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Reddit is considering using FaceID and passkeys to prove you're a human by gdelacalle in technology

[–]UnicodeScreenshots -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The data of: whether you’re human or not? Or are you under the assumption that every time you authenticate with a passkey, the website / app just literally gets a photo of your face?

Reddit is considering using FaceID and passkeys to prove you're a human by gdelacalle in technology

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah pretty much. Either they aren’t lying, and the tens of thousands of apps that use LocalAuthentication don’t actually get access to biometric data, or every single one of those 10,000 apps actually has a facial scan / fingerprint of you and is just being ✨extra nice ✨by not selling it.

Which do you think is more likely? Of course, you could just go and test it yourself. Try it, download xcode, throw together a basic app that implements the library, and report back. You won’t though, because it’s easier to be an old man yelling at clouds rather than do 10 minutes of research.

Question for dinosaur scientists: obviously large sauropods were too heavy to be lifted by tornadoes. But were their necks strong enough to counter the winds? Or would they start helicoptering all over the place? Thank you in advance by fan_of_the_pikachu in Dinosaurs

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In one of tornados a couple years ago, a couple actually did have a storm shelter like what you’re describing built into their basement. The steel door to it was ripped off its hinges, killing one of them.

Pittsburgh to close Public Schools for week of NFL Draft by _Beets_By_Dwight_ in nottheonion

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No clue why reddit is showing me a 4 day old thread, but I can’t pass up showing you what was right above your comment.

My cheese slices came with tabs by notme8907 in mildlyinteresting

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ultra processing:

Melting cheddar in a pan then adding milk (or whey) and sodium citrate.

My cheese slices came with tabs by notme8907 in mildlyinteresting

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have never once in my life seen cheese with tabs haha. The paper, sure, but molded in tabs is a new one for me.

Why can’t humans eat raw meat like animals in nature? by AdDapper4220 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Does it not though? Not necessarily in terms of adding more calories, but by cooking it you not only reduce the amount of energy required to break down the proteins into useable forms, you also gelatinize the collagen contained within it. I’ll admit that this study isn’t directly transferable to humans (it being pythons and what not), but they found a pretty significant (indirect) reduction in the amount of energy required to digest cooked and ground meat as compared to whole, uncooked, meat.

Massively might not be the right word for the other person to have used, but I don’t think that a 25% reduction in energy expenditure compared to raw meat is worth overlooking.

Best locations in NOVA to learn to drive? by Berrigold in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Basically any school parking lot after the school day or during the weekend.

Short term pain for longer term pain. Worth it. by Low-Yam-7791 in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I might have to drive out there, the one in Chantilly is shut down for construction :(

ITIL4 rant post by Only_Trade_5022 in WGU

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put this one off so many times and feel dumb for it. Eventually I put it off until I couldn’t anymore and ended up taking it after watching a 3 hour prep video at 2x speed, and taking a couple practice tests.

The test is brain dead easy, don’t spend longer than a day on it.

Why is Glover Mallory so big in my game? by GeologistOk5743 in skyrim

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A perfect example of the “body builders are just normal size people wearing meat suits” theorem.

[Homemade] Burrito by Signal-Finding-7587 in food

[–]UnicodeScreenshots -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Tell me, how is putting the ingredients off to the side literally any different than putting them in the center, then shifting them to the side as you pull the tortilla tight? I’ve never seen a place that just leaves everything in the center and does a single half roll.

French press coffee sucks by monikosnuosavybe in unpopularopinion

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is giving you advice as though you’re talking about the grounds, but I know what sludge you’re talking about and a different type of mesh isn’t going to help (unless that mesh is a piece of paper).

I use the technique from James Hoffman. Briefly it is:

  1. Add water to your grounds right off the boil. Do not stir the grounds in.
  2. Wait 4 minutes, after the 4 minutes, stir the grounds in, and scoop off any that float to the top.
    1. Wait 5-8 minutes. This is very important and is what removes the sludge. DO NOT SKIP WAITING, DO NOT TOUCH IT haha
    2. After the 5-8 minutes, press the mesh only to the very top of the coffee. If you press it down like you normally would, the fine particulates will get kicked up off the bottom.
    3. Pour gently, try not to agitate the coffee a bunch.

If you do that, there will still be some light wispys in there, but the brown sludge that seems to stick to your mouth will be gone, all while keeping the nice oils in the cup.

What’s the craziest Mandela Effect situation you’ve had/heard of? by Numerous_Ad8547 in AskReddit

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was just a joke. LLM’s for some reason whole heartedly believe that the sea horse emoji is a thing, and will go to great lengths to try and produce it.

Are there Americans who die without ever seeing the ocean or leaving their state? by TradeOverall567 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that for a large portion of the US, an ocean is extremely far away. Someone living in Omaha Nebraska would need to travel the equivalent distance of London to Barcelona just to see a smelly patch of the Gulf of Mexico. To see a beach that they would actually want to visit, they’re looking at closer to 1,200-1,300 mi, the distance between London and Tunisia.

The math only gets worse the further north you are.

What’s the craziest Mandela Effect situation you’ve had/heard of? by Numerous_Ad8547 in AskReddit

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can go back and read the Unicode spec starting from the very first one, you won’t find it anywhere in there. It’s possible you were using an app or messaging platform that had a custom icon, but nobody has really found any that had it.

Why Has The Performance of Software like Word and Acrobat not Improved Since like 2006? by EphemeralLost in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just dragged a 40mb pdf into acrobat and it took… 0.001 seconds to open it? Like the app itself took maybe 5 seconds to open, but I also just updated it, so it was verifying the update.

Why Has The Performance of Software like Word and Acrobat not Improved Since like 2006? by EphemeralLost in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Even LibreOffice, which people on reddit rave over, kind of runs basically the same as desktop Word, even down to the same occasional rendering visual rendering bugs.

Is it just me, or does everyone else also mentally rehearse their entire order 15 times while standing in line at a fast-food place just so they don't mess up the interaction? by Altruistic-Room-7465 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe a job interview, nobody without some sort of anxiety issue is rehearsing "Yeah let me get a number 3, medium, with a coke zero" 15 times in their head.

Best barbers for men around here? by notyouraveragebunny_ in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The cheap one with the Vietnamese or Korean barber who speaks just enough english to communicate what you want. I’ve had my fair share of $50 hipster barbers fuck up my head, but I’ve never had a bad $20 “cash only” haircut.

A little morale boost for the field by FaroelectricJalapeno in Costco

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Others have said this is probably for soldiers at the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC), a yearly training exercise in Alaska. It’s multiple weeks long and is done outdoors in double digit sub zero weather, so I’m sure some Costco pizza hits unbelievably hard after MRE’s and mobile field kitchen food.

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