I was going to say there's also the option of in-between but that is dependant on clothing, but you beat me to it 😅

You've convinced me that it's reasonable that it could effect the outcome. But in that case, we're averaging out a large variance in size, which as you said (and I agree) could change the outcome dramatically.

This was my original problem with the "anatomically correct" part of the statement. There is no "anatomically correct" male or female, only approximations. This effectively excludes people at the extremes of physical characteristics from these safety tests

so I'm making the fairly safe assumption they put dummies in various different seating arrangements

The source doesn't use data from crash test dummies but from real life crashes. So we can't take seating arrangements for granted if it could meaningfully effect the numbers.

The stats apparently originate from the US government, so it's going to be a pretty big sample size that should average out any differences in seating position.

The sample size is irrelevant if cultural factors exist that could skew the results. Cultural factors like men are more commonly taxi/Uber/bus drivers, men are more likely to drive with their partner as a passenger than the inverse, etc.

I don't think there are really any conclusive after stats as the product was only introduced to the market a couple of years ago

That's a fair point, I don't expect there would be enough data for anything conclusive.

there's a correlation with male safety improving with advances in the crash test process that aren't reflected equivalently with women's safety

That would be an interesting read. I'll have a look for it.

Ok, I hadn't considered the differently shaped pelvis and rib cage so I'll concede that it makes sense.

Even still, to my mind (again, not educated in this area) the breasts themselves are not going to be a factor in terms of a car crash assuming seatbelts are correctly worn

I appreciate your effort to find that data but it doesn't really address any of my original questions.

Also, from what you've quoted at least, there is no differentiation between drivers vs passengers.

Your data absolutely shows there is a problem, it just doesn't show that the problem is the lack of an "anatomically correct female crash test dummy".

Has an "anatomically correct female crash test dummy" actually helped? What even is an "anatomically correct female crash test dummy" and how does it encompass all women's body types in a way that the, assumedly anatomically correct male crash test dummy wouldn't accommodate?

I am absolutely uneducated on this but to my uneducated mind this sounds like getting riled up over a non-issue.

I really appreciate the time you took to write it all out. That does make sense, I definitely oversimplified the issue. Hopefully the tankies don't ruin this wonderful space for the rest of us

Specifically for NSFW content, I'm in two minds.

On one hand, the ability to quickly and easily create deep fakes of real life people is a horrible and unsettling notion.

On the other hand, the cat's out of the bag. We likely won't be able to reign it back in, deep fakes are here to stay. This flooding could in theory make it impossible to separate real and fake content. Meaning that revenge porn, while still deeply immoral and harming, can be waved off by the victim as being a deep fake. Hopefully lessening some of the impact it could have on their life, by giving them a reasonable out.

This is only a small portion of the problem but I think it's the most pressing portion.

This is the only answer that could possibly matter

Wow, I had no idea about any of this. Thanks for putting in the effort to inform me.

This is probably a super simple question so sorry on advance, but why is an open source project held hostage like this? If it's a code issue, can't it just be forked? If it's a Lemmy specific issue, why is being federated with .ml more important than the health of the wider verse?

I'm SO confused about what is going on 😂

A brain/computer interface. But like you say, depending on the state of tech companies maybe only as an input (I can manipulate computers without allowing them to send a signal of any kind to me).

It'd just be for stuff like mentally dictating note taking, being able to "Google" my thoughts (probably best to send the output to my phone rather than directly into my brain)