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by: Quadibloc - Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:23 UTC

But an article about a pair of expensive binoculars

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/famous-xkcd-comic-comes-full-circle-with-ai-bird-identifying-binoculars/

is where I first heard about this free app for your smartphone:

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

The page where they gave credits to all the researchers who
created the app didn't say if it took them five years...

https://xkcd.com/1425/

John Savard

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by: Robert Carnegie - Fri, 2 Feb 2024 13:17 UTC

On 16/01/2024 16:23, Quadibloc wrote:
> But an article about a pair of expensive binoculars
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/famous-xkcd-comic-comes-full-circle-with-ai-bird-identifying-binoculars/
>
> is where I first heard about this free app for your smartphone:
>
> https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
>
> The page where they gave credits to all the researchers who
> created the app didn't say if it took them five years...
>
> https://xkcd.com/1425/
>
> John Savard

Ten years - since the page is dated 2014.
<https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1425:_Tasks>

If it wasn't for Newton, we wouldn't have to eat bruised apples.

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[OT] You Don't Need Expensive Binoculars	Quadibloc
Re: [OT] You Don't Need Expensive Binoculars	Robert Carnegie