Ruslan Meeting Notes

• 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