This bubble sure

But our long-term prospect as a civilization…? Much less certain. If systems don’t get replaced by something that works we will end up in an overconsumed climate ravaged neofeudualist cyberpunk style hellscape

Everyone is a cog in the dang machine. That’s why people criticize capitalism as a system so much

And it’s going to be our downfall

The original owners retained full creative control though. It would have been fine if Krafton didn’t try to fuck them over

Everything is political

And FOSS is explicitly political. It’s open-source free software. What do you think it is? It doesn’t exist in a vacuum

At least twitch is a bit different than YouTube in that the culture there it’s normal for people to pay and donate to streamers. Even though the owners still suck massively, of course

If you’re concerned about the site shutting down, seed some of their torrents from their site so that it’s easier to re-launch it if it happens

10% of all crashes is definitively a brag. Crashes due to faulty hardware/bitflips is rare rare, generally I would expect that percentage to be less than 1% in any complex app

While I agree that AR glasses will become widespread, there’s still time to advocate for and implement privacy focused regulations. Especially early on as people are upset about the technology

While not perfect solutions, enforcing stuff such as recording LEDs and such are steps in the right direction

In other words, it’s why authoritarianism always fail

And capitalism is very specifically not a democratic economic system. There’s a hierarchy. The owners are the ones in power

You know what sucks?

In that AR glasses, in theory, are such an interesting technology with lots of potential, and certainly a piece of tech I would love to have and work with and on. Not to secretly record people, but to, well… augment my field of view with whatever digital tools or displays I would like. It would be so useful

It’s honestly kinda saddening to me that it most likely will get completely ruined by our current toxic relationship to technology. A step towards our ever increasing cyberdystopia, and not towards enchanting our limited lives

Obviously either way I don’t trust Meta, but an open-hardware device running a FOSS AR system? It would be nice…

I still hold out hope that this somehow could be resolved, and I would love to contribute to open software for these devices. Maybe one day soon-ish I will. My expertise should be well applicable, after all

That article was an insane read. I couldn’t have written more unserious people if I tried

In that case reducing the amount of freedom the kid has is… counter-productive

It will just give more control to their parents

Vulva/vagina

Why they use a childish term for it is beyond me

And as I mentioned, it’s more than just social issues. I say this as a minority of multiple kinds… and also as someone who isn’t American

Your image is literally a leftist position. The concept of class warfare is firmly established in leftist thought. It often does end up associating with the social issues you have in mind, because it’s all supported upon the same foundation of, well, creating a society for all, and not for the select few

And as I mentioned, it’s more than just social issues. I say this as a minority of multiple kinds… and also aa someone who isn’t American

Your imagine is literally a leftist position. The concept of class warfare is firmly established in leftist thought. It often does end up associating with the social issues you have in mind, because it’s all supported upon the same foundation of, well, creating a society for all, and not for the select few

But he was though. He did have an ideology. That ideology was everything in service of himself and other elites/billionaires in society. And what it means to be rich/powerful is a part of that ideology in the first place. Everyone has an ideology, whether they realize it or not

This is what you expect to see in a world with hierarchies and where the rich and powerful are entrenched. Nothing here is unexpected or otherwise incompatible with leftist analysis

In what world could you say that Epstein gave circumstantial support to the left? At what point did he ever support lessening the amount of power the powerful have? Left vs right is far more than just social issues, it’s the whole package

At least personally I don’t really see how the threadiverse is more toxic than reddit. Though it may be because my instance is simply good at blocking the toxicity away, and the instance their chose isn’t. Which could be something to work on I suppose, but moderation is always a big discussion in these situations, with some people not liking moderation but also, in reality, wanting it

As for niche content, that, unfortunately, is just a catch 22 situation. No simple solution other than to simply get more people to join

People who do that truly don’t actually want an alternative, huh?

They just want Reddit under new management

In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage

Because if a company gives up profits to be nice, another company will swoop in and get inherently rewarded by doing the profitable thing instead