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A Boring Dystopia

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Guests report getting billed hundreds of dollars for smoking, based on the readings of an "algorithmic" smoke detector. The sensor manufacturer markets its product as a way for hotels to unlock new revenue streams.

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[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh wow, I know who he is but didn’t recognize him in the clip. I don’t seem to be able to recognize/associate people by how they look. Most people I’m close to think I’m lying or trying to be funny because I don’t know who popular people are, it would be nice to be able to recognize people.

Also, thank you for sharing the clip, I’m going to watch the full episode tonight.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Nah he has a sort of hunched gait and the picture is bad.

But yeah, you might have like a tiny bit of face blindness.

I very randomly get it as well in just specific contexts. Sometimes embarrassing when it's a friend/acquaintance.

Someone video calls you to say "hey look who I'm here with" and you're like "eeeh, I'm really bad at names" and then it gets awkward because I've known the person since I was a kid pretty much.