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> I wanted to cook venison from scratch, which meant learning to shoot, which meant keeping track of my progress, which meant porting a 2012 OpenCV paper and tr

by xg15 6mo ago

> I wanted to cook venison from scratch, which meant learning to shoot, which meant keeping track of my progress, which meant porting a 2012 OpenCV paper and training a state-of-the-art computer vision model, which meant the dinner took a bit longer than expected. Procrastination level: Ultimate

mcc1ane 6mo ago
yak shaving
- pjc50 6mo ago
  Yup. Or deer shaving, in this case. The punchline is he never actually got round to shooting a deer. I do think he understated the difficulty of the hunt itself. He's planning to use the "supervision" rule to avoid needing his own firearm license, and male deer are indeed unlicensed for shooting (but not female deer!). Then you have to find one. He's right that they have reached "pest" status, since humans killed off the wolves. Every now and again someone suggests reintroducing the wolves, to cull the deer (and occasional tourists). The open terrain (because the deer eat saplings) can make it easier. I have a great photo somewhere of a single majestic deer which I just happened to see from the road when I had my telephoto lens with me and mounted on the camera. I've even once seen a deer in Edinburgh itself, along a railway cutting.
  - mkesper 6mo ago
    Wolves are back to continental Europe. Takes some time to get everyone to accommodate again. Breeders are not amused.
Tangurena2 6mo ago
Or a Carl Sagan fan: > If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. From episode 9 of his Cosmos TV series. https://kottke.org/23/11/if-you-wish-to-make-an-apple-pie-from-scratch-you-must-first-invent-the-universe https://kottke.org/23/11/if-you-wish-to-make-an-apple-pie-fr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage There were a number of "history of technology & invention" TV series, all inspired by Connections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series...

by xg15 6mo ago

mcc1ane 6mo ago

yak shaving

pjc50 6mo ago
Yup. Or deer shaving, in this case. The punchline is he never actually got round to shooting a deer. I do think he understated the difficulty of the hunt itself. He's planning to use the "supervision" rule to avoid needing his own firearm license, and male deer are indeed unlicensed for shooting (but not female deer!). Then you have to find one. He's right that they have reached "pest" status, since humans killed off the wolves. Every now and again someone suggests reintroducing the wolves, to cull the deer (and occasional tourists). The open terrain (because the deer eat saplings) can make it easier. I have a great photo somewhere of a single majestic deer which I just happened to see from the road when I had my telephoto lens with me and mounted on the camera. I've even once seen a deer in Edinburgh itself, along a railway cutting.
- mkesper 6mo ago
  Wolves are back to continental Europe. Takes some time to get everyone to accommodate again. Breeders are not amused.

Tangurena2 6mo ago

Or a Carl Sagan fan: > If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. From episode 9 of his Cosmos TV series. https://kottke.org/23/11/if-you-wish-to-make-an-apple-pie-from-scratch-you-must-first-invent-the-universe https://kottke.org/23/11/if-you-wish-to-make-an-apple-pie-fr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage There were a number of "history of technology & invention" TV series, all inspired by Connections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series...