theinternetftw

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[–] theinternetftw@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Gibson has said that he was imagining a TV from when he was growing up. Quote:

"I actually composed that first image with black and white video static of my childhood in mind, sodium silvery and almost painful, [...] the texture and color of a signal free channel on a wooden cabinet motorola with fabric covered speakers.

So like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_7yUDne8fg&t=260s

 

Just checked in on the subreddit mentioned in this post. It's still getting bot posts in the same style, which get upvoted accordingly and commented on with the vast majority not noticing or caring that it's slop. Mods still out to lunch.

Likewise, there's now a post on /r/all (seen using old.reddit, the only way to get to it now) at #10 and climbing with the same style but targeting povertyfinance, a bigger sub (one with a pinned message claiming to be a "heavily moderated subreddit"). If you look at the users, you can see the details of how they create a couple comments in random subs until one of those comments get several dozen upvotes, then go for the viral post. All accounts make a move around 8 days after creation. And it's working, no problem.

Two bot profiles that just reached this point for comparison/posterity:

https://imgur.com/a/6bz8XxI

[–] theinternetftw@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yep. It's also possible to fingerprint people's body signatures and reconstruct poses.

9 Years ago | 3 Years ago

[–] theinternetftw@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

nonchalant(adj.)

1734, from French nonchalant, present participle of nonchaloir, (13c.), from non + chaloir "have concern for"

ultimately from Latin calere "be hot"