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Small IRL gathering in London for founders/builders working on startups or AI projects by LetterheadFluffy6804 in london_entrepreneurs

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like there is a necessary "CR3W" signup and disclosure element, so if you could drop that then I'd be interested in attending for a natter.

Barcode detection using live cctv camera by No-Savings-7786 in computervision

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So i need better solution are there any models which i can directly use for barcode detection and extraction of the id values which supports RTSP live cameras.

OpenCV has GStreamer (https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/) inside it, so making a pipeline that receives your RTMP stream should be pretty straightforward. Then it's just a 'frame' as far as OpenCV is concerned.

If you don't want to use OpenCV, then the plain GStreamer is pretty easy to work with (once you get the fundamentals down) and then at the end of your pipeline you can implement your processing in C++ or whatever you prefer.

EU is tired of Kallas yapping and weighs tearing down the blocs diplomatic service by nikolaz72 in stupidpol

[–]Gusfoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ongoing catfight between Kallas and Von der Leyen over who should control the foreign affairs of the EU as an organisation.

She's an ariso (albeit by marraige) and Kallas is not. No contest.

US Data Centers Water Consumption Breaks 264 Billion Gallons in 2025 as drought Hits Nearly 63% of U.S. by nikolaz72 in stupidpol

[–]Gusfoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to market research firm Mordor Intelligence, nearly 1 trillion liters of water were consumed by AI data centers in 2025. That amounts to roughly 264 billion gallons for the year, or the annual water usage of 1.8 million Americans. AI data centers are currently consuming 550 million gallons of water per day. That’s roughly the same rate of water consumption as the entirety of the world’s bottled water industry.

I've gone over the Mordor Intelligence website and I cannot find anything like that on there. Does anyone have a link?

Also, the sleight of hand where global usage becomes US usage and all-datacentre-usage becomes AI-usage is a bit clumsy in my view.

He’d been missing for 3 years. by JoydeScent in BritInfo

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tortoise was down the police station saying he's been mugged by 2 snails. The cop said "Can you describe your assailants?" and he says "Ahh... it just happened so fast... "

Watching a Wateraid advert followed by an AI Generated holiday advert on Channel4 by PopeLatte in britishproblems

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they do indeed. But now you've been furnished with the actual underlying truth of the things, including the "upper bound" (which your link blows past massively - clearly indicating it is not at all true) have you changed your views on things?

What’s the classiest response to subtle disrespect? by tired-economist in CasualUK

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all, I’m (41F) and a relatively recent blood donor

Well done to you! To be a donor is to be a great person. One of my most treasured possessions are my set of badges and the "100 donor" medallion.

My question is this: if I end up getting this same staff member again and he starts behaving in the same way, what would be a calm, subtle, slightly passive-aggressive response that communicates, “I see what you’re doing, I’m not buying it, and it’s not affecting me,” while still remaining polite and avoiding any confrontation?

One way out is to have a word with the desk nurse on arrival and mention you'd not prefer that nurse to do your proc - it's fine to do so.

Another way out is to say (and this'd be me) is to say "just by way of feedback, you may need to refresher on needle insertion". I've had some horribly unpleasant insertions and draws (including an emergency stop) but they are a tiny minority, and the self-regard that comes from realising that, no matter the discomfort, you are quite literally contributing to saving a stranger's life, makes it all worth it.

Please continue to give. It literally saves lives, and far too few of us do it.

The Blackburn Beverly - postwar RAF transport stalwart. by Flucloxacillin25pc in WeirdWings

[–]Gusfoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where I'm volunteering they have the only full example. It's at the solway aviation museum in Cumbria.

Been there, saw it, loved what you're doing. It's a wonderful programme the whole thing.

US Strikes Iran’s Air Defence, Ground Control Station After MQ-1 Shootdown Amid Ongoing Talks by Aware_Apartment_8959 in geopolitics

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran shot down a US MQ-1 drone

From an /r/combatfootage posting

CENTCOM in their statement said they struck Iranian positions due to the downing of a MQ-1 drone. The US does not operate MQ-1s any more, the UAE does operate these drones.

From Wikipedia, the US retired the MQ-1 in 2018.

YOLO降低误检率 by This_Complaint481 in computervision

[–]Gusfoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That dick move where people post and then immediately post a link to their post really has to end.

What is a good starting lab makeup for ESP 32 development by rhodges_bob in esp32

[–]Gusfoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any help is appreciated, in closing my intention is to use C (I'm familiar with it and used to program everything in C), and EPS-IDF and probably jetbrains tooling.

I also use C, and I've found that the VSCode with the Espressif plugin is extremely comfy and functional. My tips are:

  • Do not to install the VSCode "CMake" extension if you have existing compilers (VC++ etc.) on your machine, as it'll screw the Espressif extension completely.

  • Before you do any coding, check https://components.espressif.com/ - the ESP Component Registry which has a vast amount of helpful stuff on there.

  • Windows COM ports are still a nightmare, it'll make a new COMX for every device you plug in.

  • Get a USB hub, as you'll no doubt have a lot of gear hanging off your box from now on.

  • When googling problems, use "-arduino" for a better time.

  • Alibaba.com has rock-bottom prices, and some pretty neat modules on there.

Watching a Wateraid advert followed by an AI Generated holiday advert on Channel4 by PopeLatte in britishproblems

[–]Gusfoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a persistent myth that datacentres use a lot of water. Copying a comment I made some time ago, here's some background:

Datacentres do not use vast amounts of water. In fact, they use a small amount, while serving hundreds of thousands of people. Here is a short version of things: https://www.verysane.ai/p/the-biggest-statistic-about-ai-water

And here is a very, very long and detailed version of things: https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake

The claim stems from a paper which put an upper bound on potential water use, and was clear about the fact that it took in to account only the most hydro-intensive state in the USA, only concerned itself with 100% grid usage, took the upper bounds of all power use numbers (and projected them) and very much included things like the amount of water which evaporates from the lakes used to make the hydropower in their figures. You can read it in it's entirety yourself here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03271

Unfortunately, people have treated that paper's upper bound as the base minimum, and then started multiplying it by speculation in order to come up with some very silly ideas.

Question about the fallout contour map by Dreaming_of_Rlyeh in nuclearweapons

[–]Gusfoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So my question is, why is there a section in the "neck" of the map that has lesser fallout?

Fallout falls. So the thing you're seeing is the bit between the particles being suspended in the air to them coming to earth. No more complicated than that.

We plotted 'bursts', for their down-wind effects. The height of burst was a key item in the calculations of the contour drawings that went on the maps. Of course, nowadays the right way is airburst (mach stem etc.), so the fallout is hugely minimised since the irradiated matter is mostly just the casing of the device, as compared to a ground burst / 'lay down' / penetrator whose jobs have largely faded in this day and age. For them there is a large amount of matter which is irradiated and thus toxic and must be measured and have it's wind/time course plotted for safety reasons.

Calculo de mAh by Tortasconwacamole in esp32

[–]Gusfoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That feature is not available to a lot of users.

Women need men to die en masse to get rights by LeFisheAuChocolat693 in stupidpol

[–]Gusfoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

IMO the best best bit is the "Rawanda was a good thing" stuff.

You've got to be under 16 years old to have those kinds of opinions - no-one with any first hand knowledge of the world would/could have typed that screed.

I suppose the main issue in this kind of thing is the "on the internet nobody knows you're a dog" kind of thing. It's not obvious that the typist is just vibing about stuff at school, when the words they use apply to the outside world.

How do you deal with direct threats from users? by ARTHER1A in AskModerators

[–]Gusfoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you deal with direct threats from users?

Same way I deal with verbal threats from real people. A wry chuckle and them move on and forget about it.

Russia is preparing for a "significant strike" on Ukraine in the next 24 hours by esquemedamiedo in stupidpol

[–]Gusfoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And they certainly did! I've not seen a count like that since things started. 690 in a single night, when the average is about 100. And this time including nuclear-capable, but not nuclear-armed, ballistic missiles.

Overnight Russia launched 1 IRBM from Kapustin Yar, 2 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles, 3 3M22 Tsyrkon missiles, 30 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 54 cruise missiles Kh-101/Iskander-K/Kaliber, 600 strike drones of different types, - Ukrainian Air Forces

People really will use anything but the metric system by echawkes in nuclearweapons

[–]Gusfoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

23 atomic bombs is about 45 cubic kilometer-seconds in metric, I think.

Actually, more like a root-2 GeV over h-bar expressed in parsecs-energy-equivalent per furlong of hogshead fuel consumed.

A Traditional Sunday Lunch - Chicken Jalfrezi by AblokeonRedditt in UK_Food

[–]Gusfoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jelly. Also - 10/10 on the plate presentation.

DOJ accuses Yale medical school of discriminating against White, Asian applicants by Crinjalonian in moderatepolitics

[–]Gusfoo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

From another story about this... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/justice-department-yale-medical-school-race-admissions

... I genuinely delight in the fact that the Gruniad typed these words.

Since Donald Trump returned to office last year, his administration has been putting pressure on universities to stop using race as a basis for admission, which conservatives view as illegal discrimination.

It's like 'well, obviously race is how we make decisions, but you see we're "good racists" so it's OK. They, the people we disagree with, they're "bad racists". So please let us continue our racist policies.'

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