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kiisupai··on The Fallacy of Techno-Feudalism (2024)
Evgeny Morozov wrote a lengthy critique of the term in 2022, having it used it himself some time back:

https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii133/articles/evgeny-moroz...

The core argument he makes is that the modes of exploitation are still capitalist at its core and what we have right now is just another form of it. The techno-feudal framing can be used to draw certain analogies between the past and the present, but that would risk both simplifying and masking the root causes of these processes.

kiisupai··on Short films by Lillian F. Schwartz (1927-2024)
For more context on her:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lillian-schwartz-compu...

kiisupai··on Somafm
Can someone shed light on why the fundraising goals are so high? Is it because of music licenses? I cannot imagine the hosting fees being that much.
kiisupai··on Back In Time: Vintage Maps of Akihabara (1976–2001)
Many thanks for this link. It's been something that has confused me during my own attempts to read manga.
kiisupai··on Nintendo GBA and DS ROM hacking guide (2016)
I dislike them myself and actually tried looking for one but the only alternative I found was scribd, which would require a login to download (even more annoying).

Open to hear any good suggestions for PDF hosting.

kiisupai··on Dogs demonstrate the existence of an epileptic seizure odour in humans
Not the same person, but someone with diagnosed epilepsy that seems to match the profile.

I've had, on occasion, days where I would experience 50+ déjà vus that felt like moments from some past, very vividd dream I had many years ago -- even if those moments came from a recent movie I had never seen before.

kiisupai··on Please, don't buy my book on Amazon
On a related subject, Quartz just ran an article on how membership at the American Booksellers Association has "gone up every year for the past four years, from 1,401 in 2009 to 1,567 in 2012".

http://qz.com/127861/its-time-to-kill-the-idea-that-amazon-i...

Amazon seems to be killing its medium-sized competitors more than its smaller ones. But the article does not touch on the subject of publishers.

kiisupai··on "I have come to find out what it's like to be dumb."
Good advice. I was bitten by a tick three summers ago and received my antibiotics a little too late. As a result I am still suffering from lingering after effects, the most prominent of which would be persistent "brain fog" and a general feeling of mental fatigue. And I am one of the lucky ones as it could've ended a lot worse than that.
kiisupai··on Fitbit Raises $43 Million
My bets are on the first company that manages to include a working heart-rate monitor into their product. Inexpensively.
kiisupai··on 29-Year-Old Gets $15 Million to Decipher Song Lyrics
Sidenote: RapGenius started out by copying the lyrics from OHHLA:

http://tumblinerb.com/post/34418855275/on-genius-and-geniuse...

kiisupai··on Zynga Mistake Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role
Zynga Mistake Puts Random Stranger In Chief Executive Officer Role