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I have my doubts about the timestamps on these first posts. How did Kevin get from Pier 38, where Mike supposedly photographed him at exactly noon, to Todos San
by sauerbraten 7y ago
I have my doubts about the timestamps on these first posts. How did Kevin get from Pier 38, where Mike supposedly photographed him at exactly noon, to Todos Santos at ~2:30pm, when it's 28 hours away?
- yoz-y 7y agoIf it uses the timestamp of the upload, rather than timestamp of the picture then it is possible. However I don't remember if Instagram could use pictures from the camera roll in first version.
- fudged71 7y agoI don't think this was possible at the time. I thought instagram was restricted to only posting right then and there, and camera roll access came at a wayyy later date.
- brentm 7y agoI heard they were also working on a teleportation prototype at the time Instagram took off.
- airstrike 7y agoSadly, the teleportation prototype actually duplicated the user, forcing the originals to have to kill themselves every time the machine was used to avoid any confusion.
- friedegg 7y agoTesla tried to warn them that exact science is not always an exact science.
- notJim 7y agoWait a second, is the "copy" the same person, or a whole new person being created?
- airstrike 7y agoI'm not sure there's an objective answer to that, so I suggest consulting with your local philosopher.
- HomeDeLaPot 7y agoAny programmer will tell you the copy is just a second instance of the first person's type. It exists separately in spacetime (analogous to memory space). :)
- brentm 7y agoDark! And isn't there a Netflix show about that concept?
- dlbucci 7y agoNot sure about a Netflix show, but it's the basic plot of The Prestige.
- mjsalsman93 7y agoLiving with Yourself.
- airstrike 7y agoMAJOR SPOILER ALERT . . . . . . . . It's from a fantastic movie that would be completely ruined if I told you the name; so refer to the comment below if you don't mind the huge spoiler...
- raldi 7y agoThe timestamps are from when the photos were posted, not taken.
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- bazzargh 7y agoA couple of things: - the 'noon' photo is taken at night - the '10:26am' photo shows shadows on the windowsill from the south and west - Pier 38 runs almost west->east from shore. (something on the shore reflecting light? I'm assuming the stronger shadow is from the sun). Popping the date and time into a shadow calculator shows the sun would have been positioned above the south east corner of Pier 40 from that window - which couldn't have cast either shadow. I used http://shadowcalculator.eu/#/lat/37.78196555892351/lng/-122.38796839326245 http://shadowcalculator.eu/#/lat/37.78196555892351/lng/-122.... to check. The 10:26 photo does look more like it was taken around noon. So, as others have said, these are upload times not when the photos were taken.