Em Adespoton

  • 1 Post
  • 653 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 4th, 2023

help-circle





  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldNormal amount
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 hours ago

    I’d say the window of overlap for “look at the computer” and “information superhighway” was actually pretty small for most people.

    Maybe 1996-2001?

    So then you factor in how old people would have been during that period who would have done this. Being generous, I’d say 9-18. At different ages in that range “going to my friend’s place to look at the computer” would have been a euphemism for different things.

    But the range there would be from 1977-1992, which is actually pretty impressive for a cultural moment. Essentially, most millennials.







  • Depends on who you are.

    If I wanted to, I could probably get an article about me on there within about a week — I know some editors, and have third party documentation of me on the Internet going back over 30 years. So I’d just have to ask someone to do a writeup, pointing to the notable things I’ve done.

    However, I prefer anonymity so it’s unlikely I’d do that.

    All it would take is one notable contribution to popular culture to get yourself added.

    Easiest way to start if you’re an absolute Internet Nobody would be to get yourself written up by a local newspaper. Then do a bit of SEO so that popular online sites link to things about you and what you’ve done. Then get a few other people to start asking Wikipedia editors why they can’t find out anything about you on Wikipedia when you’re all over the Internet.




  • Depends on the tech, but essentially you need to adjust stride length, foot pronation/supination, knee extension and a bunch of things about hip alignment.

    Someone walking while looking at their phone will ID differently than the same person walking fast while trying not to run.

    BUT, in the same context with the same footwear, these systems are pretty accurate. So in places with CCTV, they can be pretty quick at tagging and filtering regular repeated activity. That way, it’s the unrecognized gaits that get flagged up for investigation.