[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean, that's easy enough if you're trying to catch the ball with your face. Usually that's not the goal, so you’ll be standing slightly to the side or the object is moving toward your stomach. ;)

Even then, that's discounting the whole image analysis part of the equation, which your brain does dozens of times per second with incredible accuracy. Your waste bin example would have had to do enough to differentiate the ball from the background, and that definitely qualifies as a complex algorithm.

ETA: also, closing your hand at the right time does require your brain to know how close the object is, not just that you've positioned yourself in its path.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I worked on an industrial robot once, and we parked it such that the middle section of the arm was up above the robot and supposed to be level. I could tell from 50 feet away and a glance that it wasn't, so we checked. It was off by literally 1 degree.

Degrees are bigger than we think, but also our eyes are incredible instruments.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Blockchain / NFTs do not solve proof of ownership. Just ask all the people who had their NFTs or crypto stolen or lost in scams.

In your example, technically title fraud is more difficult because it needs to be done in two places. In reality it becomes far, far easier because you've now opened up a gigantic attack surface that you have no control over, and made both systems of verification worth less. If someone manages to compromise either one, there goes your proof of validity. Which one of them is real and which one is fraudulent?

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I think (as a white dude, so take your grains of salt as you please) that a dog would make you less threatening. Makes it clearer what you're up to, and people bringing their dogs along to mug or rape someone is exceedingly rare.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago

This is the way, and good for you.

Purposefully making women afraid they're about to get assaulted is abhorrent.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Even if you could care less about the tastiness of the food entering your face hole, everyone should know enough cooking that they can take care of themselves. I don't care if you have or want a romantic partner, knowing how to feed yourself should be next on the list after being able to bathe and dress yourself as a fundamental life skill.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody going to mention a Cask of Amontillado? Maybe not the most mind-bending example, but the tale of leading a supposed friend to their own horrific murder was not a thing I expected to be reading in school.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

It was not a nuclear explosion, that would be insane. Pure hydrogen is highly explosive, which is why it's suitable for a combustion vehicle like the Mirai.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 58 points 6 months ago

Yes, with two hoses they are measuring count, speed, and vehicle weight. Not enforceable, as many others have said - nobody will be getting a speeding ticket from this. It's just data collection.

Note: force measured on the hoses is a function of vehicle weight and speed. If you only have one hose, you can't tell the difference between a light vehicle moving fast and a heavy vehicle moving slow. With 2 hoses you can now measure speed, which you can then use along with the pneumatic force to figure out weight.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 62 points 8 months ago

No, close the lid because that's how you avoid coating everything in the room with a film of urine and feces. Open toilets are disgusting.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's broken now? I'd say that's a bold assumption that it ever worked in the first place.

Edit: to be clear, I mean that it is and always has been an impossible problem. The only reason it ever worked is because some broker company wanted it as a feature, not because anything compelled them to give original artists a cut. And that's before you consider the question, "but how do you know the NFT was made by the original artist?"

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