Yavuz Ertuğrul Robotics · AI

Writing.

Long posts and short notes — one stream, 77 entries since 2023.

2025

Internet Problem Internet Problem I have been having problems with my internet for a long time, I was forced to use 8 Mbps Adsl due to my location and I could no... Sacred Sacred It is not the place itself that is sacred or special to someone, but rather what happens there how secret and sacred those even... Direction Direction Sometimes not going in the direction you want takes you in the direction you need Phases Phases Psoriasis Psoriasis Today I went to the doctor and found out that I had psoriasis, this is the point where stress and boredom brought me, let this ... AI AI I’ve been experimenting with and testing AI for a long time. Since the early days when it became available to consumers, I’ve b... Unknown Unknown Everything that you fear, that you think you cannot know, becomes easier and clearer when the time comes. Those who create some... Purpose Purpose You need to find an ultimate goal, you need to find a cause to work day and night for, whether it is for your family to prosper... RL over Human RL over Human Artificial intelligence that learns from humans will be blocked at some point, but artificial intelligence that learns on its o... The Search The Search Not all seekers find, but those who find are seekers Some Notes Some Notes I need to filter out the fight, noise, tension, I need to stop and calmly make rational decisions, there is no need to worry, i... Getting Started with Lidar — Step-by-Step Setup for Velodyne VLP-16 with ROS2 on Nvidia Jetson Orin NX Getting Started with Lidar — VLP-16, ROS2, Jetson Orin NX Hardware setup, ROS2 Humble install, Velodyne driver and RViz2 visualisation — a full step-by-step field guide.

2024

Who Is Really Free? A thought visits me often: are we really free? Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. If we have all the money but no time, are we trul... Some Recommendations Some Recommendations Wild World Lady D’Arbanville Shape of My Heart The House of Rising Sun The Sound of Silence Take Me Home, Country Roads Sultans... 75360 75360 It was fun to make, finally I have yoda and r2-d2 75333 75333 I remember the scene where Obi-Wan arrives at the clone factory and sees Boba and Jango Fett. It’s one of the scenes that stuck... PlayStation 30th Anniversary PlayStation 30th Anniversary Playing games is more than just a hobby for me; it’s a passion that goes beyond mere entertainment. It’s an escape, a challenge... Mobile Setup Upgrade Mobile Setup Upgrade In the early 2010s, I had the chance to get an iPad. Back then, mobile phones were still pretty basic, and the iPad’s larger sc... After Storm After Storm After enduring the relentless storm that had ripped his crew away, leaving him battered and grief-stricken, the captain sought ... Electric State Electric State I first discovered Simon Stalenhag around 2019-2020. His unique style immediately caught my attention, and I began following hi... Sopranos Sopranos One of the best TV shows of all time. I watched all 6 seasons with great pleasure. After Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul I did... Autumn and Happiness Autumn and Happiness Autumn blues, who feels happy, energetic, and joyful in autumn? I think this is becoming a problem for me, something I need to ... Some Thought You need to conquer what lies beyond work to truly conquer what lies within it. Work I once felt that I had gone from working intensely to feeling incapable of working at all. However, I’ve realized that when you... Child Licence Child Licence It should be mandatory to require a license for people without proper education before having children. I mean, it’s like ‘let ... Find or Make Find or Make I will either find a way or make one. ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Research/Test ASR Research/Test Whisper-class speech models running on real edge hardware. Spirited Away Spirited Away (Movie Name: Spirited Away) I’ve known Spirited Away for quite some time, and I really enjoy Hayao Miyazaki’s films. He and Stu... Shaving Shaving Shaving is always a dilemma for me. I believe that the beard is make-up for a man, but it is difficult to deal with it and it i... Smoking Smoking It’s been a little over a year since I quit smoking. As a result of the decision and determination I made, I now find the smell... Deep Live Cam Deep Live Cam Testing Deep Live Cam — real-time face swap on live video. Are We There? Are We There? I have been thinking about this for some time, people are trying to develop products that looks so sci-fi/futuristic but the pr... What is WSL? What is WSL? Windows Subsystem for Linux — what it is and how to use it. The First Turkish State The First Turkish State Today, when asked about the first Turkish state, I paused. Several possibilities came to mind, but I couldn’t definitively say ... Setup Upgrade Setup Upgrade I believe that maintaining an orderly work environment is crucial for productivity. Therefore, I have been focusing a lot on or... Mars Express Mars Express (Movie Name: Mars Express) Overall, it was a jam-packed movie. It tried to depict a world where humans and robots coexist, offe... Some Opinion Some Opinion If a country’s land is rich, brimming with wealth, serving as a bridge between Asia and Europe, and its people are hardworking,... Love Love Do we truly love life itself, or is it the places, animals, people, memories, food, literature, and music that we cherish? I be... Back to Routine Back to Routine The most important thing is time. Today, I realized this again and decided to return to my routine. I have goals, dreams, and l... Alone Alone Aren’t we all alone? We are born alone and we die alone. We eat alone, we travel alone, we cry alone and we find happiness alon... No The thing about saying no, if you say it too much, people just stop asking. Day One .- — – — .-. .-. — .– / .. … / - …. . / -… .. –. / -.. .- -.– -.-.– / .. / .- – / -… .- -.-. -.- / — -. / - …. . / ..-. .. . .-... Guidance The soul and mind alone without any guidance, lead to the imperfection and restlessness of the person. Voices Voices Turn up the music to turn down the voices in your head. Pathfinding with Best First Search Algorithm Pathfinding with Best First Search Algorithm How pathfinding works — Best-first search on a pygame maze. Adaptability Adaptability Man is born soft and flexible, stiff and rigid when they die. Plants are born soft and pliable, they’re brittle and dry when th... Problem Problem If there is a problem, you can do two things: you can either solve the problem at its root or you can manage it/control it. The... Patience and Unpredictability Patience and Unpredictability The unknown frightens and excites us at the same time. If we knew with certainty that something we desire or fear would happen ... Moravec's Paradox Moravec's Paradox I often wonder why robots have not yet arrived. They are currently limited to industrial or warehouse work. Today, I came acros... Back Pain I need to find a solution for my back and lower back pain. Turing Test Turing Test If a machine can perform a task with the same level of proficiency as a human, it can be considered to have achieved ‘human equ... Routine Routine Only a small proportion of the work that people do is truly routine. Most jobs require problem-solving skills. When faced with ... Learning Curve Learning Curve Learning is a journey, not just an end goal. By designing and enjoying the process, you can ultimately achieve what you want be... Burden Burden Sometimes I recall memories in great detail, perhaps triggered by music, food, or smell. However, at other times, I struggle to... What to Want and Do Everybody wants to eat but not everbody wants to hunt. Priority In life, one chooses not what to do but what not to do Opportunities When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the o... Forever The aim is not to live forever but to create something that will live forever. Prepared Mind Opportunities come to prepared minds or as I recently discovered lady luck favours those who try (Law of Serendipity), so there... Pain Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Therefore, after a certain point, I accepted the pain and realised that the resu... Thought Zero Thought zero [TR] Atomik Alışkanlıklar — Kitap İncelemesi [TR] Atomik Alışkanlıklar — Kitap İncelemesi [TR] James Clear'ın Atomic Habits kitabı üzerine notlar: küçük değişimlerin bileşik etkisi ve sistem kurmak. Data Manipulation with Pandas Data Manipulation with Pandas Selecting, filtering, grouping and reshaping — the pandas operations that carry most day-to-day analysis. Web Scraping Series Part IV — World Coins with Scrapy & Data Analysis with Pandas Web Scraping Series Part IV — World Coins with Scrapy & Data Analysis with Pandas Scrapy for the crawl, pandas for the analysis — antique coin data from collection to chart. Web Scraping Series Part III — Practice with Instagram & GitHub Web Scraping Series Part III — Practice with Instagram & GitHub Two practical Selenium targets: an Instagram non-follower finder and a GitHub repository scraper. Web Scraping Series Part II — X Feed & Selenium Web Scraping Series Part II — X Feed & Selenium When the page renders in JavaScript, requests stops being enough — driving an X feed with Selenium. Web Scraping Series Part I — IMDb's Most Popular Movies with Requests and BeautifulSoup Web Scraping Series Part I — IMDb's Most Popular Movies with Requests and BeautifulSoup Scraping IMDb's most popular movies with requests and BeautifulSoup — the series starts with static pages.

2023

Currency Converter App with APILayer's Fixer API and PyQt Framework Currency Converter App with APILayer's Fixer API and PyQt Framework A desktop currency converter on APILayer's Fixer API, with a PyQt front end. Building a Simple Supermarket Inventory System with Python and SQLite Building a Simple Supermarket Inventory System with Python and SQLite Building a small inventory system end to end with Python and SQLite — schema, CRUD and the CLI around it. DC/DC type Converter(CLASSIC, PID CONTROLLED & improved) DC/DC type Converter (Classic, PID Controlled & Improved) Classic, PID-controlled and improved DC/DC converter designs. AlphaGo: Deciphering the Art of Intelligence AlphaGo: Deciphering the Art of Intelligence How DeepMind beat a 9-dan Go champion, and what Move 37 said about machine intuition. HVDC Transmission System HVDC Transmission System High-voltage direct current transmission systems, explained. One Thought on the Hu.Ma.Ne AI Pin One Thought on the Hu.Ma.Ne AI Pin A hardware launch that promised a post-phone future, and why the demo did not convince me. Learning Types in Machine Learning Learning Types in Machine Learning Supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised and reinforcement learning — what separates them and when each one fits. Control System for Electric Vehicle Motor Control System for Electric Vehicle Motor Modelling and controlling an electric vehicle motor. Power Electronics Simulations Power Electronics Simulations Power electronics circuit simulations and results. Analog & Digital PID Controller Design Analog & Digital PID Controller Design Designing and comparing analog and digital PID controllers.