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PierceTheBubble

@ PierceTheBubble @lemmy.ml

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  • Road/driving tracking devices

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  • From left to right, top to bottom: 2 fixed box cameras (most likely 2 generations of ALPRs: an older (larger/yellowed: which they won't bother removing, and instead keep for redundancy), and a newer (more capable) model), a 'Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ)', and what appears to be a radar sensor (for detecting objects: possibly serving as a redundancy, during challenging weather conditions). I suspect the radar sensor got installed first (just for perimeter intrusion detection), they added the old ALPR next (to detect patterns in registered license plates); and the rest as an upgrade (including an increased field of view: through the PTZ's movable head).

  • In the future, it will be considered unbelievable that repairing a product used to be more expensive than buying a new one

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  • If that's the case, it probably means you just get to "own" products as a subscription; which collectively covers supposed "refurbished" product replacements when they break.

  • You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question?

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  • Assuming quantum computing has finally delivered on its promises by that time, how would I interpret that single bit?

  • The issue with mainstream media and fragmented news communities isnt just limited to the disparity of facts. We also suffer from not "riding the same roller coaster."

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  • I agree. But on the other hand, it also means mass-manipulation should, in theory, become more complicated.

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    Why did most of the world got rid of monarchy, if we're going to elect dictators anyway?

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  • Because if you guilt-trip the population into believing, their misfortune is due to majority vote, being in favor of controversial policy (which is bipartisan); they will fight amongst each other, as opposed to their monarch. But with today's surveillance technology, a monarch would be able to avoid mass protest: by impairing leaders during the early stages of their movements; prohibiting these from snowballing out of control. This would further simplify the process of control, as opposed to having to ensure corruption, in the binary left-right politics.

  • it's really a bummer that creation has such a good synergy with content-consumption culture

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  • If you mean: in a constant stream of content, people rarely stop to appreciate the tremendous work, that went into the creation of good pieces. I agree, and it's especially offensive when quickly washed away, with low effort garbage like AI "content".

  • Tot be heard

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  • So not just speech, but any sound one could be responsible for? Like screaming, loud music in the middle of the night, or ripping a fat fart. Sounds like a solid idea

  • Bread mattress: so my sleepy ass can partially eat it, as I'm in the lengthy process of waking up (possibly improving efficiency)

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  • Similar to memory foam :)

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    I'm almost sure WhatsApp is reading my sent messages to target ads

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  • The biggest privacy loophole in WhatsApp is cloud backups. By default, unencrypted updates to the backup, flow through WhatsApp servers in a readable format, to be encrypted on the server-side by the cloud providers (Google or Apple). Even if specifically opting into E2EE backups, the cloud provider still receives the contents in readable format (as it does the encryption of the backup). Even if you personally don't have this "feature" enabled, the other end might; and your interactions are also included in their backups. On a stock device there's an entire myriad of other potential vectors; too many to list here.

  • Bread mattress: so my sleepy ass can partially eat it, as I'm in the lengthy process of waking up (possibly improving efficiency)

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  • Bread mattress: so my sleepy ass can partially eat it, as I'm in the lengthy process of waking up (possibly improving efficiency)

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  • My sweaty butt crack alone would create a soggy portal to another dimension

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    PierceTheBubble @lemmy.ml

    Bread mattress: so my sleepy ass can partially eat it, as I'm in the lengthy process of waking up (possibly improving efficiency)

  • 'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise

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  • That's another angle I didn't consider. So you mean the traits one initially fakes, may become part of their personality (and therefore doesn’t require faking anymore)?

  • 'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise

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  • 'Till you make it' suggests to me, one ceases to be fake after success. Which either means they return to their pre-faking state, or the faking becomes part of their personality (and therefore doesn't require faking anymore).

  • 'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise

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  • That could be a valid explanation: they're just never satisfied, which is why they keep faking.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    PierceTheBubble @lemmy.ml

    'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise

  • There should be a 'Political Showerthoughts': so there's a place for such thoughts (Edit: 'Political Showerthoughts' is now live for just that)

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  • Both: I used the bulb, droplets and colors of the Showerthoughts icon, and did the pencil part myself. Thanks for the compliment though! :)

  • There should be a 'Political Showerthoughts': so there's a place for such thoughts (Edit: 'Political Showerthoughts' is now live for just that)

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  • I even made an icon for it (with a voting pencil instead). Is there anyone who would be interested in making this thing a reality? As stated in the body of the post, I'm not politically involved enough to be a mod for the community.

  • There should be a 'Political Showerthoughts': so there's a place for such thoughts (Edit: 'Political Showerthoughts' is now live for just that)

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  • It seems the mods have decided otherwise, whereas a dedicated community can set its own rules. Like I said in the body, I'm not interested in constantly being bombarded with political posts; ideally only when I explicitly choose to visit such communities.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    PierceTheBubble @lemmy.ml

    There should be a 'Political Showerthoughts': so there's a place for such thoughts (Edit: 'Political Showerthoughts' is now live for just that)

  • We might not even be communicating.

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  • Yeah, if you really start breaking down sentences, to their individual words and their respective concepts, everything falls apart. But it's important to keep context in mind: which generally limits room for interpretation enough, for most to roughly interpret them similarly (unless your autistic brain makes you go on a detour...). If you start formulating your wording carefully enough, you can start writing legal documents; and ironically make sure, 99% of the population, can no longer follow a word you're saying.

  • Income Tax Is Theft

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  • If you want citizens to keep working their ass off, you minimize worker capital through taxes, fines, profit, or any other artificial expenses; so they're stuck in a perpetual struggle for stability. And as a byproduct, the parasitic upper class can live royally, of the working class' hard work.

  • We might not even be communicating.

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  • So you mean to say: we personalize interpretation of someone else's writing, therefore we're rather responding to our own thoughts, than in response to the other's writing? If so, I would say this is true for the majority of people; especially when discussing anything political for example, where a strong bias is present.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    There's nothing stopping you, from washing with a towel and drying with 20 wash cloths

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    PierceTheBubble @lemmy.ml

    Would tech-CEOs still use shampoo in the shower, or would popping bubbles make them anxious?