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Meow.camera
- moffkalast 7mo agoEvery time this is posted I wonder if one could improve the backend so it doesn't take 5-10 seconds for a video stream to connect. Right now it's quite populated, but if I ever check it otherwise it's like this: wait 10 seconds, no cat, wait 10 seconds, no cat, wait 7 seconds, leave.
- buildsjets 7mo agoThe "Feeders with Hungry Cats" dropdown filters to the active cameras.
- moffkalast 7mo ago60% of the time it works every time. Sometimes those are all empty as well, or maybe there's a racoon instead :)
- tdeck 7mo agoThis is in China so I assume there are no raccoons.
- moffkalast 7mo agoWell I did genuinely see one once on one of these cams, probably escaped from the zoo.
- dcrazy 7mo agoI get it, but also, it’s pretty amazing that it only takes 10 seconds to remotely activate and stream live video from a camera installed in a cat house placed on a sidewalk 6,000 miles away.
- 0x3f 7mo agoThey're in China so there's some inherent latency, but it only takes about a second to load each stream for me (in Europe).
- nyoronic 7mo agoOnly if someone else is streaming from the camera. If no one is, it goes to sleep and it takes noticably longer to connect. When I looked at the site some months ago, I noticed during Chinese nighttime, a sleeping feeder would turn on its lights right after I connected (darkness for a second then a flash of light). So maybe it's a cost-saving measure for the hardware?
- yawndex 7mo agoThe feeders are battery powered, so they can't be always streaming 24/7 with lights on.
- junon 7mo agoSeveral asleep in their bowls lol. Can relate.
- isolay 7mo agoAlmost as good as the cat aquarium! https://customcataquarium.com/ https://customcataquarium.com/
- solfox 7mo agoI am tempted to get a cat as an accessory for a cat aquarium
- dylan604 7mo agoThere is yet still hope for the internet after all!
- lopatnov 7mo agoNot the same - different ideas. Cat aquarium is for cats, for their relax. But meow camera is for watching by human. From description: "It provides a platform for many cat feeders around china which can have food dispensed to them through the app." I don't understand how it's working
- rav3ndust 7mo agohaha! my cats would love this. thanks for sharing
- rkagerer 7mo agoDon't blame 'em. My dog and I likewise enjoy watching the ocean.
- khernandezrt 7mo agoIf there was a button to feed them for a small donation id be broke.
- eightys3v3n 7mo agoThere is in the Purrr app if you install and open that.
- duncd 7mo agonot available in region :(
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- MarsIronPI 7mo agoIt's free marketing!
- stackdiver 7mo agoNow we just need a cat presence detector!
- antiframe 7mo agoIsn't that what the "Feeders with hungry cats" category is? That's what I thought when I clicked around, at least.
- slopinthebag 7mo agoSeems like it
- ChrisArchitect 7mo agoSome previous discussion from 5 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45613047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45613047
- lIl-IIIl 7mo agoThis is an interesting looking cat: https://meow.camera/#7374059059738047159 https://meow.camera/#7374059059738047159
- ralfd 7mo agoFor people reading that later: a dog (pug) was feeding right now
- trhway 7mo agoreminded :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswHFBS7p2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswHFBS7p2E
- notatoad 7mo agoit's 8 hours later and the dog is still eating
- dragonfax 7mo agoOh my gosh, he's trying to stay awake but having a hard time so he keeps tiping over.
- Razengan 7mo agoThere are many dogs now It's like the Gremlins
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 7mo ago23 hours later too... Hungry dog.
- gizzlon 7mo agoCutest cat ever
- tensegrist 7mo agothe stream title is (currently) 流浪狗不再流浪5 = "stray dogs will not be strays again 5" or similar
- stronglikedan 7mo agoFunny that The Feline Relaxing Place is currently the least "relaxed" place.
- himata4113 7mo agoI was reading that this is actually for neutering cats and that there is some deep dark secret behind these, might be something else tho.
- MarsIronPI 7mo agoYes, part of the use of this network is to track strays and neuter them. I don't think it's sinister though.
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- ge96 7mo agoAhhh my browser back button
- mbo 7mo agoman, this cat is ranking pretty high on the feline grimace scale :( https://meow.camera/#4258783365322591678 https://meow.camera/#4258783365322591678 wondering how I would contact the hosts
- kogasa240p 7mo agoHave known about this site for a while and it's very cute.
- bovermyer 7mo agoA lot of these enclosures are almost identical. There are only tiny differences. Is this a cat boarding house or something?
- Computer0 7mo agoI believe it is a standardized feeding system for the strays in China.
- thenthenthen 7mo agoYep. Although I have only seen them in Baoshan, Shanghai
- tjohns 7mo agoIt looks like you can buy them in the Purrrr app.
- joquarky 7mo agoI just checked it out, apparently they have sold over 20k units. This seems like a great idea.
- saboot 7mo agoReminds me of the days when you could look up public camera feeds with a specific string in a google search. Some of the camera pages had controls! Spent a day with friends in a college dorm scrolling through them.
- plausibility 7mo agoIf you have a premium Shodan[0] account, they have an ‘Images’ view which is filtered VNC and other Remote Desktop screenshots and links to view them directly with the IP. Lots of security cameras, some SCADA industrial access control screens, and lately seemingly people who I guess are hacking vulnerable Windows boxes and changing the wallpapers to anti Israel stuff. [0]: https://shodan.io https://shodan.io
- saltamimi 7mo agoI'm actually kind of surprised that most of these images are just advertising and shock imagery. I never expected adverts to be done through shodan, though I guess it makes sense.
- dotnwat 7mo agoFound a hedgehog https://meow.camera/#4228782262731189648 https://meow.camera/#4228782262731189648
- thoma4s 7mo agoThanks for bringing some joy to my day, I love whimsical projects like this
- sudoing 7mo agoDoes anyone know what cat feeder they use?
- shevy-java 7mo agoThere are many cameras spying on cats. People are not concerned about private data being broadcasted of our feline overlords.
- flysand7 7mo agoCats aren't social species, they don't have the capability to understand what is and isn't private. If a cat wants to lick its balls it'll do that, even if the owner is watching. Also, even if we wanted to push for some sick agenda that cats should have rights too, you can't really make a cat aware of said rights. Cats dont give a shit about cameras watching them
- kulahan 7mo agoIt was a joke, I believe.
- opengrass 7mo agoWhy does everyone have the same container?
- flysand7 7mo agoA chinese company Hello has created an app called Hello Street Cat - a livestreaming app that allows viwers to donate money to feed stray cats. Presumably, since it's the same company, maybe they purchased the feeders in bulk, that'll explain why the feeders look the same But I wonder why some feeders are more decorated than others. For example Mr. Happy doesn't seem to have a container at all.
- parpfish 7mo agoi'd love to have a sort of chatroulette/omegele app for my cats to "socialize" with other cats while I'm away, but it's the internet so I know that it'd get filled with trolls.
- joquarky 7mo agoI love cats, but they are also little trolls, so you're tautologically correct!
- Rotdhizon 7mo agohttps://meow.camera/#4291269398483497042 https://meow.camera/#4291269398483497042 This one immediately makes me want to whip out my credit card. Cute cat sitting at the food bowl waiting for someone to feed it. It's one of the ones listed under "feeders with hungry cats" edit: credit card has been pulled out
- tjohns 7mo agoThe metadata at the bottom says the feeder is out of kibble. :( A small amount (8%) of snack left, though!
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- wheelhead 7mo agothis is why sora was taken down
- mycall 7mo agoNeeds a "Back in Meow minutes" on the screen when they go off-camera.
- locusofself 7mo agoone of them I clicked on was totally covered in flies (the cat food). eww
- stephenhandley 7mo agoSeeing more flies than cats
- rechargedaily 7mo agovery interesting. how did you fit in the camera without the cat knocking it out?
- Evidlo 7mo agoDo these feeds loop? I swear I've seen the same cats twice.
- andyclap2 7mo agoWhat about GDPuRrrr?
- throwaway290 7mo agolooks like most of them in China?
- hoppp 7mo agoIts nice but I only saw 4 cats that were waiting for food. I would like it if I could remote trigger food for them.
- joquarky 7mo agoThat can be done in the Purrrr app.