Chris Dalke
 @chris_dalke

autonomous boats @zydromarine, map data @vectorcharts, former eng @anduriltech — I build big robots that drive, fly and float — talks about boats a lot

 Boston, MA
chrisdalke.com
Joined November 2012
It’s (once again) sketchy shit saturday
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I didn't build this user interface to watch planes fly over me on ADSB but it sure makes good test data
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Solo hardware founder dream: a version of Cursor that communicates over phone call so I can command my army of AI devs while fucking around in the machine shop
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electrical boxes should be on the side of the machine
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We processed terabytes of nautical chart, bathymetry & historical ship data - And all we got was this lousy AI sailor endowed with the collective knowledge of millions
Vector Charts @vectorcharts
Nov 6
We're rolling out our Point-to-Point Routing API in select to our pilot customers. Watch how the algorithm routes to avoid shallows & follows fairways. We're constantly improving our system and checking it against the domain knowledge of expert boaters.
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RARE FIND! A thumbnail in McMaster that is in color.
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I have a lot to learn about HVAC and installing machines - electricians seem to have a whole different vernacular than engineers. Why does "220v 1-phase" actually mean "240v", but when you say "208v 3-phase" it means exactly that...
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When I was a kid, I accidentally hit Ctrl + Alt + Down, which on Intel integrated graphics flipped the screen orientation. I didn’t understand what was happening, so we flipped the monitor and propped it on some books. It stayed like this for 10 years
Omar 🍋 @ocornut
Oct 29
- Spends 10 minutes investigating a weird highlighting issue. - Realizes that there's a pile of stuff sitting over the rarely used game controller stashed somewhere in a drawer, but connected. A button was held pressed.
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In retrospect, lifting this 300lb motor into the tank was not a 1 person job
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Nothing makes me happier than seeing something I've built get used in another project! @tobieapb building a maritime intelligence platform:
Roberto Rivera 🇵🇷
 @tobieapb
Oct 27
I should get back to work,… but 3D nautical charts are cool to me! 🤷
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Pretty cool that you can make out the details of major offshore projects simply by the paths of the vessels running line surveys, installing equipment etc.
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Product idea: a pocket knife which looks like a pair of calipers, so you can whip it out to open boxes and horrify your coworkers
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One of the largest wine cellars in the world. My dream is to have this, but replace the wine with the entire McMaster catalog
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cold beer in the workshop, call that an industrial chiller
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We need: more unmanned boats more widgets for unmanned boats more factories building unmanned boats more energy systems for unmanned boats more ways of destroying unmanned boats
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Nothing fills me with more rage than a call center phone line which automatically hangs up on you instead of letting you wait for an agent
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Incredible how quickly a shop (of any size) goes from empty to full of stuff
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Dirty boat -> clean boat
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Delivery day is always an exciting one! We’re setting up a marine hardware integration & test lab for the propulsion, steering & sensors used in unmanned vessels
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