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Lelabear t1_j6k3aga wrote
Reply to TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4
Guess that was after they filled the coliseum with water and
Lelabear t1_j6fr1i5 wrote
Reply to comment by opiate_lifer in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
Don't know, but he was making a 7 figure salary, somebody thought it was worth it.
Lelabear t1_j6fmbk7 wrote
Reply to comment by pseudocultist in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
Knew a guy about 10 years ago who was an audio engineer that got a job with Wal-Mart designing subliminal sound devices to put in the end caps at the stores to make customers want to buy that merchandise. Never went in a box store again without headphones.
Lelabear t1_j0x2qfs wrote
Reply to [ Removed by Reddit ] by Proud-Escape-8044
This made me flash on the book The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden. There something about Sweden making a gift of cars in exchange for taking a rogue atomic bomb off their hands. ..although I think it involved China, not NK. Always wonder how much fact is behind that guy's fiction.
Lelabear t1_iyjozpf wrote
Reply to comment by One-Gap-3915 in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79
Oh yeah, I can understand some trades require heavy duty lifting over rough terrain, but every yahoo with some extra bucks seems to think it is a mark of status to get themselves a fancy rig that guzzles the gas. I drive a 2003 Honda Element that meets all my needs, least I can do to keep it real.
Lelabear t1_iyjnnkh wrote
Reply to comment by One-Gap-3915 in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79
Sorry, I am in the US and such measures are few and far between. My town has one bus service that runs a continuous loop, one taxi service that you have to book in advance, so not having a car really limits your ability to be spontaneous. Also we have lots of tradespeople who have heavy duty vehicles who face no penalties for their fuel use. Don't even get me started on the construction equipment, city vehicles and delivery trucks hogging the road.
Lelabear t1_iyj40iz wrote
Reply to comment by HarryHacker42 in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79
Except we had a decent infrastructure for mass transit with the trolley cars and rail lines when the cities were built, they tore it all up to put in roads and parking lots.
Lelabear t1_iyj0e0h wrote
Reply to comment by HarryHacker42 in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79
If they really wanted us in fuel efficient cars they could have phased out the gas guzzlers long ago and developed decent mass transit.
Lelabear t1_iyid88k wrote
Reply to comment by Panda_Mon in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79
And its is not like we have been offered a lot of viable options, right? Shame on the whole industry.
Lelabear t1_iy0skbw wrote
Reply to comment by Bernie_katzroy in Anne of Green Gables and LHOTP by Bernie_katzroy
Certainly agree, wonders happen in unexpected places. Exotic locations do not guarantee grand adventures.
Lelabear t1_iy0pwt9 wrote
Reply to comment by Bernie_katzroy in Anne of Green Gables and LHOTP by Bernie_katzroy
Most Excellent. I spent some quality time in Vermont, gave me a bond with the Pollyanna story.
Lelabear t1_iy0ocho wrote
Reply to comment by Bernie_katzroy in Anne of Green Gables and LHOTP by Bernie_katzroy
Sweet. You know there are Anne of Green Gables tourist attractions?
https://www.tourismpei.com/what-to-do/anne-of-green-gables
FYI, Pollyanna was set in Vermont.
Lelabear t1_iy0n96l wrote
Reply to comment by Bernie_katzroy in Anne of Green Gables and LHOTP by Bernie_katzroy
Well, Pollyanna was turn of the century, just like Anne. In fact, Anne was written 5 years before Pollyanna.
Lelabear t1_ixz3x7x wrote
Reply to Anne of Green Gables and LHOTP by Bernie_katzroy
I would be more inclined to compare Anne of Green Gables to Pollyanna, they both involved orphans who try to find the best in their new families.
Lelabear t1_iujec97 wrote
Reply to comment by BoxOfSnoo in TIL Peter Weller, who played RoboCop, went on to get his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History and wrote his dissertation about Renaissance artist/philosopher Leon Battista Alberti by kamyizme
Really want to know? I happened to be on the set of Robocop quite a bit and hassled Peter about it until he confessed that it was a set up for the next movie (which was never filmed). Supposedly the plot revolved around how watermelons solve the problem of world hunger.
Lelabear t1_irit3bg wrote
Reply to comment by Dragonmodus in Great Sand Dunes National Park expands by 9,300 acres by tta2013
Also I've found that the "Nature Conservancy" involved in some pretty suspicious land grabs. I also know that ranch that just got folded into the park, I lived in the Valley when it was purchased by the NC and a lot of locals had serious concerns about the easement protocols, but the NC sidestepped those nicely, as usual.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/great-sand-dunes-national-park-grows-by-9300-acres/
Lelabear t1_j6lic96 wrote
Reply to comment by xX609s-hartXx in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
The subliminal tapes convince you to buy something, the handwriting analysis probes your character. Different techniques get different results, all nefarious.