Ruslan Meeting Notes

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  • Research focus - mathematical modeling of stochastic optimization; machine learning - very basic; computer vision; basics in mechanics and electrotechnics - mathematical engineering; mix of informatics and engineering
  • Never built mechanical things
  • Will like to build a house in the future
  • Optimization using mathematics
  • Looks for an opportunity to get hands-on skills
  • Aerial drone to plant aquaponics
  • Software development - python, C++, Java
  • Current project in python - robotic inventory of warehouse - Amazon
  • All factories have robots now. Therefore, the competitive advantage is logistics. That's where information is the key factor that influences price.
  • Thus OSE is competing with those logistics. So this is ethical - OSE would disrupt classical economics completely. We open production, and we open distribution. No longer the classical economic model. That links to the mission of OSE - from regenaration and environment.
  • Extreme collaboration - Ruslan has it
  • Can "extreme collaboration" win as an economic model? The question is "should it win"
  • Primary goal of classical system is profit maximization
  • Thus this will maximize profit of some person
  • Profit maximization is not sustainable - as if you want to maximize profit, you will
  • We have different goals - autonomy, mastery, and purpose - if not maximize profit, maximize self-determination?
  • We have well-being of people as an essential part of project. "We provide means for everyone". Different than max profit of a single person or organization.
  • We compete with classical model. Linux disrupted server world.
  • Idea of OSE is robust - it needs to be not killable.
  • The village - it's something that is independent.
  • You have means of production. You are independent from other factories. They can create their own society - extremely capitalistic or socialistic - but free to do.
  • How do we cooperate massively without coercing? We don't need to collaborate with everyone. We now select only particular ones that fit with a particular mindset. This may make things easier. Look for people that work together. Then you don't need to force them to collaborate.
  • Can it be sufficient to hire millions of dollars of worth of poeple, except not proprietary but open source?
  • Researchers - do a lot of this work
  • Feedback - OSE Dev - forced Ruslan to do something to be a part of a team. Not just something, but something which is well-explained - such as why we need FreeCAD knowledge and precise number of hours that are required. Systematically structured organization can be a great advantage than others that can disappear. For Ruslan, this was an advantage, and why he joined.
  • Otimization - is B player too much overhead? Is there a threshold? Are there drawbacks if everyone participates? Is A plater too costly? It seems that A- player is the one to go. Two A- players equal one A player. Two A- players are more than one A player.
  • Big part of endeavor is searching the internet . "Grunts with culture" could do it.
  • If you determine the name of a problem, you can name solutions. Or saying that there is no solution is also important.
  • Is there a danger of making the group experts? It can and must have an expert component? All of us don't have the skills?
  • Ethical is very important. We cannot expect that all top experts share the same ethical principles as we.
  • Our focus is ethical.
  • Start with CAD libraries.
  • Then what are fun parts.
  • PVC Pipe and Fittings Library - - schedule 40 pipe - 1/2", 3/4", 1", 1.5", 2", 3", 4". Elbows, tees, reducers (from the large one to the next smaller one), threaded 1/2" & 3/4" to NPT (National Pipe Thread). This gets us a lot of the biodigester, house plumbing, and hydronics. See how a part library page is set up. Itemized. Generate FreeCAD, and then export STLs for 3D printing. Start a page called PVC Pipe and Fittings Library.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect