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August 2022

10-08-2022
PID controller | Wikiwand

PID controller | Wikiwand

Source: wikiwand.com

A proportional–integral–derivative controller is a control loop mechanism employing feedback that is widely used in industrial control systems and a variety of other applications requiring continuously modulated control. A PID controller continuously calculates an error value.

Notes:

Very important control algorithm. Used a lot in robotics but many other ways.

Tags: pid control robotics explainer
10-08-2022
roslocate - ROS Wiki

roslocate - ROS Wiki

Source: wiki.ros.org

ROS tool to locate the source file for ROS packages. This is a little esoteric unless you are doing ROS development - like I do. But here it is for you ROS nerds.

Tags: ROS esoteric coding package locate how-to

July 2022

31-07-2022
Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv – Real Python

Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv – Real Python

Source: realpython.com

If this is not a port of rubyenv I don't know. Its exactly the same. So it's helpful if you know one, you will know the other! "In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to install multiple Python versions and switch between them with ease, including project-specific virtual environments, even if you don't have sudo access with pyenv."

Tags: python pyenv version-manager version manage how-to
17-07-2022
Pmarchive · Pmarca Guide to Career Planning: Skills and education

Pmarchive · Pmarca Guide to Career Planning: Skills and education

Source: fictivekin.github.io

Marc Andreeson is a somewhat legendry technologist. His advice may not fit you, but it is still worth listeneing to: "Some people argue that college will be your one chance in life to pursue your passion—to spend four years doing nothing but studying whatever you love the most, whether that’s Renaissance literature or existential philosophy.

I disagree."

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