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Submission + - Open Source Weapons Detection AI (iterate.ai)

davejenkins writes: We've developed an AI that uses computer vision to recognize guns, rifles, knives, robber masks and tactical vests. We want to help the community, so we've made an open-source version of this free (as in beer and speech) for schools and religious organizations. The code is on Github. We welcome deployments, refinements, and feedback!

Comment The decades old fake big MicroSD card scam. (Score 3, Interesting) 13

Why is the decades old fake "big" MicroSD card scam alive and well?

Just search for "512gb microsd": https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fk%3D512...

The first few are legitimate, followed by the fake "Hubmem", "NuiFlash", and "Alsinsen" cards. These will eventually get banned, and be replaced by others with different branding. The reviews on them are mostly fake.

It'd be one thing if this was a novel scam, but this has literally been constant on Amazon for at least a DECADE. At this point, Amazon, is a knowing and willing participant in this scam. This is fraud, being continuously committed by Amazon itself. How is this okay?

Comment Their definition of innovation.... (Score 1) 140

Microsoft's definition of innovation seems to be reducing user privacy and control over their own hardware and software.

What improvements has Microsoft made to their software since say 2015, when Windows 10 was released? Forced updates that commonly "brick" your computer overnighht? A start menu in the middle and the inability to run on 2-3 year old computers?

Comment Re:build your own (Score 1) 86

Pretty good so far but it's an odd use case, I just needed something stout to drive an 8K monitor, and wanted AMD for their superior and open-source Linux drivers. Best theory I've heard is it's an MSI card. Does have a metal backplate, no branding beyond "RADEON".

Does play Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K for hours without cooking.

Better/more informed review of it here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FAmd%2Fc...

The donor machine CPU is thankfully water cooled, as apparently the air-cooled R10 is horrid: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Comment This could reduce water usage by 1.5%. (Score 4, Interesting) 173

Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban, although the percentage of water use by sector varies dramatically across regions and between wet and dry years.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ppic.org%2Fpublicati...

Reducing usage by 1.5% is a good thing. But I'm not taking shorter showers until I at least see a single blade of brown grass on Newport Beach city property.

Comment Nope (Score 4, Insightful) 78

Any performance improvement in Chrome will only result in content and advertising companies throwing more garbage down the pipe.

Improving JavaScript performance simply improves the number of lines of code that can be executed while a website runs one core at 100% busy-looping/doing effectively nothing. Adware developers don't particularly care about your computer or the cumulative energy cost of operating their product.

Run an ad-blocker and help save the planet: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3F...

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