Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once

John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7 Apr 2025 22:40:30 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 

Then there are the suicidal deer. I had one cross the eastbound
interstate lanes to safely get to the median strip. Then he made a
u-turn and tried to cross back. I was driving a Kenworth at the time
so it was 'Sorry, Bambi!'

 
I had one slalom back and forth in front of me for a good 300' before
he finally lost his footing and took a header into the ditch.

Here down under kangaroos are no better. I chased one along the
side of the road for over a kilometer, with it crossing sides in
front of me each time I tried to "overtake". _Eventually_ it
remembered that it could jump over the fences on either side of the
road and bounded over one.

I s'pect it's some aeons-old predator-evasion tactic that makes them do
this, but *boy* is it Not Adaptational for dealing with road traffic.

With 'roos I think the consesus is that they're just plain stupid.
But lighter than a deer at least.

Back to computers, I heard that kangaroos were befuddling
animal-detection software for self-driving cars during testing.
Each time one jumped the software thought it had suddenly gone
further away then gotten closer again.

Here it is:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-24/driverless-cars-in-australia-face-challenge-of-roo-problem/8574816

Oh boy, looks like they still haven't figured out how to handle
them:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-19/self-driving-cars-kangaroo-research/103993614

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