Simulacra

Absolutely horrible. They show up on Saturday's yelling at empty buildings. Very rarely does an American protest against a government body change policy. If you want to really do something, show up on a Tuesday morning, stop traffic, flood the phone lines, and the email systems, relentlessly day after day. Americans are far too comfortable to truly protest.

The real trick, is to stop going to these meetings, and start running against these politicians. Get the forms, stand out in front of your local post office, collect the signatures, and primary them. Run against them. That's the only thing they listen to

Which is why I think very soon there will be development of dark AI, think of it as darknet AI. You can ask anything and it will tell you. It's only a matter of time. How to make a bomb? Sure, here's a shopping list for your local hardware store…

So very strange every time I visit Tomshardware.com, I get a pop-up on my iPhone that asked me "Do you want to download "sync-pixel" on "usync.ingage.tech"?

What is that? And why does it only happen on that website?

Depends on how you feel about guns. I think people who are opposed to them would agree with this, people who are in favor of guns would be alarmed by this.

This article seems a little condescending. They are neither a mechanic nor a farmer, as they say, and from there it just sort of goes off the rails.

Well, that's not gonna happen, under the administrative procedures act they'll have to open it up for public comment, which opens it up for lawsuits.

I don't really see people using Instagram anymore, it seems like it's mostly turned into a static photo album. For example, I've seen people use Instagram links on dating profiles. For more, see IG @...

After reading about his behavior over the past couple of years, I'm sad that it took this long. He has far too much hostility for the community to continue.

Who has enough friends past 30 to even justify a lan party? Lol

Sometimes the government feels like it needs to make an example. And once the government decides something like this, they can't back down, so they have to march forward. No matter how bad it looks.

It's not impossible for a judge to rule based on public opinion.

I was running around alone through the woods and neighborhoods of my childhood from about five years old. Along with dozens of other kids. I feel that these nanny laws sometimes are just too overly applied. I'm shocked that she was convicted, unexpected to be overturned on appeal, but who knows…

It gets cooler. Elevators have music videos. I'm a mild elevator nerd..

https://youtu.be/aaQv63b50PY?is=cjPU-JoPuE22IPPT

Related, one of the most fascinating articles I've ever read:

Up and Then Down (2014) By Nick Paumgarten https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-do...

It's because they know there is a segment of fanboys that will buy it.

Interesting, i've read in the past that blue lights are used sometimes in places where they want to dissuade people from intravenous drug use because the blue light makes it harder to find a vein. I wonder if that qualifies as fine detail.

The irony is over the top with this guy. He says that Americans need to "compromise" on their privacy, but then absolutely loses it when the Panopticon is turned on him.

Credentials does not equate to situational awareness and predictability. The former editor of Wired magazine wholeheartedly trusted his child's baby videos and photos to iCloud, until he got hacked and all the videos got deleted forever. No offline backup, everything lost.

Sometimes people become enamored by technology, and despite their training and education, they make a terrible mistake.

https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking...

Thanks, I too am using iOS and Safari. Very strange.

This website is requesting that I download a file on mobile… Can anyone duplicate?

Maybe their AI caught it...?

Wow, this is actually interesting, I had not heard of people eating hard attack since the American Civil War. But looking at a map, it doesn't look that difficult to get to, so I'm curious why not just fly it in?

Have you thought about running against them? Go get the paperwork, stand out in front of the post office and collect signatures.

I can't speak to other nations, but given the present issues in Britain with two tier policing, they will receive a religious exemption. Which may result in everyone wearing a hijab just for privacy.

Technology that began in the private sector, retailers using facial recognition technology to profile customers, has now bled over violently into public life. I strongly believe in the right to be forgotten, and I strongly believe in the right to be peacefully invisible. No flock cameras. No facial recognition cameras. The intrusion and dangers are too great against any benefit.

It's only a matter of time until government forces a social credit score upon all of us back by these cameras.

You might enjoy the new game Solarpunk. A very successful Kickstarter, made by two guys.

Tangently related, but what do you do when you receive other people's email?

There're a couple of people with my name, one in Arkansas and another in South Carolina, and I get all sorts of email for them. They include their middle initial, but many people forget to include that middle initial, so I get utility bills, medical records, all kinds of things. Most of the time I delete it, but.. I feel kind of bad

Interesting, this article doesn't seem to mention the layoffs from the tech industry. Which, if you look at the numbers, sort of make up the bulk of it.

It also doesn't seem to be anything different than members of Congress.