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Great point. My cousin just (last year…) tried to do this as some extra credit high school thing. The ‘obvious’ solution was detecting edges with a python lib
by fooker 2y ago
Great point.
My cousin just (last year…) tried to do this as some extra credit high school thing.
The ‘obvious’ solution was detecting edges with a python library and manually writing up 4-5 functions to identify features.
It’s surprising that this even comes close to working.
- dartos 2y agoMaybe subjective, but I don’t think edge detection is “obvious” unless you spent time looking into image processing. Even then, grabbing an existing package is just offloading the solution discovery to someone else.
- fooker 2y agoIf it occurred to a 17yo without CS knowledge it's somewhat obvious. And offloading tricky logic to libraries is kind of how we build all software.
- dartos 2y agoYour cousin may just be very smart. I’ve been programming since I was 9 and I don’t think that would’ve occurred to me when I was 17 lol And yeah that is how we build all software, but just because someone else made a solution to something doesn’t mean that solution is obvious.