Funny and amusing situations... — Online Tournaments

Sevan_80

7 years ago

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I haven't seen anything like this before:
https://clips.twitch.tv/ArtisticTsundereNuggetsEagleEye
!!!Contains profanity!!!

Dandy

7 years ago

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It's not exactly a funny situation, but I find it a bit amusing.
One of the most famous Dota 2 players says that, besides Dota, he only plays Heroes of Might and Magic 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEa8WBiDDlA&t=895s

Marmot

7 years ago

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Watching anime helped solve a complex mathematical problem

If your child spends all day just watching anime, don't rush to scold them. Maybe they will become a great mathematician. At least, it was on an anime forum that a solution to a complex computational problem was found, which scientists had been working on for about 25 years.

I was recently reading or writing something about gates in a castle - and today I saw such contextual advertising in my Mail.ru inbox. "Coincidence? I don't think so!" :)

Ment

7 years ago

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It's just a minor thing. Sometimes, simply saying something out loud while in the same room as a turned-off TV can immediately lead to seeing it in Yandex.Direct.

Mizrael

7 years ago

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Well, it's not exactly a TV, but a smartphone and Google, which listens to everything. I had a case where I was discussing Soviet orange first-aid kits with my colleagues at work, which contained a lot of prohibited items. We chatted and forgot about it, but the next day, YouTube recommended videos about the contents of these kits...

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Alone

7 years ago

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Mizrael

Well, it's not exactly a television... it's a smartphone and Google, which listens to everything. I had a case where I was discussing Soviet orange first-aid kits with my colleagues at work, which contained a lot of prohibited items. We chatted and forgot about it, but the next day, YouTube recommended videos about the contents of these kits...

There are many such examples; I discuss something, and the next day, I get a list of optimal market solutions. It seems like the phone just sits on the table and listens to everything, and then analyzes it. This makes you think...

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Nodl

7 years ago

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Mizrael

Well, not exactly a TV... it's a smartphone and Google, which listens to everything. I had a case where I was discussing Soviet orange first-aid kits with my colleagues, which contained a lot of prohibited items. We chatted and forgot about it, but the next day, YouTube recommended videos about the contents of these kits...

I think it's more likely that one of my colleagues actually Googled those first-aid kits. I've heard that there are cases where different people from the same subnet are offered similar recommendations.

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sir Davos Seaworth

7 years ago

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Nodl

Actually, I think someone from the team probably did Google search about these first aid kits. I heard that there are cases when different people from the same subnet are offered similar recommendations.

The first option also doesn't seem that far-fetched. The speech recognition system in AI is quite well-developed.

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AerinSwift

7 years ago

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Nodl

Actually, I think someone from our team probably did Google those first aid kits. I heard that there are cases where different people from the same subnet are offered similar recommendations.

For the internet "outside" the company, most requests often appear to be coming from the same address.
At work, Yandex Direct recently started showing me ads for various interesting "toys" and "confidential dating for married people" (in other words, prostitutes).
I don't even know who to blame in the subnet for this. :D

Grando

7 years ago

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I still hope that Mizrael meant that YouTube showed ads for first-aid kits at home, not at work (on his personal devices). Otherwise, the revelation loses all meaning.

Mizrael

7 years ago

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That's exactly what I mean – at home, the only connection is through a Google account on a smartphone, and I use the same email to log in to YouTube at home.

sir Davos Seaworth

7 years ago

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The smartphone listened in and transmitted the information to the home computer. Nothing surprising.

Marmot

7 years ago

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The news isn't funny for those who have experienced it themselves, but for everyone else, it rather causes confusion. But let it be here:
In the Fallout 76 box, instead of a disc, they sell a piece of cardboard

Owners of physical copies of Fallout 76 for PC received an unexpected surprise from Bethesda... It turned out that in the box, instead of a standard disc, there is a round piece of cardboard on which the company printed detailed instructions on how to activate the game. Players are asked to go to the Bethesda website, download the launcher, enter the key written on the back of the cardboard disc, and download more than 50 gigabytes.
Players were puzzled by this move by the company and wondered why the regular version of the game was sold in stores and why it wouldn't be easier to limit the release to only a digital edition.

Piterius

7 years ago

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Continuing the topic of hidden marketing. It's hard to believe in eavesdropping; we need to explore other channels. Recently, I bought razor blades, paid with a card, and didn't say anything out loud. The next day, I received an offer on Facebook. Although, before that, I hadn't seen any ads anywhere. Marketing is everywhere!

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iDD

7 years ago

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Piterius

Continuing the topic of hidden marketing. It's hard to believe in eavesdropping; we need to explore other channels. I recently bought razor blades, paid with a card, and didn't say anything out loud. The next day, I received an offer on Facebook. Although, before that, I hadn't seen any ads for it anywhere. Marketing is everywhere!

Petya, in big data, all your cards are already linked, I think :D