Comment by teiferer
16 hours ago
Of all the things one can automate in this whole journey - he chose the ring counting on the shooting range? I don't get it.
I totally see the programming challenge there, but it's in no substantial way making the journey any easier. Any somewhat working human brain can count this quite quickly and then move on with other things.
Really, I don't get it.
Counting rings is easy indeed, but scoring borderline shots without a scoring gauge is not, because the visible bullet hole is often smaller than the bullet itself.
But why would he care about this millimeter precision? His objective is not to participate in the Olympics but to shoot deer. He wants to improve general shooting abilities, not sub-millimeter accuracy. If he now and then counts a ring wrong, then what's the problem? That's what I don't get.
> His objective is not to participate in the Olympics but to shoot deer.
Where do you see that?
The article is about someone in Scotland who took up marksmanship as a hobby.
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Now that the software exists, one can use it from a mounted camera and provide immediate scoring. No need to wait for the human and the target to be in proximity.
Because he kept hitting his head on the low ceiling beams as he walked over to look at his target.
If he had been shooting at an outdoor range, or even an indoor range with a higher ceiling, he probably wouldn't have been pushed to automate the process.