I mean the classic is that you must be “really good at computers” like I’m okay at debugging, just by being methodical, but if you plop me in front of a Windows desktop and ask me to fix your printer; brother, I haven’t fucked with any of those 3 things in over a decade.

I would be as a baby, learning everything anew, to solve your problem.

That’s where the laws come in. I don’t agree that recording and biometric information on people should be legally protected, unless you ask for permission first.

My dad has been that guy! We sure ate a lottt of Silver Wok during that time 😋

Yeah if investors can’t make cartoonish returns for doing literally nothing what’s even the point of gouging customers??

People will be laid off
Spoils will be enjoyed
This great economy… it will endure
The working class will survive!

I think people miss an important point in these selloffs. It’s not just the raw text that’s valuable, but the minute interactions between networks of users people.

Like the timings between replies and how vote counts affect not just engagement, but the tone of replies, and their conversion rate.

I’ve could imagine a sort of “script” running for months, haunting your every move across the internet, constantly running personalised little a/b tests, until a tactic is found to part you from your money.

I mean this tech exists now, but it’s fairly “dumb.” But it’s not hard to see how AI will make it much more pernicious.

Man I’d be so mad if I’d built up a sweet severance, only to have to quit for better work

Fairphone looks really cool, but I feel like too big for my weak little hands

I’d probably just refurb an old old Android phone. Would love to buy hardware that is more ethically sourced though

And they’re sticking with that name? … huh

This is called the “network effect,” so called after the Murderbot novel of the same name (recommended). It’s what makes social medias, aggregators, and service platform so “sticky.” It’s what makes platform-capitalism work.

It also makes nice things work too, ofc.

Same. It’s like a tic, I’m compelled to mutter “fewer” in my mind, or else I can’t keep paying attention

Let’s do both! I welcome our imperfect solarpunk future with open arms

I love that there are still kids learning this hard lesson in the year 2024.

So is Frodo the bourgeoisie in this?

I mean I hadn’t seen this until now, so thank you

That there’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for?

Wait until these people hear about Christians

Holy fuck there is not enough therapy in the world to ever get over that. That’s so incredibly fucked.

Parallel means poopie

“We’ve replaced some pieces of that political machine—specifically, we have parallel media now with Elon’s Twitter, or X,” crowed Tan during a presentation at the 2023 Network State Conference. “Getting a parallel media was a key piece, and it wasn’t through voting. It was done by building.… […]

Got it so parallel means privatised. He’s a privatisation hawk.

What a tool. A cat would not even sit on his lap.