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Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by dheera »

apwell23 wrote: post #144
chrisfosterelli wrote: post #116

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Ironically now that computer vision is commonplace, the cameras you talk about have become increasingly popular over the years because the magnetic systems do not do a very good job of detecting cyclists and the cameras double as a congestion monitoring tool for city staff.

> the cameras you talk about have become increasingly popular over the years cameras are being used to detect traffic and change lights? i don't think thats happening in USA. which country are you referring to here?

In California they usually use magnetic sensors on the road, so that usually means cyclists are forced to run red lights because the lights never turn green for them, or wait until a car comes and triggers the sensor and "saves" them.

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Post by rkomorn »

dheera wrote: post #321
apwell23 wrote: post #144

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> the cameras you talk about have become increasingly popular over the years cameras are being used to detect traffic and change lights? i don't think thats happening in USA. which country are you referring to here?

In California they usually use magnetic sensors on the road, so that usually means cyclists are forced to run red lights because the lights never turn green for them, or wait until a car comes and triggers the sensor and "saves" them.

Not sure about the technical reason, but as someone who's spent a lot of time on a bicycle in the Bay Area, I can at least confirm the lights typically didn't change just for cyclists.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by jarek83 »

omneity wrote: post #299
jarek83 wrote: post #274

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You might want to change column title colors as they're not visible (I can see them when highlighting the text) https://herd.garden/docs/alternative-herd-vs-puppeteer/

Oh thanks! It was a bug in handling browser light mode. I just fixed it.

Now I notice that testimonials are victim of the same issue

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by ramoz »

serf wrote: post #154
ramoz wrote: post #18

This will never hit a production enterprise system without some form of hooks/callbacks in place to instill governance. Obviously much harder with UI vs agent events similar to the below. https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/hooks https://google.github.io/adk-docs/callbacks/

>This will never hit a production enterprise system without some form of hooks/callbacks in place to instill governance. knowing how many times Claude Code breezed through a hook call and threw it away after actually computing the hook for an answer and then proceeding to not integrate the hook results ; I think the concept of 'governance' is laughable. LLMs are so much further from determinism/governance than people…

Hooks can be blocking so it's not clear what you mean.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by itsmartapuntocm »

mh- wrote: post #182
itsmartapuntocm wrote: post #155

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They’re extremely common in the U.S. now.

Traffic cameras, yes. Traffic cameras that are used to influence traffic signaling? I've never (knowingly) seen one in the US. What US cities have these?

I see them everywhere in Metro Atlanta. You can tell because there’s what looks like a little camera above each direction facing traffic light.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by mh- »

itsmartapuntocm wrote: post #325
mh- wrote: post #182

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Traffic cameras, yes. Traffic cameras that are used to influence traffic signaling? I've never (knowingly) seen one in the US. What US cities have these?

I see them everywhere in Metro Atlanta. You can tell because there’s what looks like a little camera above each direction facing traffic light.

If you're talking about the ones I think you are, those are preemption signal devices [0] for emergency vehicles.

[0]: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/chapter9....

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by itsmartapuntocm »

mh- wrote: post #326
itsmartapuntocm wrote: post #325

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see them everywhere in Metro Atlanta. You can tell because there’s what looks like a little camera above each direction facing traffic light.

If you're talking about the ones I think you are, those are preemption signal devices [0] for emergency vehicles. [0]: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/chapter9....

No these aren’t optical sensors like those, they’re full blown cameras.

Cobb County at least on their website says they use camera sensors as well as buried induction loops.

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Post by schrijver »

fn-mote wrote: post #165
Macha wrote: post #151

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The sound of a revving engine is often the first warning you have that someone is about to pass you and especially how they handle it is a good sign of how likely they are to attempt a close pass rather than overtake in the legal manner with the minimum distance.

Mirrors let you see the overtaking traffic with far more time to plan. Audio cues are less and less useful as electric vehicles become more popular. (I am a city biker and there are plenty already.)

Mirrors are great, but most bikers don’t have them. And even then it might still be your ears that alert you that there’s a car behind you (electric or not — I still hear them), after which you can keep tabs with your mirror.

I don’t understand why everybody’s so happy to discount ears in this thread. Haven’t they been vital to our survival since forever? Yes eyes are more important in this case, but I’ll take whatever sensory aid I can get on my morning commute..

Re: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

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Post by unfitted2545 »

peytoncasper wrote: post #310
SilverSlash wrote: post #259

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Any idea how Browserbase solves CAPTCHA? Wouldn't be surprised if it sends requests to some "click farm" in a low cost location where humans solve captchas all day :\

We do not use click farms :) You should check out our most recent announcement about Web Bot Auth https://www.browserbase.com/blog/cloudflare-browserbase-pion...

So we've got bots automatically saying they're not bots, whilst humans still have to use their finite time on this world to manually confirm they are alive? Ok.
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