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What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

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Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#251
On one hand: You are not nearly as important or meaningful as you think, and no ones brain will store and index your face for more than the length of the video. With online content the way it is now, you are a blade of grass in a continental sized grassland. It should be liberating to understand how little anyone actually cares.

On the other hand: The threat of being fed into a future AI-god is real, the the downstream effects unknown.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

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post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If someone asks you not to record them at their own event , and you do, you're an asshole.

A wedding is one of the most fundamentally public events that have ever existed. The purpose is so that as many people as possible should know that these people are taken. Asking guests to not take photos is such a faux pass that the couple has destroyed their reputation completely. They can have a quiet and private ceremony instead if they have stage fright.

> A wedding is one of the most fundamentally public events that have ever existed.

Not sure why you think that?

Although weddings can be in public places, they don't have to be and it's quite common for only invited guests (ie not the public) to be present.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#253

I always wondered: who is picking up all that plastic waste afterwards? Never been myself, but I was told 1000s of shots being fired during one session is not an exceptional case. The author talks about "Running around in the woods" so I'm a bit concerned that this may cause undesirable amounts of environmental pollution.

Biodegradable airlift BB's are unfortunately an exception in the sport.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#254

I always wondered: who is picking up all that plastic waste afterwards? Never been myself, but I was told 1000s of shots being fired during one session is not an exceptional case. The author talks about "Running around in the woods" so I'm a bit concerned that this may cause undesirable amounts of environmental pollution.

I would bet that dumping a 747's worth of plastic BBs in remote UK woodland is probably not as bad as everyone driving their petrol-powered cars there.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

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post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If someone asks you not to record them at their own event , and you do, you're an asshole.

A wedding is one of the most fundamentally public events that have ever existed. The purpose is so that as many people as possible should know that these people are taken. Asking guests to not take photos is such a faux pass that the couple has destroyed their reputation completely. They can have a quiet and private ceremony instead if they have stage fright.

> Asking guests to not take photos

I think they asked guests not to post photos of the couple.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#256
post #48

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I expect an airsoft venue is actually a private space, not a public one. Airsoft but-actually-in-public would have people concerned about a terrorist attack, not being recorded for insta. To that extent, the hobbyists who like to create content for the internet should be asking for consent since their footage, and arguably their clout, depends on the participation of everybody else in the group. Otherwise they're jus…

If it's private then it's up to the owner. And they may very well have decided that more customers want to take and share videos, than there are customers who are bothered by it. And nobody is talking about monetizing content here. There's no profit. If there were, that would be a different conversation obviously. But the post did not bring that up.

> There is no profit.

We don't know that.

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#257
post #228

don't tell author about new meta glasses everybody and their grandma will wear 24/7 in 10y. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45283306

Google Glass has been a thing for 12 years, Snapchat's glasses have been around for 9. And you rarely see someone using them. (I'm aware of reports of ICE officers wearing the Meta glasses, but this is probably an extension of norms around police bodycams)

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

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What exactly doesn't work like that in the countries you mentioned?

Why did you say "in the whole EU, I think?" It seemed to imply you grasped the context of the conversation already, but now the thread has taken what feels like a bizarre turn in a recursive direction.

You claim that it is not the case, so I would like you to point out which of these aspects is different in one of these countries. Do you claim it's not allowed to photograph others in public without their explicit consent in Czech Republic, for example?

Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

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post #92

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I read up on PLA when I got my 3D printer because it's popular material for that. From what I understand, it's biodegradable above 50° C. Not something you'll find outside Death Valley. Still better than most other options, but it would be nice if we had something that was stable for weeks and then degrades nicely.

> From what I understand, it's biodegradable above 50° C. Not something you'll find outside Death Valley. We’re not that far off in Europe. Give it a couple of years more and climate change will make sure we get there. https://jakubmarian.com/highest-recorded-temperature-by-coun...

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Re: What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

#260
post #228

don't tell author about new meta glasses everybody and their grandma will wear 24/7 in 10y. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45283306

They probably are very aware, and it makes having this discussion more important, not less.
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