Post #3280593

2026-06-04 00:29 UTC

@attoparsec@clacks.link what on earth. first, short-lived theory: shed is leased out to a bunch of tenants that each have a right to, and motivation to have, their own camera, but then...why would you do that? second theory: someone's having fun and has a bunch of discarded cameras. that would explain some cables hanging loose/missing and a couple of cameras that look like they're pointed straight at the roof.

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@jbcrawford@hachyderm.io 2026-06-04 01:41

@rf@mas.to @attoparsec@clacks.link Surveillance software integrator. Or at least that's a very good bet. While the interface for these cameras is ostensibly standardized (ONVIF) there are a lot of compatibility problems, so if you sell surveillance solutions you basically have to have a wall of 200 cameras for testing. Another possibility is that whoever put them up is evaluating options for a larger purchase. I've been involved in putting up a bunch of cameras in one place for image quality and reliability comparisons... and that might make more sense here given that a lot of them appear to be the same model. Interesting that they appear to be on top of a railroad relay hut, so maybe the railroad is testing them out. But maybe someone else just bought an enclosure that looks a lot like a railroad relay hut.

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@drpatois@mastodon.social 2026-06-05 07:01

@rf@mas.to @attoparsec@clacks.link One has to choose?

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