Meet [Tanner]. [Tanner] is a hacker who also appreciates the security of their home while they’re out of town. After doing some research about home security, they found that it doesn’t take much to keep a house from being broken into. It’s true that truly determined burglars might be more difficult to avoid. But, for the opportunistic types who don’t like having their appendages treated like a chew toy or their face on the local news, the steaks are lowered. All it might take is a security camera or two, or a big barking dog to send them on their way. Rather than running to the local animal shelter, [Tanner] used parts that were already sitting around to create a solution to the problem: A computer vision triggered virtual dog.
[Tanner] has generously made the entire project available via their Gitea site. The fake dog is a wonderfully simple little system, but according to its author, not without its flaws. See the post on their site for their plans to improve the effectiveness and accuracy of the project.
If you’re the type who does want to take their robodog on a walk, check out OpenDog version 3, an open source pooch you can 3d print and build yourself!
This but it plays the dueling fiddles song with the noise of shotguns being racked
I came here for shotgun’s rack, not disappointed.
I came here for angels with dirty souls. I guess I had to satisfy myself.
“…and keep the change, you filthy animal.”
The steaks are lowered !!
I suspected as much.
I think interesting typos must be a way to increase reader engagement.
Shhhhh!
Don’t let out the secret!
B^)
That happens when your steakholders let you down.
I’m sorry, but won’t lowering the “steaks” STOP the dog from barking? 8^)
Not if he’s busy snarfing them!
“… the steaks are lowered” — on to the grill? I think the word intended here is “stakes” as in the idiom ‘raise the stakes`.
it’s called a pun, look it up
Dear Ryan,
I think you mean ‘stakes’, not ‘steaks’.
Your former nerdy English teacher.
And ‘oh fuck’, Judy already followed this up.
Talk radio. Cops agree. Of your political side of course or have NPR on one side of the house and FOX on the other side. Even more convincing that people are home.
Lowering steaks (over the fence) is a classic method of silencing K9 alarm systems.
Proof readers are for loosers!
And are you all *sure* that I meant “stakes”?
* losers
The irony
Muphry’s Law
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law
Bah, I think it’s just a Poe’s.
Of course, now that a _real_ photo has been shown, and the person in it probably can recognise himself and therefore _which_ place it is… he now knows the “dog” is a fake.
I doubt he is a HaD reader. Though we hackers like hoodies too, we look much different.
But I shush now and let it to your imagination :)
Next idea for a project: Self launching Tazer fishnet and dial-a-cop system.
I want to know how to remove baklava from my balaclava!
“Tazer fishnet” has already been invented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEPavOX_2Ow
If the typo was not intentional, it should be, so it does not count as a typo.
Would be good if he coupled it with a taser set to go off when an intruder is detected as having entered the building, have the ability to automatically enforce the castle doctrine against home invaders if the barking didn’t provide enough deterrence. A few thousand houses fitting the same sort of openCV triggered pain devices would be enough to put off every would-be-burglar in the country.
Ahh yes, the AI driven approach to the “Keep the change, you filthy animal” method of burglar deterrence.
Curious what he can do with some rusty nails and a few paint cans.