wuffah

@ wuffah @lemmy.world

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7h ago

Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come | The tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage
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wuffah @lemmy.world 7h ago
Similarly, 404 Media revealed last year that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched ALPR data to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks, including in states where abortion access is protected by law. The search record just listed the reason as: “had an abortion, search for female”.
“State’s rights” everyone.

2d ago

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I’m gonna go ahead and be completely alarmist and say that it’s so RFK Jr. has an excuse to throw people into his “wellness” farms.

2d ago

One of the creepiest things AI does is cater "AI overview" responses to where exactly you live - it will name businesses, schools hospitals or parks in your local area, stalking you.

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

3d ago

The value of the prop used in the movie notwithstanding, a quick search suggested that a real 56 carat diamond with qualities and rarity similar to the Hope Diamond would be worth close to $600 million, but no such thing actually exists.

So what I meant was: of course Hollywood has to come up with the ultimate jewel “worth more than the Hope Diamond”, to quote the movie.

3d ago

It all makes sense

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

All great points. Maybe there’s a metal detecting technology that can sniff specific types of metal? Or, some kind of density scan that could be tuned to the materials in the necklace?

Ostensibly, they would be directly over the Titanic wreck because they were currently diving it, and the time the necklace was dropped as they were standing there when that old crone dropped it in front her middle-class daughter and the crew dedicating their professional lives to finding it. Estimations of the ocean currents and mockups of a necklace falling in seawater might tighten the search area.

The real question is, how long could you comb a sea floor littered with Titanic debris before costs rose to more than the value of the necklace?

By the way: RIP to Bill Paxton: Space Marine, Tornado Chaser, and Shipwreck Archeologist. May you find the Heart of the Ocean in your heavenly dreams. You are missed 😢

When the lady you invited on your ship to find a necklace chucks it overboard:

3d ago

It all makes sense

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

The 46 carat Hope Diamond on which the fictional Heart of the Ocean is based, is estimated at $200 - $300 million today.

The white gold and zirconia prop used in the movie cost around $8,000 but if it were real at 56 carats, it would be valued at more than twice what the Hope Diamond is. Leave it up to Hollywood to invent fictional jewelry and then assign a value it.

Although, since the diving vessel is directly on top of where the heavy metal necklace would conceivably fall, it might not take too long to locate it on the sea floor:

The original search area for the Titanic was about 150 square miles, and the Titanic is only about 90 feet wide. So, for every Titanic width-sized object, you would need to search about 1.32 million positions.

If the search area for the necklace were 1/4 square mile to allow for drift, and the necklace is effectively 4 inches wide, you would only need to search about 435,000 necklace-width positions. Although, being directly over the Titanic wreck could hamper metal detecting. It would be pretty ironic if the necklace fell back on to the deck of the wreck.

So, suck on that ya old entitled bitch!

3d ago

French protestors grieved Windows 10 with a mock funeral outside Microsoft HQ, complete with a coffin

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

You can obtain a license by running the activation script after Windows installation, including a permanent hardware license if desired. The easiest way is to use PowerShell and select the HWID option:

    
irm https://get.activated.win/ | iex

Technically this registers your hardware and key with the MS activation server, but you never have to worry about it again.

If you use Rufus to write the ISO to a bootable USB drive, it has options for disabling the user-level telemetry and MS account requirement.

Been running it for years with no issue.

3d ago

French protestors grieved Windows 10 with a mock funeral outside Microsoft HQ, complete with a coffin

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

Standard Windows is fully enshittified, but Windows 10 IoT Enterprise is free, supported until 2032, relatively debloated, and won’t randomly encrypt your hard drive.

Of course, you can always try out Linux.

3d ago

Wild Trump Rants Edited Out of 60 Minutes Interview After Shooting

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

The transcript is below the video, but you can watch the full 60 Minutes interview here if you’re able to stomach it.

3d ago

After Xbox and Windows, now GITHUB is in crisis, "failing me, every single day, and it is personal"

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wuffah @lemmy.world 3d ago

You know, when Boeing let the MBAs run engineering, several hundred people died. It doesn’t seem like any other companies have learned from this.

4d ago

Eggs against racism

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wuffah @lemmy.world 4d ago

Read meme, still racist. I’m against all races equally! I just hate them all.

Why are all these people running and blocking the street? Where are they going? I can’t get a donut because they want a stupid medal?

NO RACES

4d ago

Curious mfer 😡

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wuffah @lemmy.world 4d ago

Are you GLIMPSING my VISTA bro? Have an EPIPHANY before you get at ME!

5d ago

Wild Trump Rants Edited Out of 60 Minutes Interview After Shooting

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wuffah @lemmy.world 5d ago

The NOT INCLUDED parts of the transcript are what got cut.

5d ago

'Rogaine' in a Pill? Oral Minoxidil Aces Major Hair Loss Trial

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wuffah @lemmy.world 5d ago

6d ago

RDR2 is making me feel extremely sad

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wuffah @lemmy.world 6d ago

I feel like I decapitated a lot more people with my shotgun than you did. Also, don’t forget about the tuberculosis and saw amputations. :/

I should also add though, the depictions of nature in the game are absolutely incredible. One of the most immersive and nostalgic aspects of the game that R* really nailed is riding, camping, hunting, and discovering the wide open spaces. They really took a risk at making a slower paced work of art that grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go, and it really paid off.