a lot different from the Computer Science Flowchart

Lol

My hard drives are failing

anyone have any spares?

Anybody have a casual (or not-so-casual) interest in astronomy? A colleague reminded me today about an amazing resource: The Worldwide Telescope (http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/). I'm sharing it because the holiday break is upon us & maybe some of you will have some free time & would like to do some exploring without leaving your warm houses. Cool tech behind this as well. Happy Holidays!

Omg goodness how cool! Definitely checking that out

I'm definitely going to check it out too!

an open source alternative to slack with pretty much better everything!

https://about.mattermost.com/slack-vs-mattermost/

you get the idea

before you say "tom please stfu we are using slack this year" I would just like to say that I am putting this on here because I think its neat and I don't want us to use this until next year or whatever.

come to think of it

if you want better software just type the name of what you are using prefixed by "alternative to" and then repeat the proccess as many times as neccesary

weird!

May your Christmas be convenient!

our chromebooks look almost exactly like this opensource laptop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIAOpenBook

what metals can we use on the robot?

are we allowed to use exotic alloys?

composites?

carbon fiber tubing?

@Tom Wiggin set the channel topic: Memes, various mischief along with general randomeness, brainstorming and general questions (not managed but Coach still reads it so keep it clean guys). Please avoid politics and inflammatory subjects

so last year, we could use pretty much any material except for the bumpers; those were regulated quite strictly. see page 58 https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2016manuals/GameManual/FRC-2016-game-manual.pdf

I ordered a few samples of dynalloy actuator wire so I was wondering

if it turns out to be up to my expectations I might bring it in and let you guys have a look

@Enrique Chee set the channel topic:

https://www.robots.com/

Merry Christmas from Bill and Rose :smile:

merry crisis!

*christmas

may your christmas not turn into a crisis

Happy holidays to all. :ok_hand:

Merry Newtonmas

use newtons flaming laser sword

just say merry

I noticed somebody using the latest version of Linux Mint at the last programming meeting to access the internet. If that person could clue me in on how to access the school wifi with an unsupported OS I would really appreciate it

http://bisd303.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=10099

the instructions in this guide don't work on anything other than ubuntu 15.10 or fedora 22

Happy new year all. :tada:

Upgraded my hard drive!

Feeling like a sir in 2017!

wait

we have a german transfer student on the team

our robot has german engineering

lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScienceandtechnologyinGermany

lol

happy new years!

saw fireworks in seattle!

How'd you get one that big???

woah thats huge?

nope

definitely fake

it has to be

Sorry to dissapoint, our new magnets arrived!

That's a magnet??

What's the size on that thing?

no way thats real

keep it away from my hard drive

@Jon Coonan:

Also when did you guys decide to order magnets?

Early into break - not very expensive and we will put them on the cars when we go to competition

I don't remember the specifics on the size. Just over a foot if I recall

Good idea!

Wow that's a big magnet - good for a car for sure.

JeVois Smart Machine Vision Camera - amazing! I recommend the video. http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/jevois-smart-machine-vision-camera-03-01-2017/

I have two computers and a usb cord connecting them

how do I transfer files over the cable?

this is pretty important I need to move like half a terabyte of stuff a minute guys

any help with this would be great

@Tom Wiggin I believe that only USB-C supports computer-to-computer transfer over a normal cable. Regular USB (1.1 through 3.0) from a computer with a type-A connector cannot connect to another computer with a type-A cable (even though those cables exist...)

It appears I have one of those cables

lol

Special data transfer cables do exist, which emulate a network between the two computers.

https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Windows-Transfer-Computer-Software/dp/B005OTPVMY

I have two ethernet cables and a LAN box if that helps

You could put both computers on the LAN and transfer files that way. Either connect them to your normal LAN (so they get IP addresses through DHCP), or set IP addresses manually so they can talk to each other (pick two addresses on the same network, like 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0)

If the computers are running Linux then you could use 'scp' to copy individual files, or 'rsync' to copy entire directory trees.

one is windows and one is mint

heres a pic

That's more complicated.

You might need to install and configure Samba on the Mint computer, then connect to it with Windows file sharing from the Windows side. Then copy files using the Windows file manager.

shouldn't get any easier than that

:-) Photos don't help much when transferring files

lol so true

Which way do you want to move the files? Windows to Mint, or the other way around?

I want to be able to access files both ways

Well, I know that you can set up Mint to act as a Windows file share with the Samba package. That way it looks just like any other Windows machine on the network. Likewise, you should be able to mount a Windows machine that is shared using a network filesystem... I know I've done that, but I can't remember how. Let me look it up.

Here are some links about accessing data on the network: https://www.linux.com/learn/linux-migration-guide-accessing-windows-data-linux-and-vice-versa

thanks!

More details here: http://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/

I remember now that I used CIFS when I did it long ago. I haven't had Windows in the house for years, though.

that wasn't very helpful at all

mint can automount NTFS partitions just fine

I see that Mint makes some things easier: https://windyweather.net/2015/09/27/linux-mint-windows-file-sharing-just-works/

checking the howtogeek one

I think we should have moved this to a private channel, but I have to go now anyway. Good luck. These links should give you pointers. My last Google search was for 'network file sharing windows linux mint'. You can see what else pops up if you search.

I freaking hate windows 10 so much, I was working on some stuff and EVEN THOUGH I HAD DEFERRED UPDATES AND TOLD IT TO REQUIRE AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN UPDATING IT FREAKING SHUTDOWN AND STARTED DOING JUST THAT!

sigh

The calm before the storm.... Also a quick reminder because I almost forgot: bring lunch, bring lunch, bring lunch...... Cyall in the morning!

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what sorcery is this?

you sir are a wizard

@Declan Freeman-Gleason has joined the channel

VR FIRST simulation

ohohoho

Yes please

When prototyping, remember that we want to shoot balls into the boiler twice as fast as this paper airplane gun launches airplanes!
http://hackaday.com/2017/01/10/paper-airplane-machine-gun-v2-0/
Too bad we can't throw airplanes at FIRST events any more...

what if we took chalk and made a spartronics logo on one of the brick walls in the 300 build? Or we could do like a poster if that's to crazy

That would look really cool. The school might not like it though. Wagon wheel maybe?

or I could do a graffiti piece on it

haven't had any spray paint in like two years though

Im going to just put it out there that neither Spartronics, the captains, or any mentors condone vandalism however well meaning

We could talk to the school about something removable (not paint) in the wagon wheel perhaps

Graffiti isn't always vandalism Jon but your right that the school wouldn't like damage to it's walls

I just picked up an enormous roll of yellow plastic though and we could probably use it as a canvas

if you want to that instead

and there is an old house being demolished in my neighborhood so I could probably ask for one of the window frames and use it as a frame for the canvas

do you want pictures of the frame and plastic canvas?

all we would need is one masonry screw a bucket of blue paint some rivets and loads of painters tape

and we could make a fantastic piece

Whatever artwork you do on your own time is :thumbsup: in my book. If you want to use it for team stuff, we can take a look when its done

I have neither paint, properly sized rivets nor the window frame

I would have to go back and get it

I won't do this without help dude

it's pretty neat though

Sorry I can't help :/

But feel free to talk to your teammates about it

everyone should seriously be on random

it's where stuff happens

lol

if we make this we could probably put it in the bainbridge art museum in front of the ferry terminal

that would be great

Still having problems with networking

I ended up misconfiguring stuff and I think I broke other things

yeesh

This applies to our game.

?

We are trying to get at least 40 kiloPascals (kPa)

And a Pascal is Newton/metre^2

Lol

Since we're in design mode, here's some inspiration... http://www.core77.com/posts/59620/More-Hilarious-Inventions-from-Steven-M-Johnson?utmmedium=email&utmsource=flipboard

Funnily enough, there is a teacher with that exact name at BHS

still salty about getting a C on my final project for him last year

Oh I have him rn. He's a cool guy.

my seattle central political science professor is basically Mr. Johnson squared, it's great

can recommend

can I get a 360 image of our controller setup?

I wanted to make a similar one at home so I can mess around with the simulation proper when I have the time

I also need as much ethernet cable as I can get and if anybody has an old pc I could have that would be great

I got the window frame from the junk pile so after school tomorrow I will try and scrounge up some paint so I can start on that painting

noice

Anyone have a link to the team meeting calendar, i can't find it

you can fins them on the website under events
http://spartronics4915.com/importantdates/

Apparently the 9374 FTC team's robots arm fell off during a match

Oh great

Hey, it's that robot that came to visit last year(?) https://youtu.be/NEwySgS0HWw?t=469

needs some work apparently

Anyone updating their registration soon?

seriously in danger of failing 9th grade

help?

finals are tomorrow

and I have a pile of homework approximately 20 feet high

I know because I spent an hour calculating it

:penguin:

please help

the license plate will be mine btw

someone tried to go in the school bus lane as I was leaving tonight but apparently didn't notice the giant basketball team shuttle blocking them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIpplxNEYIQ

Priceless :ok_hand:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/contentprotection.png

xkcd

it's great

btw can we add a ludicrous speed button to the control station?

!

sound system on the robot

we would get so many moxie points

donwloaded git

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Hi all, my friend from college Todd Miller owns his own spring company (Myers Spring) in Indiana, and coincidently FIRST asked him to make 400 of the springs that will be installed on Steamworks fields for collecting gears. They're also sending us 4 of the springs for free (they're shipping today). Todd shared with me a video of the manufacturing process of the spring so I could share it with you - enjoy! https://youtu.be/b3wv313y5SM

That's awesome! Robots making springs for robots to play with!

is there a general purpose input mapping/hotkey/thing that lets me plug in whatever I want into a USB port and then assign keys to analog/digital signals or whatnot

basically I want to program my computer to be usable with a flight joystick or a midi keyboard

lol

I have seen set ups with a controller that acts like a mouse but it was with a Xbox controller.

@Tom Wiggin Joy2Key it has a linux port

4907!

oh hey what?

I tend to prefix everything I say with "oh"

is that a good or bad thing

It seems fine.

thank you

yu no preview?

arghh

anyway if you can download and view this scalable vector graphics image you can find out what we will all be wearing this year

http://multipix.com/

team has been working on this stuff for years and never succeded

@Noah Martin set the channel topic: Random Stuff

Anyone see the robot that beat the I am not a robot video

Yeah

are the sweatshirts made of silk?

I really want silk in my wardrobe

read into stuff

is mistake

I read a tome on silk

:stuckouttonguewinkingeye:

it's half poly half cotton

@Adrianna Carter has joined the channel

I should bring my lunch tomorrow, right?

The atlanta falcon s lost to the new england patriots. Disappointing

Anyone know how to tie a monkey's fist knot? If not, anyone interested in learning? A thin rope may be used with the climber & a really big knot like the monkey's fist is likely what would be needed for a stopper knot. Plus they look pretty cool... http://www.animatedknots.com/monkeysfist/#ScrollPoint

I can tie a Monkeys Fist. My grandfather was a sailor and I learned from some of his sailing books. I just need to know what size of rope you think it should be tied out of.

@Cruz Strom Excellent, thanks! Let's chat on Wednesday.

Okay

The French word for hacker directly translates into English as 'pirate of the Internet'

Sovick and I have deemed tomorrow star wars themed - wear any star wars clothes you have tomorrow. :milky_way:

:alien:Will do:alien:

I might wear my pre-federation Starfleet uniform.

Just rooting for the home team.

do ittttt

\\//_

@Riyadth Al-Kazily wants to style his facial hair for us at competition, but needs some ideas! Vote with a :whitecheckmark: reaction to the different images to cast your vote!

For anyone who might not have seen this... https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/gizmodo.com/how-to-watch-todays-rescheduled-historic-spacex-rocket-1792511495/amp Some pretty amazing autonomous happening here :+1:

For those who want to practice their dance moves, you can find the FIRST music playlist here: http://www.firstmusicdjs.com/

And @Binnur Alkazily wants someone to teach her to dance to Cotton Eyed Joe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP6mxPZ7Xsk&feature=youtu.be

When people were cleaning up after the Bag Day celebration, Did anyone find a blue Wallet?

Nevermind! Found it!

Dashing

LOL

https://youtu.be/FJgkj0lw6TA

That is a video of one of our matches

Are we meeting at 7 or 7:30

I think 7:30

K

@Mike Rosen has joined the channel

Boi

Clip on the fire https://clips.twitch.tv/SincereMiniatureDonutOSkomodo

Beautiful stuff,everyone! Great job! https://clips.twitch.tv/MuddyDaintyTruffleDansGame.

@Peter Hall has joined the channel

I see we're doing pretty well in the overall Pacific Northwest District rankings. I'm very proud of our team (and am wearing my team shirt today at work)!
https://www.thebluealliance.com/events/pnw/2017#rankings

(And by "pretty well" I mean in the number one slot :-) )

My tattoo lasted the night and I wore it to school as well. Got a few curious stares but it was fun to explain to a those who asked as well!

Lots of congrats too, can't wait for the next competition.

https://youtu.be/Sux2BqzxCiI

For those who are not in the marketing channel...

New Jetson TX2 out today. Looks powerful but a bit expensive.- at least there is an academic discount http://www.pcworld.com/article/3178059/hardware/nvidias-pascal-powered-jetson-tx2-computer-blows-away-raspberry-pi.html

Remember to factor in the cost of the heat sink (not pictured). It makes the board sooo much bigger.

Did anyone see the new amd ryzen line up

@Dana Batali has joined the channel

https://media.giphy.com/media/dKs4NntOpkFRm/giphy.gif

This is great. Thanks for sharing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmCFLFEuBzo

What?

Wow that's impressive.

Yes, but I like their gear + shooting a bit better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRtaGtriAAI

agreed

https://youtu.be/ewTCvLp5EUo

... I-I have no words

...

I actually commented on their video (something I never do), and said how similar our robots are in general design.

It's kinda like a helios 2.0 lol

Yeah, it'd be nice to be on their team; it looks like they get 40 kPa during auto, then shift into being a gear bot.

yeah. They're an older team and have a lot of experience, it's pretty cool though.

On citrus circuits, I noticed that they had 2 flywheels side-by-side on one track/ramp. Interesting design.

Did it work?

@Enrique Chee is the meeting tomorrow only to plan for the open house?

(if so, since I'd be late anyway + will miss Wednesday, I don't think I'll come)

I just found figurative gold; look up 'asexual jokes' on Google

Oh gosh. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2017/03/17/robotics-competition-racism/99301384/

Is this through first or a different program

Pretty sure it's vex

4918 has a pretty accurate shooter. They have to shoot from a floating position, so if their drivers get that field spot down, they could do really well.

have a video?

I'm watching the Mount Vernon event YouTube playlist

ok

It's on the FIRST WA YouTube channel

I'm proud of our team! Good job drivers + human players, good job scouts, good job marketers, (tiny yay for mechanics) and thank your parents for the support!

And good the cheering is improving (I mean we did get the spirit award) - thanks for responding to me, If anyone has any good cheer ideas please let me know! (Or suggestions)

Also for those out there who didn't know - we brought Valhalla to elimination for the first time in their whole experience with first - don't regret picking them, they deserved it (they're older than us as well). They also have no parent support or mentors, and barely any sponsors and few members. They have to work so much harder than many other teams, yet they did so well. Impressive to say the least.

Proud of all who worked on the robot, those who attended and those who helped out our team in anyway. We did the best we've ever done and we should be proud of our accomplishment​s

Okay okay this is pretty bad but what if we did cheer that was "1, 2, 3, SHOOT!" (I would yell the 1, 2, 3)

Obviously do this when shooting or right before

How about H-E-LIO

You want to spell it? (Missing the s)

Gimme some cheers please, we only have two...

How about just HOORA

Cheers have to be simple if they're going to be effective. Make use of the vowels in Helios if you want to do a cheer for him.

How would that go.

You just tell hoora

Okay lol maybe

Also glacier peak matches ALREADY up!

Hey rose, what about somthing like: by the power of Robby

Omg yes

Me: By the power of! Stands: ROBBY!

that's hilarious

YES

Helio Helios he's our bot come at him give it your best shot.

Ugh it's too long. (Also gracious professional? a bit negative)

I mean it could work it's lengthy tho

No your right

I like it tho

Pronto came up with an idea for helios but it was a bit long so I was like eh

I forgot it by now lol

3070 let's go pronto

lol

4195 let's go team drive?

Shoot 1, shoot 2, get those balls through?

lot of words (getting better)

this is why I liked 1, 2, 3 shoot cuz its short

and it makes sense for helios of course

H e l i o let's go Helios go go go

OOOO

I'm likeing that one

Lio would be one strubg

String

Spelling it?

H. E. L. I. O. (Maybe drop the s) lets go helios go go go

H. E. LIO let's go Helios go go go

Lio would be said togather

Yeah it's a good one

It sounds better to spell it (without the s) in my head, you'll have to say it to me

K will do. Also Helio should be a nick bane

Name

Helium lol

One thing I'd like to mention on cheers: It would be good to have the 'crowd' portion of the cheer be a full word or phrase. I feel that the '49'-'15' cheer results in others in the gym mostly just hearing the '15' part. (Except in the times when Rose is louder than the rest of the team :-)

Lol yeah, good point.

I kind of like the way SOTAbots repeat their 'oh, yeah' chant, rather than split it up.

Sort of like an 'echo'

Would you rather I just start a chant like 49 (pause) 15? Just curious

Yeah

Just have rose say 4915 then we repeat

I think the numbers are trouble, unless you can get us to say the whole thing

Yeah

But it's a lot of syllables

or fortttyyyyy ninnnnne fifteeeeeeen (like the ooooh yeah sota does)

Or
Rose : lez go
Crowd: 4915

Or
Rose: say what?
Crowd 4915

I could do the sota oh yeah with our number to be honest

drag out the 15

it's a stretch but it could work

Maybe we should be like the fanz and just tell aaaaaayyyyyyeeeee

lol

You could chant 4911 in binary: 1001100110011

what about our number? (Although YES)

Oops. Freudian slip.

That is 4915 in binary.

Oh gotchu

That's easy and could work but not many people would understand lol!

(Oh, no... maybe I secretly wish I were on their team? Nooooo! Spartronics is way more fun!)

I like it like that though

(We don't judge, they're pretty great tbh)

I like that it is '1001' repeated 3 times, then a 1

Yeah we could slowly become louder

(I have to keep track of how many times I say the 11 though we'll go to long XD)

We should do the 1001100110011 and then SPARTRONICS

that could be good

especially if it goes from quiet to loud, capping it off with a loud spartronics or 4915 would be great

I could yell BINARY! To get us started (because not everyone is quick to respond)

I like it! Even though not everyone knows binary it's interesting and teams could ask about it and we'll be known for it eventually if we keep it up

Just like code purple?

Code purple does a binary cheer?

Yeah

They say there number or somthing in binary

Oh then definitely lets do it

Okay new cheer guys woo

Binary and maybe the helios cheer?

Lot of things to yell in one go

so probably not

K

Is an iambic pentameter too long?

Give me an example of one

We're just trying out stuff so everything is good

Second line: F-R-C-4-9-1-5

The first line would need to end with a word that rhymes with five

Oh

Try it out

First line: Spartan robotics full of drive

Yeah

Okay it's just that it's wordy

and a lot of cheers I here out there that are long I never understand

like 49-15 or we are - spartronics is easy because they're short and understandable

as well as easy to yell

more than three or four words is pushing it

two or three is optimal, numbers excluded

(From my experience)

Numbers can be easier, like the ones and zeros repetitively one after another is easy to do.

Inspired by this http://www.pleacher.com/forwards/school/cheers.html

Oh yeah I saw that

guarantee you that's going to become a mess of words to anyone listening.

Spro let's go helio

I propose this (as a starting point). "Team spartronics drive and thrive. F R C 4 9 1 5.

Spro= spartronics robotics

Hey that one works really well

Which one

The drive and thrive

Take out team though

I like it? I'm still hesitant to do longer phrases (maybe because my voice will die), but I'm definitely open to it.

It only works if you get the syllabication right. Say it out loud. I think you need 'team'

'Team spartronics overdrive' ...

?

Could 4915 be said instead of spartronics?

Could we have a Spartronics song?

That is a great idea

Now you want a song? (Vocal cords are crying right now)

Totally go for it! I was kidding

How about 'Ole, ole, ole, ole' from Chumbawamba's Top of the world? Or some other fun song clip?

What do you mean by song then?

Oh XD

XD?

sorry, shorthand laughing face

:-)

look at it sideways

I get it

Lol. Yeah do you mean a video for the song?

Like (lemme find the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX2kR-L0w60&index=54&list=LL49fUzi49HPkSrDxJlIAscw

Cuz, I can't sing

I was thinking of having a small segment of a song that everyone knows, and when Spartronics sings it, everyone can get the song stuck in their head.

Lol sure.

Anyway, I'm out of ideas for the evening. No energy left.

Ole plz

Same

I'll see if anything comes to me in my dreams...

Dream please that dreams

The best inspiration

Pleasant

Quality typing sovick

You know you can edit your messages?

(it's handy)

:joy:

:grin:

or 1333 in hexadecimal! (4915)
- but that's too similar to a theoretical frc team number, so binary is way cooler. I suppose morse code could be tried too. Or binary-coded decimal.

:slightlysmilingface:

A question from a friend: How did Neobots (team 2903) already qualify for worlds? According to The Blue Alliance (and the team homepage), they are going to Worlds:

https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/2903/2017

You can go by applying for a waitlist.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Perpetual-Clock-With-Arduino/

Interesting part of this instructable is the use of Fusion360 to design gears for 3d printing.

Here's a multipart instructable on robots that has some nice elements... Perhaps good for managing summer boredom?

https://www.instructables.com/lesson/Getting-Started-With-Robots/

For my fellow Whovians.

Oh nice.

Omg YES

Tennant is my fave

Tennant or Smith

Oohh, maybe Smith will be back next

No, wait, apparently it's fake, I can't find it on the BBC website

Oh pffff you got me excited

So did they to me.

But the next companion will be the first openly gay companion.

oh yeeeeeeeeeeee

That's awesome

The London FRC Competition is going on, team 4907 is thdrd

Seriously? No autocorrect? I meant 4907 is there.

4918 shooting

2046 has a really good shooter, they just got 34 kpa

Nice!

Whomsteded thdrd

And they have a floating position on the field, with our auto and them, we might be able to get 40kpa during the game

And they can climb along with gears

So their us except with floating position and better gear grabber

And a better shooter

It's less accurate but they shoot faster

I think we have a pretty good shooter

Yes, but they got 34 KPA with only 2 during auto

We've gotten 39. Haven't we?

Yes, but we usually get 25

Roughly

Ah but potential

I'm just looking at the fact that 2046 got 34KPA during their first match today

The 39 kpa came from our second match

All I'm saying is we may want to make note of them

They may be the perfect compliment for us

Yee

And they can pick up gears from the ground

Oh wow

Robotopi had a good but slow shooter apparently

According to a 4911 member

Yeah

But they aren't quite as good as 2046

Waz ourz cheerz

Ye

I don't know what that means

Cheerz forz eventz

488 also has a really good shooter

488 working with 2046 almost got 40KPA

They got 36kpa in QM16

4918 has an auto that goes to the hopper

This is absolutely hilarious

:disappointed: so close. Lol

Nnnoopppee

So there's gonna be a dance at regionals?

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2904614

GUYS 4911 IS DOING THIS WE NEED TO AS WELL

Sounds like phun. But we might have to scout Friday night. ? If you wish to go you will need a driver and one adult.

okay I'll play it by ear