Duals and lack of understanding
I was talking to a friend of mine (SLI) about the possibility of constructing some CNC machine (=production robot). We had a major disagreement because I was telling him that the complicated part is the mechanical one, while the simplest part is the electronic/software one. He had the opposite view: the mechanical part is easy, the electronic/software part is complicated.
So an argument began and he started calling me close minded and such. After a while I understood that, to him, a CNC is the exact copy of an existing machine, this is, a replica, that understands standard g codes (commands), completely independent, with automated tooling exchanger... something like the thing already on the market but cheaper.
I, on the other side, understand "CNC" as a machine that is capable of doing work on its own. As long as it produces parts, I don't really care about the way it does it. It doesn't have to be standard. My friend is right in that, from the industrial point of view it would be more convenient to make something standard to make use of the existing software and such...
Probably most of you won't follow me into the technical details, but my idea is simply to bypass what exists completely, to build a simple machine with just a few motors attached and control everything from the computer. Once we're there, everything is possible, because a computer can be programmed in any way you can imagine. There is software already that simulates a CNC controller and feeds the stepper motors with travel information, so to me it's simply absurd to build an electronic board if the computer can do it. If we do it his way, the machine will work, but it will be horribly expensive to cover the insane amounts of time involved, and would eventually do the same thing...
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Now, let's stop with technical stuff altogether. My point here is that my friend is very weak at conceptualization, so he's unlikely to realize that just because something is tried and works, it doesn't mean that it's the best thing to do. He's just blaming me for not using the Si-Te loop instead of valuing my Ne-Fi input. He's rejects my ideas simply because he's unable to judge them by himself. He lacks my ability to predict...
I, on the other side, probably lack his pragmatism. I know it's a good advice to build a machine that you can simply plug into the computer and put to work, because it's based on standards.
So... my final question... do really duals can't occupy the same niche? It seems to me like duals can be like conflictors if they work on the same area. I've observed this between my LII father and his ESE friend too.