MacCallister Higgins
@macjshiggins

robotics software @pipedream_labs, cofounded @voyage, drones @amazon & the army. hyperspectral sensing enthusiast. EPCOT originalist.

 fl, dc, sometimes tx
Based in United States
mjshiggins.github.io
Joined November 2013
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Chronoplanes and Underground Robot Trains

When a high-speed underground robot fails in a pipe, it kills the whole system. For the last few years I've been at Pipedream building the software that keeps that from happening, and this is the

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ok this is actually the sickest thing I’ve told chatgpt
Kenneth Cassel
@KennethCassel
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2 minutes was fine btw
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you could completely sway public opinion on self driving semi trucks if they stayed the fuck out of the fast lane
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Chinese servers are monopolizing public HF radio receivers in the US, so this enterprising ham is trolling them with Tiananmen Square audio.
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MacCallister Higgins retweeted
Grant Slatton
@GrantSlatton
Oct 18
planning is overrated just take the shortest term action that is in the general direction of your goal reality is a super high dimensional space, so this basically always works
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it’s a shame how expensive it is to acquire VFDs these days
Sam Rose@SamRose
Oct 18
Replying to @htmx_org
1986 Buick Rivera
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nominative determinism
Gemtardio
@Gemtardio3100
Oct 16
Hate to dox myself a bit but have worked on just about every fighter jet the US has. I have seen some impressive technology over my career but this is a whole other level. I have so many questions and need to know how this works. How much edge compute is needed to make this happen? My first thought is dual processor + 1TB ram. That way it can handle the fuckquintillion process per second. There was zero correction it nailed it 100%.
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I just got hit with an extremely sophisticated phishing attempt. Real google alerts, real google phone numbers, almost a real top level url. Nuts.
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Once again The Villages is at the forefront of automotive technology
Ron DeSantis
@RonDeSantis
Oct 16
We will make sure that it’s legal — at a minimum could be used to leapfrog golf carts in the Villages.
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we have finally solved parking in DC (on my roof)
Alexis Rivas
@alexisxrivas
Oct 16
Going to start building garages on the 2nd floor. How is this even real?
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our event camera arc is incoming
Samuel Hayden@samuel_hayden_
Oct 15
New sensing toys Almost done w the breakout board for these @Ascii211 @macjshiggins
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In America we take the train, but we also get to bring our cars with us
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MacCallister Higgins retweeted
Max Bodach
@maxbodach
Oct 15
Janeese Lewis George@Janeese4DC
Oct 15
DC is facing a jobs crisis. Rushing the legalization of autonomous vehicles is irresponsible given the anticipated AI-related job displacement and disruptions that put countless workers at risk.
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Pretty disappointing that we went with “smartphone” instead of keeping Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
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If this is a combat capable cat then I’m a four star admiral
Eat DC@eat_dc
Oct 14
Just another day in DC when a prototype 48 meter autonomous combat-capable catamaran is docked at The Wharf.
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MacCallister Higgins retweeted
will o’brien
@Willob
Oct 15
Who would have thought that it took a 29-year-old Irishman to put the teetotalers of San Francisco in their place I have been training to competitively drink Guinness for decades I was born for this Sorry @elonmusk
John Collison
@collision
Oct 15
.@willob of @ulyssesinc joins @sacca and me for a pint to discuss how subsea robotics is unlocking Earth’s last frontier. We talk about the physical constraints of operating 1,500 meters underwater, why seagrass holds 20% of the ocean’s carbon, how green tape hinders environmental restoration, and why hard tech startups are verticalising hardware manufacturing. (Plus, Will's interesting Guinness history facts.)
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Anduril Industries
@anduriltech
Oct 6
Anduril is investing $3.7B into Arsenal-2. The next great American Shipyard.
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you never forget your first
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@radbackwards
Oct 7
RIP Blue Bottle University Ave Gone but not forgotten… gone too young…. You will be missed my friend… Never forget…
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I broke the rpi mount but an improved one is already printing
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time to go mobile
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I made a website (don't worry, one time thing) just for my nieces and nephews to use. It has zero utility to anyone else. Are these normal web crawler numbers? Seems extreme.
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