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the height is doing two jobs

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sidechannel
28points

Big Brother makes more sense to me than the neck arguments. People get distracted by whether the animal is convenient for drinking. The head gives a view over people who are looking at the body.

Even if you think the rest of the page is wrong, the public is already used to treating that height as something pleasant to stand under. That is an unusually good place to put observation equipment.

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flatlander
Collapse or expand reply by flatlander

It would not need to record everything. Knowing who stops and who comes back could be useful on its own.

15points
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wrenched
Collapse or expand reply by wrenched

Every reply says a normal camera would be easier. A normal camera also looks like a camera.

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cansleeve
Collapse or expand reply by cansleeve

A camera that turns its whole neck would be conspicuous. Unless people had already decided that turning a neck was normal.

7points
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moth
Collapse or expand reply by moth

Tall enough to look at us over whatever fence they put around it.

5points
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marl
Collapse or expand reply by marl

A high place where equipment could fit is not evidence that equipment is there.

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sidechannel
Collapse or expand reply by sidechannel

I said it was a good place. The fact people like looking up at it is part of the opportunity.

12points
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