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  1. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Bashed my head against a Dockerfile until it built an image capable of training a YOLOX image inference model to detect foxes in my back yard and trigger home automation to scare away foxes. Got...

    Bashed my head against a Dockerfile until it built an image capable of training a YOLOX image inference model to detect foxes in my back yard and trigger home automation to scare away foxes. Got the training running, now gotta keep iterating on that until it detects all the things I want effectively. Then think of something to scare away foxes if the cameras see one.

  2. Comment on Are phones really listening to us at all times? in ~tech

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    Whilst there is little to no evidence to date showing that they are listening and using ML inference to understand key words to improve ad targeting, there is evidence they listen for ultrasonic...

    Whilst there is little to no evidence to date showing that they are listening and using ML inference to understand key words to improve ad targeting, there is evidence they listen for ultrasonic tones in ads - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/theres-a-spike-in-android-apps-that-covertly-listen-for-inaudible-sounds-in-ads/

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