That’s also true. It’s less of a problem in pedestrian-heavy walkable cities and towns. But in the average American city or town covered in stroads where car is king, it’s a big problem.

Humans are bad at it, too. If you’ve ever ridden a bike or motorcycle, you quickly learn that car and truck drivers simply aren’t looking for 2 wheelers. And therefore they don’t see them. (I think this reinforces your point).

Don’t many game engines kinda sorta do this?

Depends on the age of the skeleton and the environment doesn’t it? The brain cavity isn’t 100% sealed. There’s openings for optic nerves, blood vessels, spinal cord, etc.

OK, now I understand. I think we’re talking about different things here. Or I missed that point in the paper. I would not want that kind of thing for Wikipedia, I agree with you there.

More people would be great, especially for niche communities.

I don’t see #2 as that big of a problem. Do we want people who won’t expend any effort to join? I guess everyone sees the line between accessible and “dumbed down” a little bit differently. I’m not saying #2 is great. I recognize it is an obstacle. But it’s also kind of the point of Lemmy…in the sense that this is not a monolithic corporate one-size-fits-all kind of endeavor. In a way, the obstacle also serves as a teaching moment, if you will, of how this thing even works.

Item 4 seems a bit chicken-and-egg to me. But my guess is, not being able to find those communities isn’t nearly as big of a problem as those communities not having any content / participants. I can see the argument that one causes the other, but I haven’t found it very challenging to find those empty places. It’s just not much fun to hang out there by yourself.

Not sure I follow you. An update of the visuals / presentation doesn’t change the inherent nature of it. Books get republished with new dust jackets all the time.

I wonder if Wikipedia could mitigate this to some degree by updating their UX. I don’t particularly want them to, and I certainly don’t want a “New Coke” Wikipedia. But the design is rather plain and “looks old” to a modern user.

And people are suckers for a friendly-looking starter like “Certainly!”

LOL, I can picture this person. They probably have a gross-looking bandaid on their downvote finger.

I’ve seen threads where every single comment, no matter how anodyne, has 1 downvote. Don’t bother yourself over it. That way lies madness.

Laugh tracks are awful. So are shows where the live audience has people screaming “Whoooooo!!!” whenever their favorite actor enters the scene. Married With Children being one example. Jerry Seinfeld calls it “the sound of dumbness”.

Key lime pie makes a great dessert after spicy Mexican food.

I have too much in their ecosystem as it is. Mail. Drive. I think I’ll be skipping Wallet.

Chicken and egg. Linux is roughly 4% of the OS space. If more people would get on board, it would become a better tool. I use both. Windows because I have to. Linux because I want to.

ShutUp10 for the win.

(Linux for the real win).

They just have to rename, move, and otherwise obfuscate shit. Always in the general direction of worse.

Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy is a pretty memorable silhouette.

I really hope so. Sometimes I think the kids are alright. Like the 12 year old owning the My Pillow idiot. Then I hear the horror stories from my school teacher friends.

I bet some maker space genius has done a DIY version.

I’ve never understood the appeal. Seems much cheaper, easier, and more fun to find a video you like online and just use that. Could be racing down a mountain road. Or a spin class. Or that scene from Monty Python where the topless women chase the guy off a cliff.