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ThatCakeIsDone t1_j9h8rjl wrote
Reply to comment by xoomax in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
I launched two from China, one went over northern Montana (lol), the other went through Texas
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DestroyerOfIphone t1_j9h8eg3 wrote
Reply to comment by opmwolf in A site that helps you restore your photos for free! by 1infiteloop
They train it the same way everyone else trains ai. Scrape Google.
import_torch-nn OP t1_j9h6e67 wrote
Reply to comment by PicklesAndPasta in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
will do! (hopefully)
ohioMX5 t1_j9h69h9 wrote
Bad news. My fighter jet simulator is going to shoot your pinko commie spy balloons down!
PicklesAndPasta t1_j9h55ey wrote
Add some guns so we can shoot them down
import_torch-nn OP t1_j9h49km wrote
Reply to comment by Defiant_Prune in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
I suppose that is the government system I believe have existed
Although that one require some aviation background to 'play with' (as a game)
Nathan_Poe t1_j9h3vy4 wrote
I made a spy balloon simulator too!
_WhatchaDoin_ t1_j9h29rp wrote
Reply to comment by weinsteinjin in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Fair enough. It seems they were targeting something else.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/14/china-spy-balloon-path-tracking-weather/
-FourOhFour- t1_j9h1wuv wrote
Reply to comment by import_torch-nn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Would be giving it the good Ole reddit hug of death if you did that
AostaValley t1_j9gzziw wrote
O cazzo. Se un genio! Love It!
weinsteinjin t1_j9gzkbv wrote
Reply to comment by _WhatchaDoin_ in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Balloons were launched in Hainan in southern China.
Defiant_Prune t1_j9gyluc wrote
NOAA has a balloon flight simulator using gov weather info.
https://www.ready.noaa.gov/hypub-bin/trajsrc.pl?trjtype=4
The HYSPLIT system is powerful and can bring a desktop computer to its knees, but the output is pretty good.
weinsteinjin t1_j9gyfr3 wrote
Reply to comment by import_torch-nn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
With US military bases in every corner of the world, it’s kind of hard not to fly over one
simplystupid07 t1_j9gycg0 wrote
Reply to comment by blongjohn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Why are you such a tool?
_WhatchaDoin_ t1_j9gybyx wrote
Reply to comment by weinsteinjin in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Did they start from China, or from a boat in international water that could be close to US borders?
Dbjfdb t1_j9gy28k wrote
Reply to comment by import_torch-nn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Indeed it is…I believe in you! 🍺
import_torch-nn OP t1_j9gxy73 wrote
Reply to comment by printers_rock in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
indeed
the stream around equator goes west as opposed to east
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import_torch-nn OP t1_j9gxono wrote
Reply to comment by weinsteinjin in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
some sources claimed the first two(?) were aimed for guam or some location in middle of pacific (scouting other US allies' military bases? idk)
so anything could happen
Jupaack t1_j9gxhjw wrote
One managed to do a full trip around the world in 15 days. the second one disappeared after just 5 miles, got shot by my neighbors.
import_torch-nn OP t1_j9gxea3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
could work!
import_torch-nn OP t1_j9gxd84 wrote
Reply to comment by Dbjfdb in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
A backward trace is an idea I have thought of, the implementation might take a bit to figure out so stay tuned!
printers_rock t1_j9gx7xz wrote
Lots of hard work to spy on Kenya
Defiant_Prune t1_j9h9lmq wrote
Reply to comment by import_torch-nn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn
Didn’t mean to disparage your work. You are correct, it is not very user friendly.