Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/07/this-website-allows-you-to-con.html
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I would love to hear from an expert in expressions whether this is a real or fake smile based on which muscle groups are engaged!
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Best way to combat evil, with laughter. Thanks BB!
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We need an eyes to mouths converter
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“Y’know the thing about a shark, he’s got… lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.”
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Hmm… I could have a Pi periodically check the stock price and adjust of the smile on the display, and … oh hell no!
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It would be a lot better - and, I realize, a bit more work for the creator - if the other people in the background didn’t move as well.
As is, the underlying device of REW<->FF is too transparent.
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I sent my daughter a link to the Zuckerberg slider, and she returned with this:
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Now I want to see a version that replaces his eyes with his mouth, that’s just as interactive.
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surely that’s just selecting which video frame is displayed of a short sequence where Zuckerberg ‘naturally’ smiles? that is, by sliding the slider one can almost figure out what the guy in the background is typing.
Excellent, but I was hoping for James T.
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I wondered if it was gonna be based on the KHAAAAN footage.
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Also the position of his ears. I’m kinda fascinated by how humans have some vestigial level of ear movement that actually reacts to our mental state the way an animal’s ears do. I can actually feel my ears “perk up” in certain situations.
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Actually, I came here to ask that someone (not me, obviously, I have important things to do) create a version where his mouth stays at zero but just his ears wiggle back and forth when you move the slider.
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Genuinely creepy.
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Now I get it!
He’s a jolly old elf.
I think an inverse relationship would be best. Everyone is at max smile when zuck is a max frown, and vice versa.
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Aww, I’m disappointed it doesn’t go to 11.
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Ok ok ok, it turns out I don’t have important things to do.
Please enjoy Zuckerburg’s ears.
https://sambambam.github.io/zuckerberg.ears/
(Ping @frauenfelder)
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