http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2012/02/05/this-week-in-microblogging-76/ http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2012/02/05/this-week-in-microblogging-76/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 JS http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2012/02/05/this-week-in-microblogging-76/

Lifting has been going great. I'm still experiencing the "novice effect" and am adding about 5 pounds a week to my squat and deadlift. #

Presses and power cleans aren't improving though. #

Also, my running has collapsed. Hard to keep pace in the middle of any kind of serious strength training. #

This is going to make the half marathon I'm running in 3 weeks very interesting. #

http://t.co/NdQ6SOs4 #

Clearly the answer to piracy is to have all pirates self deport. #policywonk #

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At this point, I'd rather vote for Romney. #sotu #

I'm not going to lie, I'm feeling down. Being a depressed graduate student stuck in ABD hell is such a cliche, but here I am. #

Not even this "Top Hits of the 2000's" playlist is cheering me up. #

The biggest decision I have today is whether or not to commit to the latest machine learning stack exchange. My life is so small. #

I agree that git has better branching than mercurial, up until the point I screw up a rebase, then git is the *worst thing ever*. #

Last tweet re: http://t.co/8Gju7KTH #

Of course mercurial has problems as well: http://t.co/tcrrkehy #

Also, this: http://t.co/v61267iB #

Basically, dvcs is a band saw and most developers are walking around with less than 10 fingers. #

The problem with computer vision research is that the computer does not control the camera. #

@jrhorn424 Maybe, but having control is different than just getting more data. in reply to jrhorn424 #

@jrhorn424 Maybe I should have said vision + mobile manipulation might be easier than vision alone. in reply to jrhorn424 #

@jrhorn424 Either way, popular data sets in computer vision are just collections of point and shoot style images. #

@jrhorn424 I sometimes wonder if that might make computer vision problems more difficult to solve. #

I wish ROS message and service protocols could be constructed on the fly. #

I'm guessing serialization speed requirements are the reason message protocol specifications need to be compiled. #

Tried to search for information on Duck Duck Go on Duck Duck Go. #

Turns out the Google results were better. Some useful Hacker News submissions were right at the top. #

May point to some advantages that personalized search has over privacy preserving search. #

The disc golf rabbit hole goes deep. Exhibit 1: http://t.co/xkBSGYJN #

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My sole reason for getting to work on time is listening to Morning Edition during my drive rather than the dreaded Eklektikos. #

So when can I add failed blogger to my resume? #

We're half an hour into the blackout and I've already tried to look up three things on Wikipedia. #longday #sopastrike #

It seems like OpenCV has 2.5 mutually incompatible Python APIs and only documents 1.5 of them. #

Example: cv2.SURF.detect() takes a numpy array as input but the documentation says it takes a cv image. #

Of course there's also cv.ExtractSURF… #

Maybe I shouldn't complain, since I'm getting robust feature extraction for free. #

Last time I had to extract features I had to wrap an open source SURF library using SWIG. #

If I wait another six months I can finish my research by just composing the right ROS modules. #

Trying out a new burger joint in my neighborhood. http://t.co/L4p5VXPE #

Long Gone Lonesome! http://t.co/nKBl8jlS #

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"One of the main skills of research scientists of any type is knowing how to work comfortably and productively in a state of confusion." #

Source: http://t.co/Be151b1c #

Ah, quaternions. It's been awhile. #

ROS is great but the use of both XML (not to mention XACRO) and YAML is sort of strange. How many forms of markup does a project need? #

Caravaggio at the Kimbell! http://t.co/ZF0knTrg #

Fort Worth! http://t.co/cpcKiPXd #

# of Tim Love sightings: 1. #

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Shark attack! http://t.co/jUhtZXLm #

This flight *is* the place to be for the under two set. #babyflight #

So Dulles isn't half bad anymore. #

Reflexive contrarianism is the worst intellectual habit. #

Pizza stone acquired. Baking is about to get real. #

Averaging about 44 miles a month running since I started tracking 3 months ago. I'd estimate around 400 miles for the year. #

Going out today to pad my stats. #

The more I run, the more I realize how fast my dad was in his running prime. A marathon at 8 min. mile pace seems impossible. #

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It's amazing how many publicly accessible Paypal transaction logs are available if you know what to search for. #

The proliferation of build systems is history's greatest problem. #

At AUS. Wish me luck. #holidaze #

Still at AUS. More planes than gates at the moment. Also, the signs at each gate are not correct. Chaos. #

Ground crew radio says my plane is at gate 22. Gate agents say 23. The mood is quiet, stoic, subdued. We expected this. #

Meanwhile, in Tyson's Corner… http://t.co/6KMoMaZI #

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A piano bar in the lobby virtually guarantees that the hotel room won't have enough outlets. #

Watching weed wars. They got hit with a huge tax bill. Liquidity trap! #

Wondering why they can't just borrow against future revenues. Aren't credit markets functioning in California? #weedwars #

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Big bend. http://t.co/eaupaSts #

South rim. http://t.co/w9DMusPJ #

Do tricorders back up to the cloud? #nerdquestions #

I wouldn't mind the atmosphere of hostile indifference around the lab if it weren't also so fucking noisy. #bitter #

I guess sometimes when you try to combine technology and the liberal arts, the liberal arts bite back. #

So is there an app that makes Android fast and responsive yet? #

Big Austin Chronicle piece on the apartment complex where I live: http://t.co/7JeJOCuu. #

Also, I've been living here for six years and I don't have any idea who any of these people are. #antisocial #

The fact that I'm as poor as some shitty comics rubs me the wrong way. #

@jmugan Definitely not you making the noise. They redid the seating since you left and now it's loud, dense, and smelly down there. in reply to jmugan #

@jmugan I'm not even kidding. They had to spray for roaches a few weeks ago. The kitchenette is a disaster zone. in reply to jmugan #

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Road runner! #bigbend http://t.co/shriqGo1 #

Hiking to lost mine peak. http://t.co/HsKLZAvm #

Legend says that slaves forced to work a mine hid it after emancipation. I couldn't find it. #lostmine #bigbend #

Out of Big Bend. Encountered a mountain lion in the backcountry. Only about 130 sightings a year. #

Also, throwing stones is an effective mountain lion deterrent. Don't get eaten out there! #

Busted my new phone on the trail. Get to try out the new Applecare+ replacement policy. #

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@jmugan May not be quite in your area, but I'd recommend http://t.co/tbU2JG8R. in reply to jmugan #

Having one of these "I really should have thought of that" moments. #

Corbett's deft takedown of Paterno's entire legacy was ninja-like. It was a masterstroke for justice. #

Menswear obsession day something: Performance polo, corduroy, and sneakers. Confused but functional. #

Perk of being married to a writer — having someone around who can spell corduroy. #

If Enron were still around today it would have been bailed out and its top executives immunized from prosecution. #

Going completely off the grid next week. Excited! #

@jmugan Apple! in reply to jmugan #

Packed up and ready to go out of pocket and off the grid. See you on the other side. #

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