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		seanmcdirmid 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests The police and military are giving numbers, so you can easily publish those. I don't think the protesters are counting themselves, or maybe you could use AI and drones to do a survey of how many protests are out?

johnnyanmac 7 months ago [–]

reports say around 600, so we clearly have ways to estimate crowds. This pre-dates internet.

seanmcdirmid 7 months ago | [–]

You need to do the work to do the estimate vs just getting a number handed to you via a press release.

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