eRac

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[–] eRac@lemmings.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Valve also clarified today that it was the processors, not the card management companies, that they talked to. The processors were pointing at MasterCard's rules, but refusing to provide Valve with someone at MasterCard to talk to.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 6 points 2 days ago

It's starting to go that way. I work in event food service. For a long time, our university clients in the US didn't want alcohol sales. Now, that's starting to shift but we are required to use ID scanners. They do some verification that catches bad fakes and underage IDs, but they also store logs of every scan. Later, if there's an incident, the university can ask us to dump the logs and we can tell from them when and where a specific person purchased alcohol anywhere on campus.

It isn't storing a complete, usable image of the ID, however. Just the data encoded in the barcode.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 3 points 2 days ago

Upvote because song

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's in a High Noon box and the other three flavors are in High Noon cans. It's one flavor packaged in the wrong can.

You aren't going to buy an energy drink and get alcohol. If somebody buys alcohol, they may find something inside that doesn't look like alcohol.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They aren't disagreeing with that. They are reporting that a source within the government claims the footage in the gap exists.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All we know is a disclaimer on each photo that AI tech was used. These could be real photos on blank backgrounds with the background generated and composited later. They could be photos of the garments on mannequins with the whole person being generated. They could be face replacements so that future models can't get famous and demand more money.

No matter what, these still took a lot of editing to get to print. They still needed at least one photo of the garments.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 1 points 5 days ago

There's a skill tree, equipment (not clothing/weapons like most RPGs, but still equipment), and crafting. That's enough to make it an RPG mechanically.

There's also the perspective definition. You are embodying a person separate from yourself and you are expected to make choices as them. Textbook RPG.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Dishonored is an RPG. It also adjusts the world based on your body count, with corruption getting worse as you kill people.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 3 points 6 days ago

It did to me too until I zoomed in.

My wife thinks it is beads using a finger for scale. The glitter effect on the finger is likely fresh adhesive sticking them there.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Why are you getting adds on Lemmy?!

1/3 appears to be an eyeliner stencil. 4 and 6 are clothing. 5 is glass orbs full of low-freezing-point liquid so they stay liquid in a freezer but have high thermal mass. They are used in some woowoo skincare routines to cool skin.

2 is very weird. It's an index finger that appears to be covered in glitter and tiny orbs.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 15 points 1 week ago

If it was an electrical issue, they wouldn't have been able to just turn them back on, which one of the pilots did.

The two switches were moved to off sequentially with the right amount of gap for a human doing it quickly. One of the pilots then questioned why they were off, and they were then both turned back on individually a short time later.

The possibility the FAA was investigating was whether the latches on the switches may not work, allowing them to be moved unintentionally. This was unlikely due to the timing, but they still had to eliminate it.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I work for a competing company in the same space. We have found that self-serve kiosks do not cut labor. They increase throughput at peak times and, by extension, increase guest satisfaction and revenue. We often have to hire more people to keep up with increased demand, while still employing a similar number of people helping guests as were cashiers before.

Edit: Ah, Fenway is Aramark. They don't care at all about guest satisfaction. I wouldn't be surprised if they are slashing labor in self-service stands.

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