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JKCalhoun ◴[] No.43697402[source]
Yeah, that is pretty wild.

I recall a co-worker doing something related(?) for a kind of fun tech demo some ten years or so ago. If I recall it was shooting video while passing a slightly ajar office door. His code reconstructed the full image of the office from the "traveling slit".

I think about that all the time when I find myself in a public bathroom stall.... :-/

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quietbritishjim ◴[] No.43698368[source]
Sorry if you're already aware, but in case not: The weird huge gap around the edge of cubical doors in pubic toilets is specific to the US. (For those that don't know, it's literally 1 or 2 cm.) In Europe you just get a toilet door that shuts properly and there's no slit to reconstruct.

I remember my first visit to a toilet in the plush US office of a finance company and thinking WTF are they doing with their toilet cubicle? I only found out later that it's common there.

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1. nkrisc ◴[] No.43699553[source]
I am aware, and of course this works for any gap you might be walking past. Plenty of newer bathroom stalls here do not have a gap.