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m0le t1_ja8vivj wrote

Reply to This Hacker Hoodie Uses Surveillance Camera Parts to Blind Surveillance Cameras | The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' renders its wearer anonymous to night vision surveillance cameras, using infrared LEDs usually found in the cameras themselves. by chrisdh79

So, you appear as a great big attention grabbing blob moving through the CCTV system. How useful.

If I was going to do anything dodgy I'd get someone else to walk near me in this thing confident that all security eyes are on him.

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bobartig t1_ja8ure3 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in This Hacker Hoodie Uses Surveillance Camera Parts to Blind Surveillance Cameras | The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' renders its wearer anonymous to night vision surveillance cameras, using infrared LEDs usually found in the cameras themselves. by chrisdh79

You ask your tech to "enhance the pixels" and use an algorithm to fill in the missing data. Wait, show me what's behind the car in this photo, then zoom up on the reflection off the of the store window. There he is! Get a close up of the wrist - that tattoo is only worn by shot callers in the Sinaloa cartel. This has Hector Garza written all over it! Testicular, get me Boarder Patrol on the phone, we're going to need a joint task force!

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papetrov99 t1_ja8u3di wrote

Reply to comment by LoafyLemon in Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098

Also the package manager GUI lags if you search, kinda amateur. Also this is gnome again but why is there a calendar that I can sync google calendar into if I then cannot click on any days to view my events/appointments... Also if they have to subsidize codecs why not just install VLC as default which can play anything.

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Dragon7619 t1_ja8tyc4 wrote

Reply to comment by MetricVeil in A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated by PauloPatricio

Absolutely. Original art with sufficient documentation of its creator is goin g to be more valuable in the future. Humans will value Human made things from a human point of view.

I am originally was once a fine artist then turned concept artist in Hollywood and then back to being a fine artist again. I saw the writing in the wall 3 years ago. Even though it was rudimentary in its beginnings, I could see the value of the artwork, hell I actually liked it. That sealed it for me. There would be no future in this. What would take me all day to complete was being done in 10 -20 minutes. Now it’s on your phone.

I value original artworks like I have never before. I also value the stories that accompany them as well and always try to get the artist to fill me in on the meanings or state of mind when creating it.

To make something out of nothing is the most amazing trick that humans can do. We like Prometheus have give fire to the machines and they are capable of the same feat. Even better I might add. It is a tool but the trajectory of machines and man are now on 2 very different paths. It does not however replace the human experience but it’s up to us to preserve it and celebrate it as much as we can.

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billdietrich1 t1_ja8tvv7 wrote

Reply to comment by 547610831 in The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the Balance by OutlandishnessOk2452

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Barakah_nuclear_power_plant , it looks like the first reactor was scheduled to produce in 2017, but didn't start producing until mid-2020. That's 8 years after start of construction. Price tag for 4 reactors is somewhere from $20 to $30 billion. I wouldn't call that either quickly or cheaply.

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