ringwraithfish

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

It's also focused on x-rays instead of the visible spectrum. I would hazard a guess that the resolution requirements for this are vastly different in scale compared to photography.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I got the sense he meant more that it would go up through business-side committees to double check the work and make sure it wasn't inappropriate. If that was the case that again would be an indication of corporations being risk adverse.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 6 months ago (39 children)

I listened to much of the interview on the radio. He touched on a lot of good points and then came to the absolutely wrong conclusion. He talked about how many writing rooms are "writing by committee" where jokes will go through a review by many different groups. If this is truly the case (I don't know) that is not an issue if the "far left mob" but rather the enshitification of comedy due to corporations and Wall Street bankrolling these productions wanting to ensure return on investment. This kills creativity by reducing risks. Topical comedy is a risky medium by default.

Also, shout out to Rob McElhenney for his sarcastic one word response. In Jerry's imagined world, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia can't exist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Alien hand syndrome makes me believe this. Usually occurs when something traumatic happens to the brain. The way it's described seems like the dominant consciousness losing control of that motor function to the lesser consciousness.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

"Many same-sex friends had these. We believe it was a sign to show they were just roommates"

[–] [email protected] 139 points 6 months ago (9 children)

What a wonderful rabbit hole to go down. My takeaways are it could possibly be used for knitting, but traditional spool knitting that the Grandma uses in the video doesn't show up in history until the 1500s. If the Romans did use it for gloves then knitting has been around much longer than we have evidence of or they were using a different method with the dodecahedron.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Jesse Plemons character in one of the Fargo seasons did this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

That would be amazing. I grew up in the 80s/90s. I remember all the hype about the ozone and we as a society were able to change course and solve the problem.

Another thing we need to do as a society is recognize and praise the efforts that are being done to encourage those that are doing it and hopefully encourage more to follow in their steps.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

They should modify the saying "The only things that are guaranteed are death and taxes" to add "and older generations saying their music was the best"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I feel the same way. I'm appreciating genres I normally would have scoffed at when I was younger.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm struggling to think of any legitimate use cases that actually benefit society. I can only think of nefarious uses for this technology.

I know Hollywood is interested in it for maintaining the legacy of iconic voices in established IPs like James Earl Jones in Star Wars, but I don't think that benefits society overall. It is neat to potentially have his voice show up in future projects, but that feels like more of a gimmick to justify the technology rather than an actual need.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I agree with you. Every time I see someone mention progressive or liberal on here it's always referring to them in a right-leaning context. Seems like an effort to destabilize the meaning of a word to cause confusion.

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