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- Comment on What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair? 3 days ago:
What now? This didn’t make zero sense.
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 1 week ago:
Quick question, why do you choose mp4 rather than say opus? Just wondering because I can’t often tell the difference on my subpar headphones. Do you choose high bitrate settings?
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 1 week ago:
What codec are you downloading? My internet is a joke, its slow and vids are always compressed in real-time to adapt to the connection speed. Downloading the video (audio) gives you the option to get the original or uncompressed audio stream, you can set yt-dlp to download at the best available quality, so that could be the reason.
- Comment on Dogma is the mask one wears to hide ignorance from one's self 1 week ago:
And a brand of natural and effective grooming care products for pets.
- Comment on YSK Lemvotes.org will show you votes on any post, comment, or by user, or anything on the fediverse 3 weeks ago:
You may want to be careful then if you need to travel through the United States.
- Comment on YSK Lemvotes.org will show you votes on any post, comment, or by user, or anything on the fediverse 3 weeks ago:
Seems like a fantastic stalking tool for anyone looking to check if you have been a model of social media purity. I’d be shocked if it got used to find derisive upvotes by authorities looking to screen individuals for political reasons. But hey, call me paranoid.
- Comment on Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming 4 weeks ago:
This is a great point, currently I have tens of thousands of mp3’s that I wish I could somehow, impossibly upscale to a better codec, but those rare tracks I have in the low VBR mp3 range will never be revived.
- Comment on Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming 4 weeks ago:
Well that’s one thing Apple did right, aside from a terrible algorithm. Spotify will be jacking up the prices in 3,2,1…
- Comment on In a first, US-China team turns plastic waste into petrol in 1 step 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure that it’s a translation thing here. Recycling may be what they are trying to say.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Is it just me or is op’s obsession with farts and butt stuff beyond low-brow, even for this community?
- Comment on Natural compound found in popular hot drink could protect brain against Alzheimer’s 1 month ago:
I was going with Horlicks.
- Comment on What would Harvey Birdman cartoon look like to a color blind person? 2 months ago:
Honestly chat GTP is your friend. Or download an applications like Sim Daltonism that simulate how colors appear to individuals with different types of color blindness.
A.I response.
To understand how a cartoon like Harvey Birdman might look to a colorblind person, it’s essential to consider the different types of color blindness and how they affect color perception.
Types of Color Blindness
- Red-Green Color Blindness: This is the most common form, which includes:
- Protanopia: Difficulty distinguishing between red and green hues.
- Deuteranopia: Similar to protanopia but affects green perception more.
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Blue-Yellow Color Blindness: Less common, affecting the ability to differentiate between blue and yellow colors (tritanopia).
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Complete Color Blindness: A rare condition where individuals see the world in shades of gray.
Visual Representation in Cartoons
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Color Perception: For someone with red-green color blindness, colors that are typically vibrant red or green may appear muted or indistinguishable. For instance, a bright green tree might look more like a grayish or brownish color, and red objects may blend into greens or browns.
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Cartoon Examples: In cartoons, characters and backgrounds often rely on bright, contrasting colors to convey emotions and actions. To a colorblind person, these contrasts may be less pronounced. For example:
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A cartoon featuring a red apple on a green background might appear as a grayish shape against a similarly muted backdrop.
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Characters with red or green clothing may look similar in hue, making it challenging to distinguish between them.
- Comment on Powerful US lobby groups urge tariff retaliation against Australia’s ‘socialised medicine’ 2 months ago:
“In Australia, prices for pharmaceutical medicines are capped at $31.60 if listed on the PBS. A 2024 report by research organisation Rand found that US drug prices were, on average, about 370% higher than in Australia and 278% above the OECD average”
The American pharmaceutical system is broken. The U.S. spends significantly more on developing drugs than other developed nations, partly due to unfettered regulation. This spending is attributed to exploitative capitalism and a lack of price controls. The fragmented nature of the U.S. healthcare system created this monster, and now these mega-corporations can’t stop the “sugar high.” It’s total BS.
- Comment on PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation 3 months ago:
I miss the days when all the cool websites used Flash. I think Macromedia killed it for some reason. Probably because it had security flaws, back then it was pretty bandwidth-intensive too, but it made for some dynamic web designs.
- Comment on First Tesla Robotaxi Ride 3 months ago:
Jump to 7:10 this is terrifying.
- Comment on xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows 3 months ago:
A great video on the issue:
- Comment on Are most people who avoid turn signals do it to feel more normal? (Imitating their parents, avoiding perceived stupidity of using turn signals when it seems useless, etc) 3 months ago:
My secret shame, which is bad apparently, is that if I’m in an adjacent lane on the side lane of the road, waiting stationary, trying to merge into oncoming traffic, I don’t indicate until I feel like there’s less cars coming and more gaps. This is where my wife freaks out at my lack of assertiveness, it isn’t a lack of confidence and I’m not hesitating, I feel that having turn signal-fu can be an ace up your sleeve in my opinion.
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 4 months ago:
Upvoted 🙂
- Comment on Trump suggests lower China tariff, says 80% 'seems right!' 5 months ago:
And… Trump folds while China holds. 80% is way too high to negotiate with.
- Comment on Trump's US to resettle white South Africans 'within days' 5 months ago:
Finally, rejoice! We can all breath a sigh of relief that these new immigrants will fill those empty jobs nobody wants, like meat packing, picking fruit and working on the farms. /s
- Comment on Trump’s Birthday Parade Now Includes Thousands of Soldiers and Tanks 5 months ago:
Taxpayers rejoice!
- Comment on We've learned a lot about Garcia over the last few weeks. It's getting pretty difficult to sort all this stuff out... 5 months ago:
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution establish the right to due process. It ensures that no person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Due process applies to everyone, including the undocumented and because Kilmar wasn’t afforded this right, any accusation can be used against him at this point.
- Comment on With Tim Pool in the White House Press Pool, will we ever find out what's under that beanie? 5 months ago:
Tim Pool doesn’t have a formal education beyond the fifth grade - White House press room access sounds like a perfect fit here.
- Comment on Cops are deploying AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters” 5 months ago:
Oh man, this is Handbanana gold!
- Comment on Cops are deploying AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters” 5 months ago:
Hey Banana, do you want to talk about violent sex crimes that I think you’ve been thinking about, the ones that I’ve been thinking you might be thinking about doing?
- Comment on Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues 5 months ago:
As we all slowly step back from CD-RW, no quick movements… or was that all just a bad dream?
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 6 months ago:
- Comment on Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation 6 months ago:
Back in my day, Nazi skinheads loved to be punched.
- Comment on What should I do with this patio? 6 months ago:
I’d cover it with something more attractive. If drainage isn’t an issue, I’d consider a floating deck with planters on the sides. Otherwise, I might remove the concrete and plant culinary or exotic plants for effect. It would be interesting to know how you plan to use this area. If it’s for kids, the approach would differ from adult outdoor dining and recreation. Personally, I’d go for a floating deck with planters or potted plants on the edges or paving to maintain the theme. I’d love to see a BBQ area, plants, a deck, and landscaping lights.
- Comment on A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network. 6 months ago:
What an intense read: --“the propensity that all of us have for leading contradictory lives. We have a great capacity for compartmentalizing as humans.” --Telegram has been a conduit for years for the slow radicalization of white supremacist ideologies, as it has been for many other taboo subjects. The platform has been a honey trap for recruitment and propaganda for years, as well as for authorities to identify who is consuming and hence playing out the content.