WoodScientist
@WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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- Comment on Women would rather do drugs than go to therapy 21 hours ago:
I really wonder about what people thought of that then. Did people really think it was a medical thing, or was this just a socialy respectable way for a man who couldn’t get his wife off to pass the task on to someone who could perform the task with an air of medical respectability?
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 21 hours ago:
When these get deployed, they’ll finally implement eyeball tracking into the ads. Some smart TVs have in built cameras, and this could easily be one the norm. The companies so far have been too afraid to use it, but the tech has existed for years at this point. Technically, there’s nothing stopping YouTube from just requiring users to have an iris tracking camera enabled. And this would defeat a smart glasses AI ad filter. I suppose you could maybe have a screen on the front that projected fake eyeballs towards the camera, but maybe they could then defeat that.
Or, more likely, they’ll just lobby Congress to ban ad blockers and and blocking devices.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 21 hours ago:
What’s worse is this even makes attending the game in person miserable. I know many very passionate college football fans who show up hours before the game to hang out with friends, and then more times then not end up leaving the game itself early. Why? Because the game itself is a drag. If a game is televised, they add extra breaks to the game to accommodate ads. The game gets stretched out from something of reasonable length to some absurd 3-4 hour long slog. People then only stick around if the winner remains unclear. If the games were a more reasonable 2 hour length, with more engaging and constant action, then most folks would stay to the end.
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 weeks ago:
No no no. You want WoodsScientist. I’m WoodScientist.
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 weeks ago:
Some of those areas are really remote. He could have easily died, and his body was then torn apart and scattered by scavengers before anyone could find it.
People frequently get lost in remote areas, die, and never have their bodies found. All that has to happen is that the animals get to the body before search parties do.
Or he could have simply landed in a stream or river, and his body was devoured by fish as it tumbled its way into the sea.
There are plenty of ways for nature to destroy a corpse.
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 2 weeks ago:
IDK. I’ve been unironically referring to LLMs as “the Devil’s machine” or simply “The Devil” lately. :D
I mean, if you use them, they do steal your soul, so it checks out.
- Comment on OnLy tWo eLemEnTs 2 weeks ago:
Are you asking leading questions?
- Comment on Would you date someone that uses a hammer? 3 weeks ago:
If hammers were only useful for hurting people, yes, yes I would.
- Comment on Anon has a bully 3 weeks ago:
My head canon is like this. Sword guy is hanging out in his room, sitting in a lotus position, sword displayed on a wooden stand in front of him, candles arranged around him, sword guy deep in meditation.
All of a sudden, from the floor below, sword guy hears the unmistakable sound of someone breaking into his home. He does not fear. He does not panic. He stands up, grabs his katana, and calmly says, “at last, my time has come…”
- Comment on Clicks, Eyeballs, Engagement 3 weeks ago:
Not like this…
- Comment on Anon has a bully 3 weeks ago:
In 2009, a John Hopkins University sword guy used a katana to kill an intruder.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 3 weeks ago:
Reality Winner
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 3 weeks ago:
Reality Winner
- Comment on Yarr 4 weeks ago:
We should legalize period-accurate piracy on the high seas. You can legally loot and pillage your way across the ocean…as long as you’re willing to do so using entirely 18th century tools and equipment. I just want to see a bunch of maniacs in a tiny wooden sail boat try and capture a giant modern cargo container ship.
- Comment on ...will continue until... 4 weeks ago:
All these expenses need to be kept in context. Sure, they’re on net paying $25 for your $15 of wage, but in turn they’re earning $40, $50, $100, or $200 off of your labor depending on just what kind of industry you’re in.
- Comment on ...will continue until... 4 weeks ago:
Where does one buy a good quality pair of assless chaps in 2025?
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 5 weeks ago:
Just look at the stuff people say on Lemmy, to someone they will never even meet, ever.
That’s ridiculous! I will find you and flay your children alive! :D
- Comment on Why Evil Triumphs - Dennis Prager 5 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, most self-described Christians are in fact devil worshipers. If your religion leads you to hate, you worship Satan. If you believe in a God that makes people a certain way and then judges them for acting that way, you worship a demon. Most Evangelicals worship the Devil. They’re literally Devil worshipers.
- Comment on Is it wrong that I want one? 5 weeks ago:
I vote “novelty vacuum sealer.”
- Comment on card game shop 1 month ago:
Eh. The point is not to ensure everyone takes care of their health. The point is to make sure no one makes the space uninhabitable due to their BO.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 1 month ago:
I’m tired of your modern woke bullshit. Why are you trying to teach kids to read clocks with mechanical hands? Use a sundial like a normal person.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 1 month ago:
Do you know how to read a sundial?
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 1 month ago:
Nah let’s ditch the analog clocks and instead teach them sundials. That will really stretch their brains.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 1 month ago:
We should make everyone mad. Don’t teach them to read analog clocks. Teach them to read digital clocks and sundials.
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 1 month ago:
If you live in an area that gets a lot of snowfall, buy a zamboni. Keep it in a garage. Then, when a big ice storm hits, your time will arrive! Take your zamboni to the city streets! While the city ice crews are trying to melt the ice, you’ll be out there thickening and polishing it to a glimmering shine! You’ll be the ying to their yang. The negative to their positive. You will be the balancing element in nature! Buy your zamboni, and take to the streets!
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 1 month ago:
This is why I made my own bed, with my own two hands, out of solid Douglas for and southern pine. Let’s see AWS crash an inert object made of wood and metal.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
If you really wanted to, you probably could track the guy down. Still have any old yearbooks? If not, the school probably keeps archival copies. You could go through old yearbooks of the appropriate age until you find the guy, then try to find him on Facebook or other social media. And asking through networks of friends and acquaintances could help in a similar way. Whether you want to or not is another matter, but 20 years ago isn’t that long. It should be entirely possible to track this person down if you wanted to badly enough.
- Comment on Have you ever been shown the "clarity"? 1 month ago:
How high are you right now?
- Comment on Insuranace is a joke 1 month ago:
Negative value property? Easy. It’s called a timeshare!