Just need to vent...

...so if I see green eyed red headed six year old wandering the streets, I should NOT call the po-po????

 

This is getting ridiculousness; why even bother with a generic description like that. All that's going to do is flood the tip lines with BS calls. If they wanted REAL results, give a more accurate description.

Just my 2-cents.

 

AI summary of your post:
The post criticizes generic AI-generated captions for news photos as meaningless and unhelpful, suggesting it's better to omit them if they don't provide specific information. It argues that such captions undermine web accessibility standards meant to convey meaningful information.

 

Seems like nearly ½ the photos and videos available online nowadays are AI generated in whole or in part

 

Shhhhhhhhhh..... Skynet is listening!!!!!!

 

Used to be if there was a photo with the article, you knew darn well that it was taken by the reporter who was interviewing the parties involved or perhaps a staff photographer if the paper was doing well. You could believe it was taken at the date and time that it was happening and it served as evidence. About the time that the news cycle became 24 hour I noticed most of the pictures now consist of stock images. They are crafted, edited, and composited with the people in the photograph either doing something or having facial expressions depicting their intended demeanor as determined by the reporter, the editor, or maybe someone willing to pay for a certain tilt to the newsworthy information. They can't get away with much in a video, which is by far the most popular way of reporting now. There is bias in video reporting too. It takes me longer now to get the straight story, and sometimes takes several days. We are witnessing the slow death of good journalism.

 

.....SLOW?!

 

IMHO; Good journalism requires editors and fact-checking. With current "news" cycle, neither is done. Anyone that has a social media account can claim to be a journalist. Once a bogus story is exposed - the damage has already been done. It's been retweeted and likely takes on a life of it's own. Conspiracy theorist will eat that crap up and point to it as so-called evidence that they're correct.

YMMV

 

So does that mean the body is exactly 3" overall, or exactly 3" from the « to the » ?

The latter would seem weird to me (but kind of funny, like they were making a joke).

 

Yes, that's the way I've always used it.

So if I wanted the base dim to be an exact inch measurement, I think the 3" in your photo would satisfy me.

Though they did fudge the conversion a little ... 3 inches should be 76.2 mm.

 

"Made in Taiwan"

...for now.

 

Correct tape measure 30"

 

Mendel,

A little closer to our topics. Several years ago I had a rebuilt HV battery installed in my 2004 Prius by my Toyota dealer. I drove it across country to help our son move out of his housing at Champaign-Urbana Illinois. After loading up the car it wouldn't boot up! I tried a few things but no joy. I called Autobeyours a few hours away and Steve picked up the phone on a Sunday evening. He suggested disconnecting the 12v battery (required unloading the car ) and that worked to get it running.

My wife and I drove to Indianna, dropped her off at a motel near Autobeyours, drove the car to Autobeyours and left it in his parking lot. Early Monday morning I walked back to sit on Steve's doorstep. He diagnosed the problem (a connector had come loose in the battery housing), openned the battery housing and reconnected the cable. The problem was solved and Steve charged me only $40, gave me an Autobeyours tee shirt and sent me off to pick up my wife and return to Connecticut. A great experience with an independent service provider. Not so much with the quality of work from the Toyota dealer, but they reinbused me the $40.

Jeffd

 

lol....so I had to take my Tundra to the dealer for the 2nd of 3 oil changes/tire rotations I paid for last year. Kudos for an excellent job, wasn't overfilled.
But their "free inspection" was hilarious....they now estimate my 2014 Tundra needs $4,471.92 of work. Let me look at the quote: Timing gasket cover leak, $2,355, Oil Pan Gasket Leaking: $544.64, Brake Fluid Exchange: $175.95; Valvoline Brake Fluid Exchange: $196.99; Driveline Service (differentials): $279.99; Valvoline Power Steering Flush: $188.99.

They are so funny...and didn't even remove the engine cover or open the brake fluid reservoir. (They are dusty so I would've seen if they opened them.) The only "reasonable" charge is $279.99 for the differential service but I'm assuming they refill with good synthetic stuff, but, knowing them, it's just cheap bulk gear oil. (I pay $215 for the 9 bottles from Germany, company is Ravenol)

 

Yep I just did it last summer and it's a big truck so I ran two bottles of new fluid in there....I highly doubt they even opened the reservoir to check the fluid.