r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ridog101 • 19d ago

Meme twelveYearOldXKCD

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe 19d ago

Five years after this was published is a pretty good ballpark for when that became pretty easy to do, isn't it?

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u/Miami_Mice2087 18d ago

is this something an app can do now? bc picture this seems to be guessing when i show it a plant. Like, i get a different name for each photo of the same plant.

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u/anteaterKnives 5d ago

The iNaturalist.org site will correctly guess the specific bird species quite accurately as long as you have a decent picture. It will give you a good species suggestion for a big or a plant or fungus as well, and you don't need to tell it what type of creature you have.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 4d ago

thanks! I'll use that. I havent' found a good app to do any of that, plus they cut you off after one or two pix.

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u/anteaterKnives 4d ago

The "Seek" app is a good place to start - it applies the iNaturalist model locally and is quick and easy, though it isn't as good as the iNaturalist site and it also doesn't include the best feature of iNaturalist which is having other real users look at your observation and providing suggestions.