This "Basic" Robot Solves REAL Problems (without AI) (www.youtube.com)
from drspod@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world on 18 Jan 17:54
https://lemmy.ml/post/24930436

This is a moving story about a cafe in Japan that allows house-bound people to join in with society and find a purpose, using remotely operated robotic avatars.

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ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 18 Jan 23:21 collapse

Is it my dishwasher? Or does it have to shaped like a human for no reason?

drspod@lemmy.ml on 18 Jan 23:30 collapse

You made a tasteless joke because you didn’t watch the video.

Watch the video.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 18 Jan 23:35 collapse

I apologize. I’m an elder millennial so asking me to watch a whole video instead of read something violates the social contract that once was. I’d delete but I’d rather leave it up as a cautionary tale for other old people.

chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz on 18 Jan 23:46 next collapse

As an elder millennial: what?

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 19 Jan 00:01 next collapse

I was born in 1981 so, in the United States at least, I’m considered an “elder millennial” rather than Generation X or a Baby Boomer. It’s a silly thing but we give our generations names.

When I was growing up, Google didn’t exist (much less YouTube) so watching a video was a pain in the ass. It took whole ass minutes to download, you needed RealPlayer/codecs, and then half the time, it could have been a text article that took 30 seconds to read. So, asking someone to watch a video that could have been an article was considered rude. Now, it’s probably the opposite and video is preferred.

It’s a bit similar to “this meeting could have been an email” but I meant no disrespect. It’s just that I’m old and prefer text Internet to video.

thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe on 19 Jan 13:31 collapse

Watching a video is still a pain, 10mins of rabbiting on to make a point that usually can be summarised in 3 sentences (ie 20secs reading tops). And THAT ignores the shenanigans YouTube are up to forcing logins and blocking VPNS.

I still consider it rude unless there is information that really does need to be visual.

atrielienz@lemmy.world on 19 Jan 01:13 collapse

They have a point. I’m an elder millennial and I abhor being sent a video. I prefer text based news, and usually don’t intentionally click videos. But on the other hand, that’s probably more because I have to be in the right setup to watch a video (where I can dedicate my attention to it without disturbing anyone or being disturbed), and so my preference is text.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works on 19 Jan 01:23 next collapse

I appreciate the warning

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Jan 07:52 next collapse

Noted. Won’t watch.

Will play tetris and look down one of those red binoculars that you put picture disks in.

thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe on 19 Jan 13:25 collapse

Ditto on both age and disinterest in watchinh videos. It takes so damn long to get to the point and you need headphones which I have to dig out