lemming934

Good idea! I bet you could make good ad library by comparing the audio between episodes of the same podcast (to catch the ads read by the host) and between different podcasts (to catch the targeted ads inserted into a lot of podcasts)

I'm not suggesting static timestamps, but small audio files of the podcast about to enter, and just exited an ad.

The app could then search for the clips in the podcast to get the timestamp.

If there are copyright issues of sharing small clips, you can just save a hash of a clip, which will allow the app to find a match, but is not itself the Intelecual property of the podcaster; The hash cannot be turned back into the audio file. The hash would be smaller than the audio clip anyway, so sharing hashes would be better

Maybe if you could distribute audio files (or hashes of audio files) that mark the start and stop of ads, that would solve the problem.

I guess podcasters could combat this by inserting random noise into their audio files, but they probably wouldn't do that.

Id be interested in knowing where the bookkeeper is now, 4 months after getting caught.

Presumably, she has fled the country to a place with no extradition treaty. Or maybe she found another bookkeeping job to embezzle from locally.

I don't understand why it would take this long to get a warrant for an arrest if it's clear that the bookkeeper was paying cheques to herself and not paying bills.

The obscurity of the Fediverse is not its defense from enshittification. The fact that it's so easy to move from server to server is.

If lemmy.world enshittifies, you can just move to lemmy.sdf.org without a big loss.

I think that lemmy could use more people.

I've never been harassed by a bumble bee

But aren't they cute

That's interesting, I never considered a flashing hand as an indicator to stop. It is timed to a slow walker, so I can tell whether it's safe to cross if I can run across.

I would argue that the signal you should pay attention to is your red light. Which also doesn't mean you can't go through the intersection (this is bad policy in my opinion), but it does mean that you need to look out for and yield to people driving, and walking across the intersection.

It is generally not a good idea to bike on the sidewalk on the wrong side of the road. But sometimes that is the safest option.

If you have a red, wouldnt the crosswalk signal be green?

In my city, bikes can go in sidewalks everywhere except a few blocks downtown.

So chances are it's the motorists legal responsibility to look out for, and yield to pedestrians and cyclists when they do a right on red.

The safety bike was invented in 1885 and the model T was invented in 1908. So the precar bike heyday was pretty short.

As a fuckcars moron, I think that society would be better off if that bridge doesn't get rebuilt.

Suburban ring highways are bad because they encourage car dependent development.

I'm not sure planting forests instead of housing is always a win for the environment. If the land is in a place where people can take sustainable transportation to their jobs, you should put dense housing there. Or else people will have to drive around your suburban forest.

But in the Brain May case, I have no clue where the forest is