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  • The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"

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  • They just use the buzzword "AI", but in reality it's probably going to be a machine learning algorithm.

    Take the dataset, split out the groups of people you do/don't want to hire based on whatever criteria, train the model to be more likely to pick faces with characteristics from the "do hire" group, and less likely to pick those from the "don't hire" group.

    Then, use it on real people, and it will provide similar outcomes based on faces.

  • The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"

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  • The study claims that they analyzed participants' labor market outcomes, that being earnings and propensity to move jobs, "among other things."

    Fun fact, did you know white men tend to get paid more than black men for the same job, with the same experience and education?

    Following that logic, if we took a dataset of both black and white men, then used their labor market outcomes to judge which one would be a good fit over another, white men would have higher earnings and be recommended for a job more than black people.

    Black workers are also more likely to switch jobs, one of the reasons likely being because you tend to experience higher salary growth when moving jobs every 2-3 years than when you stay with a given company, which is necessary if you're already being paid lower wages than your white counterparts.

    By this study's methodology, that person could be deemed "unreliable" because they often switch jobs, and would then not be considered.

    Essentially, this is a black box that gets to excuse management saying "fuck all black people, we only want to hire whites" while sounding all smart and fancy.

  • Flea market.

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  • Still consumerism. The acquisition of goods and services, especially beyond what's required for survival.

    And, even buying secondhand doesn't eliminate impacts from consumerism. It reduces the amount of available secondhand goods, which means someone else that could otherwise buy secondhand is now forced to buy new.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm glad people are buying secondhand, but it's not a solution when demand is ever-increasing.

  • The trauma. The terror. The humanity!!!1!!1!

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  • I don't think so, but he did say while testifying: “He did it. He threw the sandwich,” that the sandwich "exploded all over" his chest and he felt it through his ballistic vest, and that "You could smell the onions and the mustard".

    The sandwich never left its wrapper.

    The defense attorney finished closing arguments with “This case, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is about a sandwich”

  • Oh this is HUGE

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  • Minimizes crust per bite, while still keeping the largest possible structural integrity from the crust for each piece.

    Maximizes surface area per piece, can make it feel like you ended up eating more sandwich compared to traditional slices.

    Known as the "Duff Cut"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32H9m3PTi5Q&t=412s

  • Flock Cameras are PUBLIC DOMAIN in Washington state. You can file a FOIA for your Flock data. Now police say that citizens getting public docs are now a "privacy concern".

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  • Yes, it's different.

    Public records can be public domain. Public domain works can be requested with a public record request. Not all public record requests will result in public domain licensed documents being released.

  • Removed

    This is going to be the origin story of a Punisher character if they keep this up.

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  • I've got context.

    That area is a parking lot by the ICE facility. So it doesn't appear to just be any old photo of a man crying in a parking lot. Both the color and density of the bricks, distance of the grass, color of the parking lines, and placement of the door, which I initially was led to believe was a pole based on the angle, are all a match, though whatever's partially obscuring the second photo in the original post is something that was likely added later on, as the most recent street view photos are from about 3-4 months ago, give or take.

    Both reverse image searches on the attached photos, and facial recognition scans via PimEyes of his face turn up no results.

    I was able to find two additional photos of him from this post on Bluesky, one from behind talking to officers, and another of him sitting on the ground but with a different angle of his face visible.

    I found an additional photo from what appears to be the same poster on Facebook this time, showing more of his face. Still no facial rec match, though. (PimEyes doesn't search social media for privacy reasons though, so there's a chance it's just missing him on there)

    The org that seems to have the largest swath of the photos, and initially did the reporting, is Humanizing Through Story, who's mission is to capture documentary-style photos of immigrants and refugees in an attempt to humanize them.

    Their site links to an Instagram post by their account. That post claims that "This is what was reported to me by a community member who offered aid and resources to him on site."

    So to wrap that all up:

    • He is a real person (i.e. not AI generated)
    • He was actually near to the ICE facility in a parking lot
    • The photos taken of him were from an organization known to take such photos, not just a random bystander
    • The claimed path of the narrative was: The guy himself > Community member > Organization, and the screenshotted post is just a copy of their original post but without the context of where the information came from or any link back to the organization that actually took the photos or gathered the information.

  • Motivation Killer

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  • Link's broken! You should remove the space between (psychology and the last )

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology)

    Edit: Nevermind, I guess for some reason even when you paste the normal link in, it displays it with a space on my instance for some reason.

  • Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

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  • He also has a minimal existing cult following to build popularity off of, unlike Trump, who has people like this:

  • The Guy Claiming That You Have TDS

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  • The Internet is Dying. We Can Still Stop It

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  • This refreshingly innovative smartphone brand has entered the US

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  • Honestly, I'm glad they did the Fairbuds first. Just the XL is a little disappointing, since I was hoping for the regular Fairbuds, but I'm sure it makes sense for them to do it that way.

    A lot of people aren't fine with buying a phone that's a bit behind whatever the newest, flashiest, highest-end phone is, but they are fine with buying headphones that might not please an audiophile, but will be perfectly good for everyone else. Especially if they can replace the battery, cables, speakers, ear cushions, headband, and speaker covers for a price that's downright reasonable. (20 euros for a brand-new battery, for example)

  • Is this an ALPR?

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  • The yellow stickers are also present in some Flock marketing materials, so I'd definitely recommend getting a good shot of the sticker.

    And if it does seem to be a Flock camera, add it to DeFlock! (don't worry about if the images on the site to make sure it's an ALPR don't include one from Flock that looks like that, they only have images for two of Flock's fixed camera systems, the Flex LPR, and the Standard LPR, but Flock has other designs.)

  • Is this an ALPR?

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  • I couldn't find any other cameras that have all the same physical characteristics that weren't just pictures either on Flock's website, or from other sites talking about Flock cameras.

    I'm not entirely opposed to the idea that they're using an existing design, but it seems more likely to me that they simply had one custom-made, especially considering the fact that they have very specific needs, such as the ability to accurately read a license plate on a car, which they claim they can do while it's going 100mph, at 75ft away, both day or night, or the fact that their cameras have cellular connections built-in, which would require the existing design to also have a slot for a SIM card, or ability to install an eSIM.

    Again, not saying it's impossible, but I'd consider it unlikely.

  • Is this an ALPR?

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  • Looks like a Flock Condor PTZ to me. Not just any PTZ camera, (has LPR and people-tracking tech built-in) though the design and intent is similar. Commonly installed around crosswalks and parks where changing the point of view could sometimes be necessary to observe specific gatherings/incidents, rather than the ones Flock also sells that stay mounted in a fixed point on main roads.

    Notice the exact same shape of the white dome above the camera ball, the same visible "rail" lines on the ball, how there's an identically-sized and shaped plate covering the black rectangle on the base in OP's second photo that I've added below as well, and how it has the same size and width mounting bracket, with identical screw mounts.

  • People who stick the apple logo on their car: Why?

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  • And the person who made that article even included a photo of an Apple sticker on their own car!

  • Why did you delete your post after getting an answer?

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  • And I've already had this happen a few times. The search engine I use (Kagi) tends to rank fediverse platforms higher when they have a good answer, though it's rare they ever have something relevant.

    But I've gone to multiple posts on lemmy where the content was straight up gone, or where the main post was available, but the comment(s) that provided an actual answer were deleted.

    I will say, you'll see a lot of users on lemm.ee who deleted their content, because lemm.ee shut down, and there's no way to retroactively delete your content after the fact once the instance is no longer being hosted, so I know a lot of people didn't want to leave any kind of permanent digital trail of their account data and just deleted the whole thing.

    Hell, even I did with my lemm.ee account before it was shut down, but I hadn't really answered many questions there that would be useful to most people. It was a lot more political debate than helpful commentary.

  • xkcd #3163: Repair Video

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  • deleteduser said: [deleted]

    randomuser said: "It works! Thanks OP!" (posted 12 years ago)

  • Mamdani's youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he's now a national leader

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  • I also recommend Progressive Victory!

    They were the ones who initially got me to phonebank for Zohran, and they've got good communities of people who can help you out in a number of different ways.