msackmann

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by msackmann 2y ago
During an internship almost ten years ago, I was working on a component of the ESA Exomars 2020 mission. After leaving the company, I occasionally checked the progress of the project. First, there was a delay for the launch of two years. La
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by msackmann 3y ago
Interesting paper, thanks for bringing this up! I have been working on methods for trajectory optimization using both, analytic gradient computations and black box stochastic gradient approximations (proximal policy optimization). I was alw
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by msackmann 3y ago
My guess: the cart pole is an inverted pendulum, and requires multiple left-right-swing-up movements to bring it from the “hanging” position to the “standing” position. Finding this action sequence using gradients of “where is the tip” vs
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by msackmann 4y ago
I love the idea!
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by msackmann 4y ago
Wow, thanks for pointing out the international Spiegel. It seems much more substantial than the free German counterpart, at least in my first impression.
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by msackmann 4y ago
Realized profit? Or is the current value just above the value of the purchase date? I would believe the latter, as the value is still quite high. However, realizing the profit is a different thing. That will work only for a few who invested
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by msackmann 4y ago
I‘m on windows, and here it is still possible. Try checking your settings again, it is a bit hidden: goto settings/sync, then file-sync -> via WebDAV is available in a Dropdown menu.
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by msackmann 5y ago
Great, thanks, I wasn’t aware of that!
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by msackmann 5y ago
I have the same issue with a keyboard that I love. I simply bought two of them and use one for the left and one for the right hand. Certainly not the sleekest solution, but it works.
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by msackmann 5y ago
Having accustomed to using a Thinkpad Trackpoint, I am always struggling with separate keyboard and mouses. I mean, I rarely use the mouse, but cannot completely ditch it. The ergonomics of a split keyboard is very appealing. For the last m
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by msackmann 5y ago
I don’t get the benefits of the articles vision of 6G. There is a good reason for why we use the OSI Mode and separate problems that appear at the physical layer from those that appear at the application layer. I think of it as a powerful a
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by msackmann 5y ago
Really amazing! Great work, indeed pretty close to the original feeling :-)
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TAE Technologies sees commercialization of nuclear fusion by 2030(techcrunch.com)
3 points by msackmann 5y ago|1 comments
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by msackmann 5y ago
That‘s why I use the sleevenote app, which defaults to showing only the cover as large as possible. They even plan to build a square-screen music player :-D
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List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by msackmann 5y ago|0 comments
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by msackmann 6y ago
I usually use import ipdb; ipdb.pm() for quick post mortem debugging, which also allows to see the variables at the moment where the exception was raised (Command locals()). Is there a scenario where this adds value?