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bydavejenkins
17, 2023 @04:19PM
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Attached to: Iterate.ai Open Sources a New AI System That Can Recognize Weapons
"Kid". Thanks.
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bydavejenkins
17, 2023 @02:54PM
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Attached to: Iterate.ai Open Sources a New AI System That Can Recognize Weapons
It's under the MIT license. It's available to anyone. Please go to github and read. I'm not going to touch your other tirade part of the comment.
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bydavejenkins
17, 2023 @02:17PM
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Attached to: Iterate.ai Open Sources a New AI System That Can Recognize Weapons
@Shanghaibill, it's under the MIT license. Do whatever you want with it. We inlcuded the 'schools and churches' part to generate interest, for sure. But it _is_ open source.
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davejenkins writes: We've developed an AI that uses computer vision to recognize guns, rifles, knives, robber masks and tactical vests. We want to help the community, so we've made an open-source version of this free (as in beer and speech) for schools and religious organizations. The code is on Github. We welcome deployments, refinements, and feedback!
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bydavejenkins
19, 2010 @06:25PM
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Attached to: Best Open Source Genealogy Software?
Geni.com is an online service, not open source software per se, but it's free to use, useful, and there's a lot of data there already. I found my ancestors going back to the 17th century after matching up my own tree back to my grandparents. http://www.geni.com/
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bydavejenkins
r 18, 2010 @03:17AM
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Attached to: Hacked iRobot Uses XBox Kinect To See World
I commented on this earlier this week. The potential ramifications for losing privacy in your living room are pretty bad...
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bydavejenkins
r 18, 2010 @03:14AM
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Attached to: UK Seeks Stronger Partnership In Space Technology With India
I commented on this earlier this week. The potential ramifications for losing privacy in your living room are pretty bad...
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ebruary 23, 2010 @11:16AM
from the nanite-power-supply dept.
cyberfringe writes "Professor of Materials Science Dawn Bonnell and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a way to turn optical radiation into electrical current that could lead to self-powering molecular circuits and efficient data storage. They create surface plasmons that ride the surface of gold nanoparticles on a glass substrate. Surface plasmons were found to increase the efficiency of current production by a factor of four to 20, and with many independent parameters to optimize, enhancement factors could reach into the thousands. 'If the efficiency of the system could be scaled up without any additional, unforeseen limitations, we could conceivably manufacture a 1A, 1V sample the diameter of a human hair and an inch long,' Prof. Bonnell explained. The academic paper was published in the current issue of ACS Nano. (Abstract available for free.) The significance? This may allow the creation of nano-sized circuits that can power themselves through sunlight (or another directed light source). Delivery of power to nanodevices is one of the big challenges in the field."
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bydavejenkins
26, 2010 @11:41AM
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Attached to: Schools To Get Their Own DARPA
well-- the 10th amendment seems pretty clear: unless it's spelled out in the constitution, leave it to the states or the people. So, the real question is your own:
Could you please explain to me where the feds get the right to do this? Which part of the constitution allows this?
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bydavejenkins
05, 2009 @08:46AM
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Attached to: KDE 4.3 Released
I was trying to make a joke about the 'splitting hairs' concerning the word 'spelling', not the actual spelling-- but it doesn't seem to have worked. I know how romaji is used.
As to your other question concerning "why" Japanease substitute the 'c' for 'k', I have no idea, except to perhaps invoke some sort of unique branding or maybe "frenchiness" as you postulate. As I said, I notice this with bars and clothing shops mostly-- not "all".
yoroshiku.
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bydavejenkins
4, 2009 @03:27PM
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Attached to: KDE 4.3 Released
Okay, you want to split hairs? Japanese words are not "spelled", they are written using a mix of Chinese and phonetic symbols. As noted above æ"å- is how one should write the Japanese word for "improvement". Unfortunately, many people outside East Asia has no idea how to read or pronounce that, so we "romanize" words based on a commonly accepted latin alphabet equivalent. The usual Latin alphabet equivalent is kaizen with a k. Lately, a lot of bars and brands in Japan are trying to use the 'c' instead of the 'k'-- the most common example is the NTT wireless provider Docomo (meaning "anywhere").
Here endeth the lesson.
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bydavejenkins
2009 @10:06AM
(#28927621)
Attached to: RadioShack To Rebrand As "The Shack"?
They're just anticipating the coming legalization of pot. It will allow them to move into a generalized convenience store model, sort of a "smarter" quik-e-mart: soldering irons, robot toys, pot,and munchies.
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bydavejenkins
2009 @09:21AM
(#28167701)
Attached to: Should Enterprise IT Give Back To Open Source?
I used to work at a company that used open source almost everywhere. We were pretty zealous about it, looking back now. At the core of the data structure, we were using Postgresql and had a scheme of mastermaster replication between two data centers. We developed a way to handle this. After some soul searching, and a realistic analysis, the owners came to the conclusion that the software didn't really help our direct competitors, and would be safer/better out in the open. So, we open sourced it: http://www.bucardo.org/
Here is the press release from the company: Backcountry finally gives something back
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bydavejenkins
009 @08:34AM
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Attached to: Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek?
The opening weekend of any 'blockbuster' movie is really just a barometer for how good the hype was, how good the trailer is, and how much pent up demand there was for the adaptation. This is true for X-Men, X-Files, Watchmen, Batman, and our beloved crew of the Enterprise.
That second week, and the subsequent weeks, is very dependent on the reviews. These are the people who waited for someone else to go see it opening weekend, and then wait to hear what they said about the movie.
Star Trek is getting great reviews, and not just from the newspaper shills-- audiences generally like the film. This is different than the (lack of) buzz about Wolverine, and the outright confusion about the Watchmen. It's more along the lines of Batman Begins: your older sister asked you "Really? Another Batman movie?" to which you've replied "oh yeah-- it's that good."
Expect a strong 4 week run on Star Trek.
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bydavejenkins
27, 2009 @01:56PM
(#27015115)
Attached to: Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket
Wait, I think I saw this movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com
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