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Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by sumo89 »

lovemenot wrote: post #308
kube-system wrote: post #185

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Crimes of opportunity are also the most common crimes in places with more crime. What’s awesome is living somewhere that crimes of opportunity don’t even happen. There are still places where people don’t lock doors because they don’t need to.

In Japan many people use flimsy locks on bikes. It is not to deter a determined thief, but to mitigate the possibility of an opportunistic "borrowing".

I've the same about the Netherlands. Everyone knows it's a country with huge bicycle ownership and use, then later people discover it also has huge bicycle theft. From talking to people that have lived there, anecdotally all the theft is drunk or mistaken "borrowing".

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by dzhiurgis »

bluedino wrote: post #192
bjt1234 wrote: post #135

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Dont over estimate how dumb they are. Installed security cameras, they still came onto the property. So, next I installed a sign "BEWARE OF THE SECURITY CAMERA", and didn't work, infact one guy broke into my car and simply just covered his face from the canera. So then I installed a cheap security light next to the sign that would light up when they entered. That worked.

Everyone wears masks these days so the only way to identify a thief is if they are wearing a unique jacket etc

Any supermarket (or company that does their loss prevention) could run pass their AI and id them in milliseconds.

Same with cars - even if you don't have a licence plate, there are tons of little fingerprints around your car that licence plate reader companies use.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by sumo89 »

blowski wrote: post #61
omginternets wrote: post #37

I saw a rather comical sign posted in the first-floor window of a Philadelphia apartment. It had a silhouette of a German shepherd and text beneath, which read: >I can get from the second-story floor to the front door in 1.2 seconds. Can you?

My labrador would run to the front door in 1.2s, but then roll over and demand to be stroked.

I grew up with 2 labradors that were huge attention seekers. One worked out how to open the back gate and if he escaped he knew we'd find him in a certain retired neighbours garden getting strokes and biscuits. That said, one time someone did break in to our house and the labs kept them pinned by the front door until the police arrived.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by watwut »

kolanos wrote: post #227
watwut wrote: post #201

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I don't know why this is downvoted. It is true.

I would assume people are tired of seeing this qualifier in every other HN thread? "It might be bad in the U.S., but in the rest of the world...." Especially when it is verifiably false. [0] Of the ten most populous countries in the world, only China (2.114) and Indonesia (1.783) have lower peace indexes than the United States (2.337). Of the next ten, only four have lower indexes. In other words, two thirds of the t…

This attitude of "If you're breaking into someone's home, you're asking to die." is not worldwide universal one. It is very American one.

It does not imply necessary that America is worst country in the world overall.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by watwut »

lelanthran wrote: post #264
CorrectHorseBat wrote: post #139

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I don't like burglars, but a death penalty without trial is a bit much. And what about accidents and misunderstandings?

> I don't like burglars, but a death penalty without trial is a bit much. And what about accidents and misunderstandings? I'm tired of this trope, repeated several times in this, that is used to excuse people breaking into houses. Anyone breaking into a house while people are in it are not burglars, they're attackers . It's perfectly okay to defend your family with lethal force. Criminals breaking into the car in the…

There are large parts of world, where this will get you to prison.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by sumo89 »

runjake wrote: post #111
omginternets wrote: post #37

I saw a rather comical sign posted in the first-floor window of a Philadelphia apartment. It had a silhouette of a German shepherd and text beneath, which read: >I can get from the second-story floor to the front door in 1.2 seconds. Can you?

It should be mentioned here that posting these kinds of macho signs are not a good idea. They may open you up to criminal and/or civil penalties, depending on your local laws and the whims of the judicial system. “He was just looking to waste somebody!” I cringe any time I read my local neighborhood watch Facebook group and some internet tough guy comments with “They (criminal) better not show up at my house!”

Also if you have a Dangerous Dog signand your dog does then injure someone it's clear you knew the dog could cause damage. There was the case recently, Jacqueline Durand, who went to dog sit, opened the door and got attacked by 2 pitbulls. The owners tried to argue their dogs weren't violent despite the attack but the fact they had a sign up was one of the major points against them and was included specifically in the lawsuit.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by kolanos »

aussieshibe wrote: post #339
kolanos wrote: post #227

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I would assume people are tired of seeing this qualifier in every other HN thread? "It might be bad in the U.S., but in the rest of the world...." Especially when it is verifiably false. [0] Of the ten most populous countries in the world, only China (2.114) and Indonesia (1.783) have lower peace indexes than the United States (2.337). Of the next ten, only four have lower indexes. In other words, two thirds of the t…

My interpretation was that "the rest of the world" is meant to refer to "the rest of the countries in the world" not "the rest of the people in the world". To say that the US has a worse peace index than the rest of the countries in the world is still hyperbole, but it's not so far off the truth. The US has the 129th best peace index of 163 countries, right after Egypt, Zimbabwe, and Azerbaijan.

> My interpretation was that "the rest of the world" is meant to refer to "the rest of the countries in the world" not "the rest of the people in the world".

Even by that measure it is false. The only continents less violent than the one the United States resides are Europe, Oceania and Antarctica. The United States isn't even the most violent country in its own continent, that would be Mexico.

So really the unnecessary qualifier should be: "Well it might be bad in the U.S., but in Europe, Oceania and Antarctica..."

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by Veen »

smsm42 wrote: post #334
andrewflnr wrote: post #300

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Oh, I'm sure a squirrel outside is plenty to cause a problem. My dogs have historically not needed anything at all to actually be moving outside to trigger an endless barking spree.

Yep. Especially given big glass doors and squirrels that quickly realize barking dog behind the glass door poses no danger whatsoever, so it's ok to proceed with their business.

One of the cats in our neighborhood likes to sit in front of our glass doors to antagonize our dog. The dog goes nuts and the cat sits there washing itself.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by wadely »

dvtrn wrote: post #235

> The dog has a lot of false positives from the cameras being triggered by car headlights or small animals. My real dog has the same feature, so you’re at least doing a good job mimicking nature, heh.

It's definitely a feature. Next door get a delivery? Trigger!

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by cinntaile »

samatman wrote: post #305
cinntaile wrote: post #229

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Sounds like a bad idea either way, the trespasser might return the favor.

Is your claim that there is a class of people who invade homes while carrying a firearm, but will only use it if the other person also has one?

Yes, assuming "use" means pull the trigger while aiming at a person. If you get threatened by a gun then you'll be more likely to shoot. Do you find that unlikely to be true?
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