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minimaxir parent
The web demo is actually pretty neat: https://sam2.metademolab.com/demo

I selected each shoe as individual objects and the model was able to segment them even as they overlapped.

simonw
It's super fun! I used it on a video of my new cactus tweezers: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/29/sam-2/
rkagerer
I guess the demo simply doesn't work unless you accept cookies?
sashank_1509
Are there people who don’t accept cookies?

Don’t most websites require you to accept cookies?

bazzargh
In many jurisdictions requiring blanket acceptance of cookies to access the whole site is illegal, eg https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-pr... . Sites have to offer informed consent for nonessential cookies - but equally don't have to ask if the only cookies used are essential. So a popup saying 'Accept cookies?' with no other information doesn't cut it.
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wongarsu
You don't need consent for functional cookies that are necessary for the website to work. Anything you are accepting or declining in a cookie popup shouldn't affect the user experience in any major way.

I know a lot of people who reflexively reject all cookies, and the internet indeed does keep working for them.

arendtio
For those who are interested. Things that can change are:

- ads are personalized (aka more relevant/powerful to make you want things).

- The experience can become slower when accepting all cookies due to the overhead generated by extensive tracking

In essence, there should be no relevant reason for users to accept cookies. Even accepting and rejecting should be equally easy. The only problem is that companies clearly prioritize pushing users to accept cookies because the cookies are valuable to them.

SanderNL
Always refuse them, close to zero problems.

I can’t think of a technical reason a website without auth needs cookies to function.

rkagerer
I don't. I see a few sibling comments who don't accept them either. And now I'm curious to know if there's a behavioral age gap - i.e. have the younger crowd been defacto-trained to always accept them?
shreddit
If someone gives me the choice i don’t.
brk
I reject cookies on the regular. Generally do not see any downsides for the things I browse.
dyauspitr
I never accept any they don’t force me to accept.
arendtio
I think under the GDPR this is even illegal.
ks2048
It is giving me "Access Denied".
rawrawrawrr
Might have issues if you're from Texas or Illinois due to their local laws.
swamp40
What is the Illinois law?

Edit: Found lower in thread: biometric privacy laws

rvnx
I tried on the default video (white soccer ball), and it seems to really struggle with the trees in the background, maybe you could benefit of more of such examples.
vitorgrs
"The Firefox browser doesn’t support the video features we’ll need to run this demo. Please try again using Chrome or Safari."
barnabask
Same :(

Just a guess, maybe it's the VideoFrame API? It was the only video-related feature I could find that Chrome and Safari have and FF doesn't.

https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_videoframe

Lucasoato
> This research demo is not open to residents of, or those accessing the demo from, the States of Illinois or Texas.

Are there laws stricter than in California or EU in those places?

dhon_
Try tracking the table tennis bat

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