#tech jury

[doctorsiren]

Totally real image of Beanix trying to set up the MASON system

[good-beanswrites]

My thoughts on how the Milgram mv machine works based on the evidence we have:

(I know there’s been discussion about where exactly the interrogations take place, but wherever they are,) the prisoners are made to sit in a specific chair near the wall that houses the machine.

It’s ordinarily hidden, but the wall panels shift aside to reveal it when the mechanical sounds play in the dramas. As well as the walls moving, the chair transforms to restrain the prisoner and attach whatever it takes to access their brain. The fact that none of the more frightened prisoners try to run or break it makes it seem like they physically cannot. This is why Fuuta sounds so panicked, and why Amane is suddenly helpless in front of Es in their T1 vds.

(My mind conjures very classic sci-fi mad scientist machines with wires, pipes, lights, nodes, needles, etc, but I’d love to hear how other people visualize it.)

In some vds (maybe all? I’d need to check,) you can hear Es take some steps right before their iconic line -- it would make sense that for safety reasons, the power mechanism is placed across the room. Once again it could be anything, but the sound effect makes me think of one of those giant wall-mounted levers you have to pull down.

The voice dramas don’t really provide the type of crime details that an actual interrogation would reveal, and it’s odd that they’re placed before the extraction rather than after Es gets to see the new details. This leads me to believe the machine functions with priming. All Es needs to do is get them talking about their murder, so it’s on their mind.

The video produced is much like a (non-lucid) dream. Even if the prisoners figure out that this is how it works, they can’t control it just by thinking really hard about something else. The murders produce the strongest emotional affect, and that’s what it picks up on. If someone else used the machine, it would default to whatever gave them the strongest emotional reaction in the ~15 minutes beforehand, hence why Es’ video focuses on their daunting task ahead. (The Undercover theory is still a bit loose, though, given the private shots that Es wouldn't have known about). It’s why the videos are usually closely linked to the vd topics/beats. I also like to think that the reason their prisoner colors appear so much is because they’re looking at those colors on their uniform 24/7.

The bell rings to inform Es that it’s the optimal time to use the machine -- the prisoner has been thinking about things for long enough that the video will be about their crime, and if the conversation lasts much longer they’ll start thinking of other things. It’s at a different time for each prisoner because it’s based on the specific conversation. I guess Jackalope is listening in to the interrogation, timing it perfectly. (The only one that kind of messes with this theory is Yonah, because they just keep talking afterwards lol, but it could just show that the interrogation is still in Es’ control.)

Their “Sing your sins” is the final priming nudge to get them to think of their actions as a sin, revealing their guilt.

Once activated, the prisoner enters a sort of trance/sleeping state. It’s very much like REM sleep, with the machine forcibly activating neurons and recording the output. The prisoners have asked Es what they saw, meaning they don’t remember the mvs. I like to think the prisoners do experience the mv in real time, acting as the major version of themself that appears, but can’t remember it afterwards. It’s when you experience a dream, but as soon as you wake up you’re just left with fleeting emotions and memories right on the tip of your tongue.

The video plays immediately upon extraction -- whether on a huge projection or little screen depends on which room it’s in. It simultaneously saves the memory so that Es can rewatch it later (on those old TVs in the jailbreak mix). The machine downloads the song and video together, but requires special parts to retrieve them. The technology is pretty new and fragile, so if one is broken, there might be a delay between when Es can hear the extracted song and see it with the video. (That’s my justification for Kotoko’s delays -- after 9 prisoners the parts wear out, or maybe Mikoto himself overheats it with his complex situation.)

Based on the lack of conversation we get afterwards, I picture Es leaving before the prisoner wakes from the trance. The machine adjusts their brain back to normal before they awaken, restraints freed and able to return to the rest of the prison.

It’s very much like a dream, so it’s not harmful despite the amnesia/head injuries the prisoners have. It does, however, exhaust them. Brain activity alone takes a lot of energy, so forced brain activity with added emotional strain would cause them to feel pretty drained the rest of the day.

[r0b0t1me]

idgaf if you transgender clean your damn room

[chernobog13]

The ladies of XIG (eXpanded Interceptive Guardians), EYES (Elite Young Expert Squad), and HEART (Hi-tech Earth Alert and Rescue Team).

[hpowellsmith]

I just want to let people know about my games and have some gentle chat with the people who play them or are interested in them, and learn about other games and books I might like without my words getting scraped or being bombarded with hate or bots every time I open it up, how is this too much to ask

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[thatmintleaf]

Someone actually made a petition to abolish the Eurovision jury

You can sign it HERE

[natjennie]

okaaasyay i started watching jury duty on a whim and this shit is insane like. they are truly truman showing this man for absolutely no reason. it's so well executed because everyone's uhh eccentricities are just on the edge of normal enough to be plausible, like the case itself is ridiculous but like. sounds like some white lady bullshit that would go to court. everyone is so incredibly human but just a little bit heightened. it's astounding to watch but also would be my literal personal hell. I have such a loose grasp on reality at any given time I would be going positively crazy. looking to anyone semi normal like are you seeing this shit. this cant be real right. is anything real. are the doors real. does this lady even own a clothing company. that's fucking james marsden are you shitting me. hello??? is anyone hearing me??

[whatislifebesidesrehearsal]

Production Manager: [SMmmmm]. Make them go faster.

[cappurrccino]

the way that everything just gets worse forever and makes life so much more difficult than it needs to be is sooooo annoying

I have an iPod bc I liked that it could be a great all-around music machine, with all my shit in one place that I could use wired headphones with BUT Apple has since decided "fuck iPods, actually" so they don't get major iOS updates anymore AND audible, specifically, has also decided "fuck iPods, actually" and don't have a version of the app that will work on iOS 15.x anymore, which would be less of an issue if Amazon didn't have a fucking chokehold on certain titles, because then I could get them through like libro.fm instead, which does keep the app valid on the iPod, which leaves me the options of a) questionable iffy conversion software, b) buying an expensive headphone adapter for my phone, c) painstakingly recording the audiobook to mp3 files, or d) shoehorning the audiobook into iTunes, which leaves me with the entire 16 hour book in one (1) track, so if I start it I can never listen to anything else in iTunes until I'm done or I'll lose my place, and which will certainly arbitrarily decide I can't listen to that track until I sync with my computer again, and I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it

[supercasket-art]

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[cheeseanonioncrisps]

A murder mystery film set in a medieval village. After an outbreak of plague, the villagers make the decision to shut their borders so as to protect the disease from spreading (see the real life case of the village of Eyam). As the disease decimates the population, however, some bodies start showing up that very obviously were not killed by plague.

Since nobody has been in or out since the outbreak began, the killer has to be somebody in the local community.

The village constable (who is essentially just Some Guy, because being a medieval constable was a bit like getting jury duty, if jury duty gave you the power to arrest people) struggles to investigate the crime without exposing himself to the disease, and to maintain order as the plague-stricken villagers begin to turn on each other.

The killer strikes repeatedly, seemingly taking advantage of the empty streets and forced isolation to strike without witnesses. As with any other murder mystery, the audience is given exactly the same information to solve the crime as the detective.

Except, that is, whenever another character is killed, at which point we cut to the present day where said character's remains are being carefully examined by a team of modern archaeologists and historians who are also trying to figure out why so many of the people in this plague-pit died from blunt force trauma.

The archaeologists and historians, btw, are real experts who haven't been allowed to read the script. The filmmakers just give them a model of the victim's remains, along with some artefacts, and they have to treat it like a real case and give their real opinion on how they think this person died.

We then cut back to the past, where the constable is trying to do the same thing. Unlike the archaeologists, he doesn't have the advantage of modern tech and medical knowledge to examine the body, but he does have a more complete crime scene (since certain clues obviously wouldn't survive to be dug up in the modern day) and personal knowledge from having probably known the victim.

The audience then gets a more complete picture than either group, and an insight into both the strengths and limits of modern archaeology, explaining what we can and can't learn from studying a person's remains.

At the end of the film, after the killer is revealed and the main plot is resolved, we then get to see the archaeologists get shown the actual scenes where their 'victims' were killed, so they can see how well their conclusions match up with what 'really' happened.

[dailynewsreporter]

In a significant legal blow to tech giant Google, a San Francisco jury delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of videogame maker Epic Games, ruling that Google had engaged in antitrust practices through its app store. The case, which dates back to 2020, saw Epic Games accusing Google of exploiting its dominant position to extract excessive profits from app developers. This verdict sheds light on the growing scrutiny and legal challenges faced by major tech companies over their market practices. Google Faces Unanimous Defeat in Epic Games' Antitrust Lawsuit: Implications and Repercussions (globalpostheadline.com)

[ur-mag]

Jury shown CCTV of Scots gym owner being shot on his own doorstep as gangland murder trial underway | In Trend Today

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[consolecadet]

Big news: Google has lost its first antitrust case. Via Matt Stoller:

So what happens now? In this case, the judge will come up with remedies next year. The order could be broad, and will likely loosen Google’s control over the mobile app ecosystem. Google has already announced that it will appeal, so the case isn’t over.

That said, Google is likely to be in trouble now, because it is facing multiple antitrust cases, and these kinds of decisions have a bandwagon effect. The precedent is set, in every case going forward the firm will now be seen as presumed guilty, since a jury found Google has violated antitrust laws. Judges are cautious, and are generally afraid of being the first to make a precedent-setting decision. Now they won’t have to. In fact, judges and juries will now have to find a reason to rule for Google. If, say, Judge Amit Mehta in D.C., facing a very similar fact-pattern, chooses to let Google off the hook, well, he’ll look pretty bad.

[alpha-mag-media]

Ashling Murphy accused told cops ‘when she passed, I cut her neck. She panic, I panic’ as jury hears he admitted guilt | In Trend Today

Ashling Murphy accused told cops ‘when she passed, I cut her neck. She panic, I panic’ as jury hears he admitted guilt Read Full Text or Full Article on MAG NEWS

[master-gatherer]

It rained so hard I lost part of my bumper shield as I pulled into the work parking lot