piratekingdan

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Present, 11 year old account when I left. Not "deleted" because I'm lazy, but certainly abandoned.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I think there’s nuance here.

  • Almost all big tech companies are run by assholes chasing profit by exploiting users.
  • The people who vocally bemoan big tech are the ones who are banned from the platforms for encouraging violence, hate, and misinformation, then claim censorship. Those individuals are also assholes.
  • Normal people use Facebook, Google, Twitter, and whatever else and generally don’t think about the people behind the service. They’re the ones who are exploited for profit, but I don’t think they worship big tech.
  • The tech folks who care are moving to federated and/or privacy focused services like Lemmy and DuckDuckGo. But normal users won’t be here for a long time, if ever.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’m really into these machines, particularly Anbernic and Retroid. I’m already in the linked group and on the Retro Handhelds Discord. Hoping to see content here!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In theory, I completely agree. In practice, the idea of a surgeon operating on myself or a loved one, with a headset strapped to their face and observing everything through a series of cameras, is terrifying.

I’m not sure how long it’ll be before the public trust is present in technology like this to the point that’ll be okay. I think we’ll get there, but not with the first generation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’d be nice, but honestly, it’s a lot of infrastructure and our traffic patterns don’t really require it. A bus or a shuttle wouldn’t take very long and costs a lot less to build and maintain.

I think more than anything we need better use of our bus and shuttle system. Maybe some electric busses.