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#107897 Antivirus Software

Posted by SushiKitten on 08 June 2017 - 06:35 PM in Software

I use a student version of McAfee that my university provides. I also run Spybot occasionally.

I was an idiot 4 years ago wow.

 

After seeing a presentation on computer security at my university, I just use Windows Defender now, occasionally using MalwareBytes just in case. And Adblocker everywhere.

 

McAfee is awful, and not just the software. John McAfee is a disgusting person.

 

I once installed AVG on some computers at my old workplace and ultimately had to take it off. They were very old, slow computers and the ads of "we optimized your PC by 40%!" nearly crashed the things. Plus you have to download an uninstaller for AVG? What kind of program requires you to download an uninstaller?




#107896 TIL there is robot pro wrestling.

Posted by SushiKitten on 08 June 2017 - 06:29 PM in Everything Else

I saw a gif of this earlier this week! 

 

I wanted to learn how to make a biped robot from scratch a few years ago. I even have the plans somewhere. You'd need a good few servos (one for each joint), a microcontroller, good set of batteries, probably a bluetooth or wifi adapter, and you'd want a bunch of sensors so it can interact with the outside world. I could see it getting expensive, especially if you want to make it look good.

 

I think the really hard part would be programming it. Getting the servos to work together to create walking would probably be difficult. Even those robots do a crab walk instead of a normal one. Balance is hard.

 

I still want to do this someday lol. I forget a lot of the hardware I've learned in school though... I've become a soft, squishy Java developer.




#107894 Happy birthday SushiKitten

Posted by SushiKitten on 08 June 2017 - 06:18 PM in Everything Else

Aww thank you guys! <3

 

I know I appear every couple months but I love and care about you all.

 

I didn't get much loot! My nan gave me $50 and I need a new pair of jeans. The joys of adulthood :P




#107846 I need a cheap hobby

Posted by SushiKitten on 01 June 2017 - 02:02 PM in Everything Else

I hosted a Hebocon with a friend at a local convention last month. We had an exhibition match at the end and my robot looked like this: 

 

Spoiler

 

The base was a solar powered gardening decoration where the butterfly spins around. I taped a fly swatter to it hoping it'd flop around like it was trying to squish the butterfly. Aptly named "It's a feature, not a bug"

 

Sadly there wasn't enough sunlight in the room for the motor to work, so when it came time to battle my robot just sat there. My friend's robot fell off the edge though, so I still won :P




#107806 I need a cheap hobby

Posted by SushiKitten on 26 May 2017 - 01:59 PM in Everything Else

Shitty robots




#104704 U.S. presidential election 2016

Posted by SushiKitten on 15 November 2016 - 06:24 PM in Everything Else

I left my sleepy Canadian town to visit the big apple.. on election day. It started turning in his favour just as I got into my hotel room. Somewhere around midnight I decided it was too depressing to continue watching alone and went to the hotel bar to watch it with everyone else.

 

Luckily New York isn't like what they show in TV (I was a tiny bit scare of riots on the street or something), and the protests, while existed, weren't too close to my hotel. I'll totally come back and explore more of your country if you guys don't self implode. Be careful everyone and I hope you're all safe as this goes on. ❤




#100874 Yes

Posted by SushiKitten on 10 June 2016 - 09:50 AM in Everything Else

Possibly...?




#100873 Happy birthday SushiKitten

Posted by SushiKitten on 10 June 2016 - 09:48 AM in Everything Else

Thank you!!! :') It was a good birthday, I did many things.