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ses4j

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About ses4j

Just a guy, who has some stuff linked at http://www.scopiebreskford.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #31082657

    Many enthusiasts and scientists are recording and identifying birds from nocturnal audio recordings. Some references: - https://www.facebook.com/groups/NocturnalFlightCalls - https…

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    Comment #31074100

    BirdNET isn't tuned particularly for nocturnal flight calls (NFCs). But a network of listening stations with automated identification exists and is improving rapidly. Vesper ( http…

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    Comment #31074040

    Merlin is the most widely-used audio recognition app. It's amazing, try it out. BirdNET is another project (also affiliated with Cornell) that works in a similar way. This project …

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    Comment #24991844

    eBird is a great resource for the casual birder looking to learn more. When I started, I used it to find out where to go to look for birds and what birds to expect once I got there…

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    Comment #23965707

    I do. You will.

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    Comment #22299864

    They do have an API. It doesn't have everything but does cover a lot of interesting use-cases. https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/664302/S1ENwy59?versi... You can also request …

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    Comment #22298970

    Cities tend to have a concentration effect on birds, especially during migrations. Central Park in NYC, for instance, is one of the best places in the world for birdwatching in spr…

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    Comment #22298876

    And to loop it back around to a video game if that's more in your comfort zone, there is Fantasy Birding where you pick a virtual location every day and are credited with seeing wh…

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    Comment #22298831

    eBird. It is the defacto site worldwide for logging bird sightings. It is free, the app is simple and powerful, and you are contributing to science every time you use it. (It is a …

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    It was better than everything that came before it for it's purpose, so people were happy with the improvement. But then every time they change something, unless it is just 100% obv…

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    Comment #21686488

    I never thought of plaintext as a way of life, but I think I agree with it in principle (as many others on here probably do.) I didn't know I was part of a movement, but I did writ…

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    Comment #19545002

    Well said.

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    Comment #12607565

    Here's one guy's approach: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/06/build-deep-learning-box.htm...

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    Comment #11895227

    From a personal/financial perspective, you're probably best just walking away: hiring lawyers is expensive. But walking away silently enables them up to repeat their crimes. Report…

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    Comment #10659293

    Do you think they're intentionally blacklisting the +, or are they just writing sloppy validation/regexes that aren't up to the spec?

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    Comment #9620242

    The topic is fascinating, but the article doesn't talk to how this "reverse design" algorithm works at all, which I think might be very relevant to this audience. Does anyone have …

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    Comment #9435596

    Weird. I was just reading William Hertling's Avogadro Corp ( http://www.amazon.com/Avogadro-Corp-Singularity-Closer-Appea... ) and the premise of that book is that someone builds t…

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    Comment #7043581

    Does any flavor of this functionality exist for Windows command prompt?

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    Comment #6559285

    I disagree strongly with a couple of your points. - No need to manually manage memory. That isn't true at all. You know enough memory management to avoid memory issues in your exam…

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    Comment #4977866

    This is much much much more entry-level than most of the content posted to HN. Maybe a "Beginners: " label would be appropriate...

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    Comment #4944077

    Why would that be better than sticking with Bootstrap 2? Bootstrap has been a huge boon for us -- provides a cross browser, consistent, and well documented layout framework that ha…