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You don't know me! (europe.pub)
submitted 9 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 32 points 9 months ago

That website had a crazy amount of publicity lately here in Melbourne because it was involved in a triple homicide case!

A lady was found guilty of murdering some family members of her ex-husband at a lunch by serving poisonous mushrooms she located using iNaturalist. Cooked into a Beef Wellington, of all things.

The trial was something of a sensation, seemed like it was all anyone talked about for the couple months it was going on.

The guilty last, Erin Patterson, is currently awaiting sentencing.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 9 months ago

In the biblical sense?

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I'm still looking for a good app to identify insects (mostly in Europe). Is iNaturalist the best?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It is.

  • good automatic id
  • manual id by scientists or enthusiasts
  • you develop your own Pokédex
  • you provide data for scientific research
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Also, if you put your image(s) under a compatible license (CC BY-SA or less restrictive), we on Wikipedia also pull from iNaturalist for images to add to Wikimedia Commons. It helps a surprising amount.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Ah wow, that's great! I'll have a look.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That sounds very promising. Thanks for the info.

[–] Cuzscience@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seek is also a decent alternative if you want quick results with minimal steps. It’s a more casual experience. You basically scan your specimen with Seek on live video and it identifies it in real-time. You miss out on the iNaturalist community help, but you can link Seek to your iNaturalist account to share observations.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'll try iNaturalist first but if that doesn't work for my use case I'll have a look at Seek. Thank you.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Cool, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I use obsidentify

[–] Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago

I found obsidentify more reliable than inaturalist/seek

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I just yell "hey anyone know what this is" and usually someone yells back

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

https://theaseandaily.com/the-ramen-boy-introduces-unique-delicacy-giant-isopod-ramen/

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

sha sha sha! pocket pheremones!

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

*strained exhale*