Thisshitspotterrepo is where I am building the "ShitSpotter" (or "ScatSpotter" in a formal setting) poop-detection algorithm and dataset. The primary goal of this work is to allow for the creation of a phone app that finds where your dog pooped, because you ran to grab the doggy-bags ...
Increased longevityand (potentially) longer retirements– Someone retiring early at 45 clearly needs a good handle on how long they’re likely to live. Otherwise, their retirement funds are liable to flatline before they do. But with today’s 65-year oldsalready setto live on average into the...
Someone we know found a pearl way out on Long Island while digging for clams many, many years ago. After learning about the purple pearl found in Florida … Leslie's Purple Pearl Update Hi everyone, The pearl is beautiful as you probably have seen. We are still waiting for some phone ...
Searching for the name of the paper may also lead to someone who has implemented the paper's method independently, who may have their own dataset. Contact the Authors. Often the data for a publication cannot be found online, but you can always contact the paper authors directly and ask for...
It also (incidentally rather than deliberately) proved to be a good testing ground for compatibility with someone whom I took to see the film. Sweet and Sour: a Korean remake of a Japanese film based on a book, Initiation Love, which is famous for its twist towards the end, but ...
On the one hand, technology turned Rashid, stuck in his Dadaab hut, into someone conversant in global affairs and American idioms. On the other, it made the tragedy of his life that much more apparent to him. On his phone, Rashid watched the world change. But he was still stuck in the...
I thought I’d be out of here by now. The other day when in an innocent conversation a relative made a comment describing my decorating style as she chatted I thought “that’s all wrong”. It was like the person in front of me was a perfect stranger. A woman I love someone and ...
By Joseph Lallo Writer’s block is the ever-present spector that hangs over the head of every writer. It is so notorious that it is the one pitfall of the writing profession that non-writers seem to know about. You can talk to someone about the trouble you’re having developing realistic...
We are all busy. We all have trials. We all have bills to pay. We all let days and even weeks go by without calling that old friend, without telling someone we love that we love them so much. Hug your kids. Kiss your spouse. Pet your dog. Say what’s on your heart. Hold a ...
(it was a trade with a friend), so I brought that too so I could practice taking some photos with it since it had been a while since I had used anything other than my phone to take photos. I got the camera mainly to do self-tape auditions, but learning how to do more on it ...