UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT

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[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (16 children)

I mean the classic is that you must be "really good at computers" like I'm okay at debugging, just by being methodical, but if you plop me in front of a Windows desktop and ask me to fix your printer; brother, I haven't fucked with any of those 3 things in over a decade.

I would be as a baby, learning everything anew, to solve your problem.

It's fairly mid traffic because it cuts across a part of the city, so you're likely to run into someone on a bike or something every ten or so minutes

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I recently started jogging through this long, dark trail that hosts a nearby homeless encampment, and honestly didn't think about it at all until my partner raised her eyebrow at where I was jogging. Just one of those little patriarchy taxes that I don't have to pay.

Not that unhoused people are particularly dangerous or anything, but still you're less certain if you're going to meet someone on a really bad day there

That's where the laws come in. I don't agree that recording and biometric information on people should be legally protected, unless you ask for permission first.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My dad has been that guy! We sure ate a lottt of Silver Wok during that time πŸ˜‹

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah if investors can't make cartoonish returns for doing literally nothing what's even the point of gouging customers??

People will be laid off
Spoils will be enjoyed
This great economy... it will endure
The working class will survive!

Yeah then at least everyone gets paid, and the workers walk away with a shitload of free pies!!

I think people miss an important point in these selloffs. It's not just the raw text that's valuable, but the minute interactions between networks of ~~users~~ people.

Like the timings between replies and how vote counts affect not just engagement, but the tone of replies, and their conversion rate.

I've could imagine a sort of "script" running for months, haunting your every move across the internet, constantly running personalised little a/b tests, until a tactic is found to part you from your money.

I mean this tech exists now, but it's fairly "dumb." But it's not hard to see how AI will make it much more pernicious.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'll speak more plainly. No, It's not a conspiracy, it's an ideology

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