The Aspiring STEM Geek - Computer Science, Robotics and Teaching with Jacob Snarr - #10

In this episode I talk to Jacob Snarr who is a software engineer. In the episode we talk about learning programming languages at a young age, Jacob’s experience with programming robots, computer science, software engineering, the challenges of remote learning, 3d printing, retro electronics, and as always video games. I hope you enjoy!

Little Horse GitHub Repo: https://github.com/littlehorse-enterprises/littlehorse

ARTICLES:

Implementation of Fuzzy Control Algorithm in Two-Wheeled Differential Drive Platform: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/chenguoyi/implementation-of-fuzzy-control-algorithm-in-two-wheeled-differential-drive-platform/

OpenAI Cuts Off Engineer Who Used API to Create Voice-Controlled Gun from PCMag: https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-cuts-off-engineer-who-used-api-to-create-voice-controlled-gun

Don’t Even Try Paying Cash in China from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/technology/alipay-china.html

Java Virtual Threads from Oracle:https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/core/virtual-threads.html

What is Prompt Engineering? from MSU Denverhttp://msudenver.edu/ai/prompt-engineering-guide/

Entropy from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing from Penn State’s Eberly College of Science: https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat500/lesson/6a/6a.1

The basics of the array data structure from Emory College of Arts and Sciences: https://www.cs.emory.edu/~cheung/Courses/170/Syllabus/09/basics.html

Steam now explicitly states you don’t own the digital games you’re buying from PCWorld: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2487761/steam-now-explicitly-states-you-dont-own-the-digital-games-youre-buying.html

Space Marine 2's free 4K texture pack takes up more space than the entire base game from PCGamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/space-marine-2s-free-4k-texture-pack-takes-up-more-space-than-the-entire-base-game-and-youre-gonna-need-some-serious-hardware-to-run-it/

VIDEOS:

OpenAI Shuts Down Developer Who Made AI-Powered Gun Turret! from AI panorama - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mykcYrpNq_U

CONNECT:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/

GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG

Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0

Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay

PODCAST:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824

Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8

|-Video Chapters-|

0:00 – Intro

1:08 – Learning to program at a young age

5:09 – Developing Discord Bots

6:45 – Call of Duty and Super Smash Bros 64

9:38 – Jacob’s experience with Robotics

17:08 – Boston Dynamics type Robots from China

19:38 – ChatGPT Powered Gun

21:51 – Jacob Competing in a robotics competition in China

27:13 – Technological innovation in China

32:15 – Learning Java for programming

34:53 – Zoom University

39:26 – ChatGPT and learning

43:11 – Prompt Engineering

44:36 – Kids these days and desktops…

46:16 – Adrian complaining about macOS GUIs

49:34 – Jacob’s favorite computer science courses at university

52:17 – Jacob’s Hackathon Project

59:01 – Tutoring students in computer science

1:06:02 – Teaching programming with Lua and Roblox

1:09:41 – Minecraft Servers

1:10:14 – Jacob’s current work as an open source maintainer

1:16:00 – The curly braces are giving me double vision

1:17:21 – Data Science vs Software Engineering

1:20:15 – AlphaGo

1:22:16 – Jacob's work trip to Ecuador

1:24:02 – High elevation can take your breath away

1:25:07 – Adrian's trip to Brazil

1:26:26 – Jellyfish urban myth?

1:27:19 – Video games

1:34:49 – 3D printing

1:41:06 – Jacob's retro electronics collection

1:46:14 – Conclusion