02:28:05 <hyc> nice. I've been thinking about how to rig up a camera and motion detector to warn me when the cats are going to piss on the floor instead of using their litter tray
03:26:12 <gingeropolous> you gonna have it trigger some kind of high pitched alarm so the cats will shift their behavior? or will it still require human intervention?
03:27:26 <hyc> just notify me, human intervention required.
03:28:36 <hyc> the couple of times I've gotten there almost-in-time it became obvious what the problem was. one cat was using the toilet and the other wanted to copy him but there wasn't enough room.
03:28:52 <hyc> so the 2nd cat just goes on the floor.
04:07:37 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:monero.social> Its not foss, but i used to use an android app called tinycam + cheap cameras over the lan
04:08:19 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:monero.social> Tinycam has build in motion detection, as well as detection for what it thinks are animals, vehicles or people
04:10:10 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:monero.social> Can record to nfs, sd card etc. 
04:10:10 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:monero.social> not a terrible solution. Not sure of free alternatives for the motion/object detection
17:39:24 <paulio_uk> Hmm I WISH! I had a way to monitor the cat before he decides to have a dirty protest on the floor :/ Just finished replacing the downloads hallway carpet with laminate after he protested too many times to save it :/
17:40:02 <moneromoooo> The downloads hallway. We're in the matrix. I knew it.
17:40:29 <paulio_uk> fek sake, uncaffinated :/
17:40:37 <paulio_uk> s/downloads/downstairs
17:40:48 <paulio_uk> been working in CLI far too much this weekend :D
17:41:12 <hyc> LOL
17:43:12 <paulio_uk> on the bright/dark side, I now know what I'm dealing with in the loft space :D took apart an old webcam and removed the IR filter, setup a load of IR leds to flood the cold dark abyss of the loft
17:43:54 <paulio_uk> at one point there were 5 cat sized rats running between ours and the neighbours joined wall
17:44:48 <paulio_uk> and the beaglev-ahead is up there, uncooled, and running at about 30c despite having a heavy load. Winter has its perks
17:46:07 <paulio_uk> started looking into the firmware of the board because the indicator LEDs are pretty bright on it and I didn't want anything coming over and having a nibble or piss on it - then just found I could disable the LEDs without having to do anything crazy
17:46:54 <hyc> cats can see near infrared. I wouldn't be surprised if rats can too
17:47:57 <paulio_uk> they'll be blinded by them then :P there's around 200 5mm IR LEDs up there
17:48:15 <hyc> yowza
17:48:25 <paulio_uk> and now I need to put some mice on the projector screen to distract the cat from all the fireworks outside :| poor guy isn't enjoying tonight