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The title makes it sound like there was some interesting technical trick or something. As far as I can tell, the article basically amounts to, "humans have ears
by foob 8y ago
The title makes it sound like there was some interesting technical trick or something. As far as I can tell, the article basically amounts to, "humans have ears, and putting slaves in close proximity to their slave owners allowed them to hear their conversations." Am I missing something, or is this just clickbait?
- jedberg 8y agoYou’re not missing anything.
- mulmen 8y agoThere is no technical trick but I don't think this constitutes clickbait. What would you suggest as a better headline?
- whatshisface 8y agoMaybe, "slaves eavesdropped on plantation owners while operating manual ceiling fans." Then, it wouldn't be implied that something about the ceiling fans in particular helped with the eavesdropping.
- dang 8y agoOk, we'll s/help/allow/ above to mitigate this. It's an interesting article anyway.
- ferongr 8y agoLooks like this comment was force-hidden by the mods for some reason.
- Rotten194 8y agoBecause they changed the title in response, so it's irrelevant.