Meow.camera
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ralfd
For people reading that later: a dog (pug) was feeding right now
notatoad
it's 8 hours later and the dog is still eating
dragonfax
Oh my gosh, he's trying to stay awake but having a hard time so he keeps tiping over.
Razengan
There are many dogs now
It's like the Gremlins
8n4vidtmkvmk
23 hours later too... Hungry dog.
gizzlon
Cutest cat ever
tensegrist
the stream title is (currently) 流浪狗不再流浪5 = "stray dogs will not be strays again 5" or similar
solfox
I am tempted to get a cat as an accessory for a cat aquarium
rav3ndust
haha! my cats would love this. thanks for sharing
dylan604
There is yet still hope for the internet after all!
rkagerer
Don't blame 'em. My dog and I likewise enjoy watching the ocean.
lopatnov
Not 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
khernandezrt
If there was a button to feed them for a small donation id be broke.
eightys3v3n
There is in the Purrr app if you install and open that.
duncd
not available in region :(
MarsIronPI
It's free marketing!
saboot
Reminds 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
If 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
saltamimi
I'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.
ChrisArchitect
Some previous discussion from 5 months ago:
Rotdhizon
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
The metadata at the bottom says the feeder is out of kibble. :( A small amount (8%) of snack left, though!
Rotdhizon
Was just wondering. I fed it some kibble but nothing came out
nslsm
I assume it’s a person who has to go and buy the kibble and fill the feeder?
ge96
Ahhh my browser back button
moffkalast
Every 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.
dcrazy
I 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.
buildsjets
The "Feeders with Hungry Cats" dropdown filters to the active cameras.
moffkalast
60% of the time it works every time. Sometimes those are all empty as well, or maybe there's a racoon instead :)
tdeck
This is in China so I assume there are no raccoons.
moffkalast
Well I did genuinely see one once on one of these cams, probably escaped from the zoo.
0x3f
They'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
Only 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
The feeders are battery powered, so they can't be always streaming 24/7 with lights on.
stronglikedan
Funny that The Feline Relaxing Place is currently the least "relaxed" place.
parpfish
i'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
I love cats, but they are also little trolls, so you're tautologically correct!
hoppp
Its 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
That can be done in the Purrrr app.
bovermyer
A lot of these enclosures are almost identical. There are only tiny differences. Is this a cat boarding house or something?
Computer0
I believe it is a standardized feeding system for the strays in China.
thenthenthen
Yep. Although I have only seen them in Baoshan, Shanghai
tjohns
It looks like you can buy them in the Purrrr app.
joquarky
I just checked it out, apparently they have sold over 20k units. This seems like a great idea.
mbo
man, this cat is ranking pretty high on the feline grimace scale :( https://meow.camera/#4258783365322591678 wondering how I would contact the hosts
mycall
Needs a "Back in Meow minutes" on the screen when they go off-camera.
Evidlo
Do these feeds loop? I swear I've seen the same cats twice.
junon
Several asleep in their bowls lol. Can relate.
sudoing
Does anyone know what cat feeder they use?
joquarky
I was curious too: StreetCat Smart Feeder
thoma4s
Thanks for bringing some joy to my day, I love whimsical projects like this
kogasa240p
Have known about this site for a while and it's very cute.
shevy-java
There are many cameras spying on cats.
People are not concerned about private data being broadcasted of our feline overlords.
flysand7
Cats 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
It was a joke, I believe.
opengrass
Why does everyone have the same container?
flysand7
A 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.
rechargedaily
very interesting. how did you fit in the camera without the cat knocking it out?
stackdiver
Now we just need a cat presence detector!
antiframe
Isn't that what the "Feeders with hungry cats" category is? That's what I thought when I clicked around, at least.
slopinthebag
Seems like it
stephenhandley
Seeing more flies than cats
andyclap2
What about GDPuRrrr?
throwaway290
looks like most of them in China?
wheelhead
this is why sora was taken down
locusofself
one of them I clicked on was totally covered in flies (the cat food). eww
himata4113
I 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
Yes, part of the use of this network is to track strays and neuter them. I don't think it's sinister though.
This is an interesting looking cat: https://meow.camera/#7374059059738047159