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    • ttyymmnn
      ttyymmnn last edited by

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      I was looking up something on the Google Maps and noticed this. It's the Best Buy near me. I'll be damned if they don't have a map of the store in the map.

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      • sony1492
        sony1492 @ttyymmnn last edited by

        @ttyymmnn has science gone too far?

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        • ttyymmnn
          ttyymmnn @sony1492 last edited by

          @sony1492 said in Damn, Google:

          @ttyymmnn has science gone too far?

          Yes. Yes it has.

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          • RamblinRover
            RamblinRover last edited by

            I endorse all innovations that will allow me to go shopping in a Mini in places I'm not supposed to drive.
            https://media.tenor.co/images/4a5fffe2de6edbf41f53730ef5b74e43/raw

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            • ttyymmnn
              ttyymmnn @RamblinRover last edited by

              @ramblinrover

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              What move is that Mini gif from?

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              • RamblinRover
                RamblinRover @ttyymmnn last edited by

                @ttyymmnn The original Italian Job.
                AKA the movie Leonard Maltin Just. Does. Not. Get.

                His review of it seems to indicate he thinks it's just a heist movie. Which it isn't. It's a long character study and national rivalries satire disguised as a crime picture. It's like mistaking Cannonball Run for a race movie.

                Everything English is played to the hilt, and then played further. All the characters are eccentric English stereotypes of various backgrounds or positions in society, and the heist of Italian gold is only funded by the gang lord (played by Noel Coward, living like Napoleon in exile in a prison he basically runs) because he's an ardent royalist who is convinced to do it as a matter of national pride.

                The Italians are also stereotypes in every way that's conceivable and some that aren't.

                A lot of the draw is from Michael Caine as an incorrigible, sort of an irrepressible English schoolboy criminal who never seems to have quite proceeded past adolescence. However, there's also Benny Hill as a professor who's family have hushed him up in an institute because he's mentally deranged around large women... and so on.

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                • Poor_sh
                  Poor_sh @ttyymmnn last edited by

                  @ttyymmnn welcome to like 5 years ago? Lol

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                  • Chariotoflove
                    Chariotoflove @RamblinRover last edited by

                    @ramblinrover For many years, I would watch Leonard Maltin to see which movies he hated so I could know which ones I was sure I would like and should see.

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                    • Chariotoflove
                      Chariotoflove last edited by

                      So, I can use this to see if a place has a decent bathroom before I go in? Sweet. They should have Street View in the restrooms. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                      • RamblinRover
                        RamblinRover last edited by

                        @Chariotoflove Maltin is an odd duck. He falls victim to the usual snobbery and foreign film basking of so many, but at the same time as seeming to lose his mind over a film being "clever", it seems that any film that is both clever and quirky he finds off-putting.

                        Ebert was a little more bipolar on sometimes really liking a movie of questionable appeal if not some lofty conceit of merit, and sometimes being down on a movie just for being systematically silly. Maltin's common thing might just be that he's a little bit dull in his tastes.

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                        • Roadkilled
                          Roadkilled last edited by

                          Adding these additional maps is good business for Google. They get a better idea about what you are shopping for by looking at which stores you look at. The longer you have the store map up, the more confident Google is that you are interested in that store. This gives them more data about you that they can sell to advertisers. You can probably expect more targeted adds from electronics retailers in your future.

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                          • ttyymmnn
                            ttyymmnn @Poor_sh last edited by

                            @poor_sh said in Damn, Google:

                            @ttyymmnn welcome to like 5 years ago? Lol

                            Eh, I'm not that observant sometimes.

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                            • Chariotoflove
                              Chariotoflove @RamblinRover last edited by

                              @ramblinrover Ebert showed an ability to sometimes just be entertained without the film having some greater artistic purpose. It was those times he would most often also differ from his colleague Siskel. I appreciated those times. "Because I like it" should be reason enough for watching a movie.

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                              • Jcarr
                                Jcarr @RamblinRover last edited by

                                @ramblinrover The Italian Job 2: Electric [Avenue] Boogaloo

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                                • Cash Rewards
                                  Cash Rewards @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                  @ttyymmnn had that for a while in my area. Handy for grocery stores, maybe?

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                                  • Adabofoppo
                                    Adabofoppo @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                    @ttyymmnn

                                    It's outdated now, but this was a very interesting read when it came out.

                                    https://www.justinobeirne.com/a-year-of-google-maps-and-apple-maps

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                                    • Brickman
                                      Brickman last edited by

                                      Also Home Depot has a layout on Google maps too. Not Lowes though

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                                      • frinesi2
                                        frinesi2 last edited by

                                        Best Buy is still in business?

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                                        • WhoIsTheLeader
                                          WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                                          Some employee was probably way too bored. Just wait until they reposition a shelf and you'll have to recalculate your route to the appliance section.

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                                          • Rusty Vandura
                                            Rusty Vandura @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                            @chariotoflove As would be the case with any piece or art

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                                            • davesaddiction
                                              davesaddiction @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                              @ttyymmnn

                                              Theyโ€™ve done it for malls for a while, which makes much more sense.

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                                              • functionoverfashion
                                                functionoverfashion last edited by

                                                This is outdated but related: https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat

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                                                • Adabofoppo
                                                  Adabofoppo @functionoverfashion last edited by

                                                  @functionoverfashion

                                                  LOL. We posted the same article.

                                                  Still fascinating how much Google knows about the world. Also, terrifying.

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