The HumaNerd BOTanist
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The HumaNerd BOTanist
@goingballistic5.bsky.social
Girls can't do math
April 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tax on a tax

Sales tax is a tax on the tariff.

New low. The government is forcing people to pay a tax for paying taxes.
April 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"no person shall be elected president more than twice"

Since Trump insists he won the 2020 election, therefore he has been elected a third time, and cannot currently hold the office.
April 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What do you call a dire wolf genetic bottleneck?

Dire straits
Do you have questions about this "dire wolf" "de-extinction"? I am probably going to make a video tomorrow.

(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
April 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
One promise Trump is going to keep.

No tax on Social Security.

Because 25% of nothing is zero. Hence no tax.

Promise kept.
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Meanwhile, over at X.
March 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I love my Latin friends, but I suspect they all secretly think I am an LLM, because when addressing me, they always use this wake up command:

Hey, Scott

IYKYK🤣
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We can see a pair of extensor tendons in the new 1X
Neo Gamma humanoid. Likely loops back to form pair of flexors underneath.

When tension is equal, finger extension/flexion. When differential, finger ab/adduction.

Pairing doubles grip strength. Fewer actuators, too.
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Figure AI must be well capitalized if they can afford eggs for a demonstration. And from Whole Foods of all places.
February 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Holy S**t!

But the Mint Milanos are mint milled oh nos.

youtu.be/Z3yQHYNXPws?...
Introducing Helix
YouTube video by Figure
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The most incomprehensible of all Pythonic syntax is ironically called 'list comprehension'.
February 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Choices were made.
February 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Looks like I will be using MapQuest going forward.

Bye, bye, google maps.
February 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So this is why we are mad at Canada.
February 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The choice of the word Doge was not accidental.

It comes from Latin and is Venetian for Duke.

The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy.
February 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Now I know why this nightmare is unending. It's February 2nd, i.e., Ground Hog Day.
February 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Non-governmental employees do not enjoy qualified immunity.

Deep-pockets theory of lawsuits about to be tested.
This is a hostile takeover of the U.S. Government.
January 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by The HumaNerd BOTanist
This is an EXCELLENT breakdown of why Figure is working with Amazon (speculation). It makes perfect sense and aligns with my thinking--but using a much more detailed analysis of the opportunity.
Figure expects to deliver 100K humanoid bots in 4 years.

To just 2 customers.

How will they accomplish this?

A breakdown 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Figure expects to deliver 100K humanoid bots in 4 years.

To just 2 customers.

How will they accomplish this?

A breakdown 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Non-governmental employees do not enjoy qualified immunity.

This includes contractors and consultants.
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I didn't grow weary of justifying his antics to others.

I grew weary of justifying them to myself.
January 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Evidently Figure AI is shipping F.02 to customers in carbonite,
December 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Wow! OneDrive created November memories for me.

About sums it up.

AI impresses me more and more each day.
December 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM
The Bot of Theseus

Read a paper about actuator design. It conjectures to get torque transparency and low reflected inertia, bot vendors might be sacrificing lifetime for performance.

Which begs the question:

If I replace my bot's actuators every few weeks, after a year is it still the same bot?
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Clone or innovative?

You'll be surprised. Not what you eXPENGted. IRONically, a little of both, with a novel approach to the hip design: a new twist on abduction.

Warning: for kinematics junkies only.

youtu.be/e8q6vCA96fA?...
IRON XPENG Humanoid Marvel of Engineering or Just Hype?
YouTube video by Marwa ElDiwiny
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 1:09 AM