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I have two kids, ages 6 and 4, and for the last few years I’ve been mourning their loss of childhood. Every day they get a little bit older, and even though my wife and I take lots of photos and videos of them, I can’t shake the feeling that we’re losing most of the moments of their lives. So last summer, after some intense lobbying of my wife, I did something radical: I installed several cameras in my living room and dining room to record everything we did at home for posterity. In other words, I created a reality show in my house. In practice, it works like this: The cameras are motion-activated and connected to servers in the cloud. Like security cameras in a convenience store, they are set to record on a constant loop — every video clip is saved for a few days, after which it’s automatically deleted, unless I flag it for long-term keeping. Yes, this system sets up a minefield of potential problems. We turn off the cameras when we have guests (it’s unethical and, depending on where you live, possibly even illegal to record people without their consent) and we don’t spy on each other. There are also security concerns. I’m not going to disclose the brand of the cameras I used because I don’t want to get hacked. The safety of internet-of-things devices is generally not airtight. And yet I’ve found these cameras to be just wonderful at capturing the odd, beautiful, surprising, charming moments of life that we would never have been able to capture otherwise. Every time the kids say something hilarious or sweet, or do something for the first time, I make a note of the time and date. Later on, I can go and download that exact clip, to keep forever. I’ve already got amazing videos of weeknight dinners, of my wife and I watching the news on election night, of my son learning to play Super Mario Brothers, and my kids having a dance party to their favorite music. When I’m 80 and the robots have taken over, I’ll look back on these and remember that life was good, once.
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:20 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:38 |
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i thought the thread title said strapon person
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:29 |
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While the idea is marvelous in theory, it sounds like much of the work cannot be automated as it relies on the perception of a human to deem recordings worthy of storage. Also, you could die tomorrow and then the only footage your family has of you is an unedited time lapse of your final moments and nobody to curate the ongoing memories.
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:32 |
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/technology/personaltech/he-turned-his-home-into-a-reality-television-show.html
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:58 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/technology/personaltech/he-turned-his-home-into-a-reality-television-show.html i was just about to say source your quotes
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 01:06 |
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u could try just living your life
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 04:47 |
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hell, op, same.
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 05:07 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:I have two kids, ages 6 and 4, and for the last few years I’ve been mourning their loss of childhood. Every day they get a little bit older, and even though my wife and I take lots of photos and videos of them, I can’t shake the feeling that we’re losing most of the moments of their lives. Bloody posted:hell, op, same.
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 06:44 |
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lol@bloody
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# ? Mar 31, 2017 11:20 |
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living in the past indefinitely is def. cool & healthy
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# ? Apr 1, 2017 11:41 |
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that one early black mirror episode
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# ? Apr 1, 2017 16:03 |
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Silver Alicorn posted:that one early black mirror episode buys augmented reality glasses, overlays kids face with the 6 yr old version of them, never sees them as adults
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# ? Apr 1, 2017 16:43 |
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Perplx posted:buys augmented reality glasses, overlays kids face with the 6 yr old version of them, never sees them as adults from what i've seen we don't need augmented reality tech to accomplish this, fyi
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# ? Apr 1, 2017 16:57 |
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gotta have a plan for what ur crying to in ur old age
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# ? Apr 1, 2017 23:59 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:38 |
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I'm poor as gently caress and do whatever the gently caress I want
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