IndefiniteBen

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[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah I'd prefer metric, but I was just being consistent with the thread, as the actual units are somewhat beside my point.

Now to find why I didn't get a notification for this reply...

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

Can we blame them?

A few years ago everybody was kind of jumping on the net zero bandwagon without actually thinking through what it actually meant

Yes.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 16 points 9 months ago

Just a guess, but maybe they were deleted because of the Reddit info, which is shitty exploiting of someone's post by a company.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 2 points 9 months ago

I just came here because I was trying to copy the link from a comment to modify the link in my reply (to make it an old Reddit link), but it was a very frustrating experience.

Even opening the web view of the comment does so in the internal browser, which just shows the URL and title (hidden under your finger) when you long press on that.

If I am holding a link it should give options; you already handle tapping on a link in a comment differently from tapping on the text of the comment, so why is the same not true for holding on links?

Thanks for all your work!

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 36 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Cubic feet would be better, especially as taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 41 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think this is one of those things that seems like it should be easy to automate, but actually has lots of hidden complexity.

They probably don't use this to scan commonly available books, because for those you can just cut the spine off the book and scan the pages in a regular scanner.

This is likely used for books that need to be preserved and can't be damaged during the scanning process.

How do you make a machine that will always turn exactly one page and never tear a page, while adapting for different page sizes and thicknesses, and avoiding the static charge that can make pages stick together? All for less money than it costs to pay people to operate this machine.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Calling something magic because you're using that to mean "something made with science beyond my understanding" is definitely different from using it as "this is literally magic made by sorcerers".

One is a joke, the other is evidence of the failure of the educational system.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 11 points 9 months ago

And companies that need to print more frequently probably already have some kind of subscription, because there are already printing companies that fill that niche.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 3 points 9 months ago

What is "evidence of bad ambient occlusion"?

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I also think it's a 3D render. The chromatic aberration, the shadows, the specular reflection of the metal, the lack of camera sensor noise; something about the lighting just looks off.

It looks way too consistent to be a composite image of some kind.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 16 points 10 months ago

I'm guessing the recruiter made a text post and then looked for an "eye-catching" surgical tool image to make the post stand out.

Why would they directly send you an image with a recruitment message? Because they were lazy and just copied their recruitment post from elsewhere?

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It shouldn't be checking anything during a ride. If it needs to be turned on at the start of the ride, it should do all the checks and give a green light or a red light (or some other clear indicator) before they start riding.

That way, the only way it doesn't go off if someone wears it while ignoring the "system is not active for safety" warning.

Shouldn't be a subscription in the first place, but hey, this is just a weird hypothetical.

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