• Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    They’d likely have similar technology with their touchscreens as well do ours. It’s not meant to react against any pressure, but only recognizes conductive material.

    And Starfleet would make sure NOT to have the ass of their uniforms made of that kind of material for these exact reasons

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      That’s what happens when your computer designers seem to have a microtape loose, and decide that connecting the multi-exawatt power system directly to all the powered systems is a good idea.

      Prssumably the same people who build a malevolent AI that takes over the ship every few decades, or makes it so that starships explode if they bonk into anything hard enough.

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    My phone already knows the difference between handpalm and fingertips, so that’s already covered.

    Although I once saw a guy shutdown a factory by sitting in the edge of a desk and they mouse that was lying there. He managed to use his behind to click shutdown and press ok on the confirmation screen. Even the most improbable will happen one day.

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      I was at a party in a small apartment many years ago. I was leaning against the oven/range with my ass while hanging out in the kitchen. I managed to turn on one of the back burners high enough that it set a box of teabags on fire. We were so damn confused for a little bit.

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      And prescient com badges.

      Edit: Im sure the com badges can also recognize Rikers ass.