Installed a new bird detector in the garden. Can confirm: There are birds.

@jonty I never considered that this would be a thing that exists, but now you've mentioned it I'm like "obviously this exists and works quite well"

@jonty my pi's been dead a while, had no idea this existed, thank!

@jonty Nice! What are you running it on?

@jarkman Just threw the docker container on my NAS #neverpi

@jonty @jarkman I feel like so many people say this (docker is better than running it on a raspberry Pi) but I haven't had the chance to read the argument - at least not in a way that makes sense to me. Do you have a beginner friendly explanation? Is it mainly due to backup options for docker? My main goal is to not buy any extra equipment, so I'm running anything I have on at least a decade old stuff (or the raspi I bought for a specific learning project which is done).

I run jellyfin on a 2013 MacBook Air and it barely allowed me to install it with the ram I've got (on Debian). Is it really possible to run docker on this kind of hardware?

@discontinuity @jonty @jarkman wanting to use the hardware you’ve got is entirely valid. If the hardware you’ve got will run Docker (and it probably will, there’s not much overhead on Linux) then it’s more reproducible than hand rolled Pi images and you can use hardware that’s well suited. Unless you specifically need the GPIO, or a full Linux computer you can embed in something you’ve built, a Pi is rarely the best tool for the job.

@jonty essentially the perfect use-case for classifier models

@gsuberland There's also a bat version! They're a lovely thing to have set up, you get to see when birds arrive on migration.

@gsuberland @jonty I get some funny false positive eg from rain drops and cicadas. Certainly some very weird birds out there that make the corresponding sounds and In can hardly blame the model 😅

@oseiler @gsuberland Mine has been certain that ambulances are birds for several years

@jonty does the bat one use an ultrasonic mic?

@gsuberland Yep, but it turns out most decent mems mics will do these days and there are some nice projects that bolt a USB interface to them