Why does this guy hates cats so much?
He doesn't hate cats, he just hates them dry.
Chasing Cats
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would you flag something based on the title alone? That seems to be an abuse of the flagging privilege.
In my experience, there is a high correlation between linkbaity titles and spammy content. (I can unflag if necessary, but that has been rare) The official rule is to flag if the content is spammy/off-topic.
I'm aware of the guidelines. You can't flag for content being spammy or off-topic if you don't actually check the content, right? Hence, flagging based on titles, linkbaity or not, still seems an abuse and a failure to judiciously apply the flag-hammer privilege.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my experience, there is a high correlation between linkbaity titles and spammy content. (I can unflag if necessary, but that has been rare) The official rule is to flag if the content is spammy/off-topic.
Did I read you correctly? Flagging first without reading in deed seems like abuse of flags. (Possible exceptions for very obvious offenders against site guidelines.)
Exact quote from the guidelines:
> If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link.
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#24How necessary is the deep model there? It seems like a simple motion detector would work just as well since he doesn't mention using the lawn himself.
This could certainly be done well sans deep model, but a motion detector alone would probably end up soaking the occasional delivery guy / neighborhood kid.
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#25Why does this guy hates cats so much?
Does he hate cats? He's simply making his yard less attractive to cats in a way that does not harm his usage of his lawn. The cats don't get harmed other than getting wet, which they don't like.. but is pretty harmless.
I actually am a little tempted to blow some time implementing something similar this weekend, because an unknown animal keeps leaving droppings in my backyard at random times. I'm less annoyed with that specifically, and more just curious about the phantom pooper in general. And, well, by the time I have the pictures figured out.. I have a Rachio, which means I can turn the sprinklers on through an API call anyway.
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#26I had expected information on how to tell cats apart from other moving things. Looks like this can be easily achieved with a raspberry pi, the PiCam and the motion software.
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#27A similar DIY approach to dealing with cats:
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#28This is great. There's a project that's the inverse as well: http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm A door that only lets cats in, based on image recognition. As an aside, I've really enjoyed the particle photon so far. It was a little wonky at first when they didn't have persistent storage of state changes, but now that's up and running, it's flawless. It runs the lights in my house (via a relay j…
I've used Photons for a bunch of projects, and they're great. They do sometimes get into weird states that require a reboot. And I'm not a huge fan of the web IDE, but there are workarounds (and sometimes I just bite the bullet and deal with it). However, regardless of those complaints, it's a fun platform for projects, and it has almost completely replaced my use of Arduinos at this point.
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#29Why doesn't he just get a dog?
Or a cat!
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#30Why does this guy hates cats so much?
Does he hate cats? He's simply making his yard less attractive to cats in a way that does not harm his usage of his lawn. The cats don't get harmed other than getting wet, which they don't like.. but is pretty harmless. I actually am a little tempted to blow some time implementing something similar this weekend, because an unknown animal keeps leaving droppings in my backyard at random times. I'm less annoyed with th…
I'm not even convinced they don't like water. My cats sure jump down from the table in a hurry if I spray them with a spray bottle, but then they jump right back up a minute later. I think they like the game more than they dislike being sprayed, sadly.