The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread

[aygart]

Any guess on the location?

[yungermanchik]

Any guess on the location?

🎵 16th and 53rd... can there be a better place to live in the whole world  🎵

[AsherO]

Any guess on the location?

People are always stairing at me in that neighborhood

[YitzyS]

People are always stairing at me in that neighborhood

I pushed the like button because of the lack of a moan button. 

[Luvtotravel]

Any guess on the location?

how is this even legal?

[aygart]

how is this even legal?

Why not?

[Luvtotravel]

Why not?

ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?

[Sam 77]

ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?

Google maps?

[aygart]

ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?

Street view?

[yos9694]

Almost 100% definitely from maps. The real value of CAPTCHAs is in crowd-sourcing identification work (watch the TED talk if you haven't already).

I know of a case where a company paid to have scraps of illegible handwriting shown in CAPTCHAs so that hundreds/thousands of people would look at them and try to decipher.

Newer CAPTCHAs are helping to train AI for self-driving (see relevant xkcd of course). Asking people to interpret actual street views and comparing to the computer's interpretation is exactly how the tech gets better.

[etech0]

[mevinyavin]

[thaber]

Interesting, though not terribly surprising

[mevinyavin]

[ExGingi]

Making its rounds on WA.

Available now on a pre-Pesach special sale:




I guess the followup isn't making the same rounds as the original. Not as sensational.

[mevinyavin]

Making its rounds on WA.
I guess the followup isn't making the same rounds as the original. Not as sensational.

There's a sign by the chometz cookies at my local supermarket which says nitchan achar Pesach, and it has been up ever since last Pesach.

[ExGingi]

There's a sign by the chometz cookies at my local supermarket which says nitchan achar Pesach, and it has been up ever since last Pesach.

Those signs and stamps only cater to people who aren't aware yet that they are Lubavitchers. Any Lubavitcher with a drop of self respect would avoid something that says anything with the words "אחר הפסח".

[Moshe Green]

Those signs and stamps only cater to people who aren't aware yet that they are Lubavitchers...

[EliJelly]

Those signs and stamps only cater to people who aren't aware yet that they are Lubavitchers. Any Lubavitcher with a drop of self respect would avoid something that says anything with the words "אחר הפסח".

IIRC in Lubavitch they do a stronger kinyan for mechiras chametz and they sell חמץ גמור. Not everywhere was the minhag to sell חמץ גמור and only stores did - through a clearer kinyan - because of their need for it. As such there are people who are reluctant to buy sold חמץ גמור, hence the need for bakeries to do אחר הפסח.

[aygart]

IIRC in Lubavitch they do a stronger kinyan for mechiras chametz and they sell חמץ גמור. Not everywhere was the minhag to sell חמץ גמור and only stores did - through a clearer kinyan - because of their need for it. As such there are people who are reluctant to buy sold חמץ גמור, hence the need for bakeries to do אחר הפסח.

The bakery isn't a store?