Sprocketfree comments on An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta

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[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Yea, let's get ride of computers all together. In fact, let's destroy the loom too!

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The Luddites made great strides for workers rights. I would be honored to be counted amongst their numbers.

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[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Kind of like staking a claim through unionization works better... The technology is here to stay, it's better to grab control of it before it railroads labor.

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[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 months ago

before

I have bad news for you.

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[–] aGamerFarFarAway@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'll go get my sledgehammer.

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[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

I have some wooden shoes, will they do ?

EDIT

As this disappointingly seems to have gone through to slips:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#Etymology

"An alleged etymology [of sabotage] describes the actions of disgruntled workers who willfully damaged workplace machinery by throwing their sabots into the works"

Into looms...

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[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Too advanced!

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