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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14120 on: March 23, 2023, 03:14:00 PM »
Any guess on the location?
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14121 on: March 23, 2023, 07:42:23 PM »
Any guess on the location?

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14122 on: March 23, 2023, 08:24:26 PM »
Any guess on the location?


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14123 on: March 23, 2023, 09:22:05 PM »
People are always stairing at me in that neighborhood
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14124 on: March 24, 2023, 12:06:28 PM »
Any guess on the location?

how is this even legal?
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14125 on: March 24, 2023, 12:17:50 PM »
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14126 on: March 24, 2023, 02:22:30 PM »
Why not?
ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14127 on: March 24, 2023, 03:00:32 PM »
ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?
Google maps?

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14128 on: March 24, 2023, 03:02:08 PM »
ok, not illegal. how do they get these pics?
Street view?
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14129 on: March 24, 2023, 04:15:10 PM »
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.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14131 on: March 26, 2023, 03:13:49 AM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14132 on: March 26, 2023, 11:37:41 PM »
Interesting, though not terribly surprising :)




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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14133 on: March 27, 2023, 03:07:39 AM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14134 on: March 28, 2023, 06:10:18 PM »
Making its rounds on WA.

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

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14135 on: March 29, 2023, 03:25:25 AM »
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.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14136 on: March 29, 2023, 07:50:43 AM »
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".
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14137 on: March 29, 2023, 10:21:36 AM »
Those signs and stamps only cater to people who aren't aware yet that they are Lubavitchers...
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14138 on: March 29, 2023, 11:58:21 AM »
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.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #14139 on: March 29, 2023, 01:23:31 PM »
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?
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