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At 40, a man living in the United States has used up more than half of his statistical years; the average man dies at around 75 years old in this country. That's a lot of years! It's not enough; I'd like to keep going, ad infinitum. Tons to experience, plenty left to learn. But I'll
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[AI summary] The text provides an extensive overview of the history and development of robotic arms, focusing on early innovations and key figures such as Richard Paul, Heinrich Ernst, and others. It discusses the transition from mechanical and analog control systems to digital and computer-controlled robotic arms, highlighting the use of programming languages like WAVE, AL, and VAL. The text also touches on the concept of impedance matching between computation and the real world, as well as the significance of early robotic systems like the Stanford Arms and the TX-0 computer. Additionally, it references the work of Claude Shannon and Marvin Minsky in the origins of AI and robotics.
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Computers are orders of magnitude faster than when most of us started programming and yet a lot of software runs much slower than it should. Nobody likes progress bars. Slow code provides for a horrible user experience, drains batteries faster, and increases our cloud bill. This session explores some of the reasons why software is
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