Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes

Why HN readers recommended it

HN loves it as a funny, inspiring hobby project and calls it one of the best conference talks ever.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Next Day Video

Topic

computer vision hobby project

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• "Militarizing Your Backyard With Python" - Perhaps the best presentation to a programming language conference in history. [VIDEO]

• In related squirrel news: The "Daylight Robbery" documentary has some very interesting squirrel obstacle courses. You can find it on youtube - [LINK] "Militarizing your Backyard with Python" shows how to build a water-hose-turret that automatically recognizes and blasts squirrels - [VIDEO]

• I don't think you'll find a 'quick hack' but what you're asking is definitely possible as a project. Check this video out for ideas(guy used ML/servo controlled squirt gun to get rid of squirrels from his bird house) [VIDEO]