Notices by Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io), page 9

People complaining about AI services being down is a great way to know who to unfollow

Literally everything comes down to "don't give in to bullies" and yet everyone is giving in to bullies

If you have a nicer model old Sony Walkman lying around in a drawer you might want to check prices for your model

So if we go to war with Denmark, will they deport DHH?

“Quick, hide, the Terminators are coming for us!!1!”

(via https://bsky.app/profile/billdifilippo.bsky.social/post/3mcajofmqdc2d)

@mislav yes to all of the above

@rmi well in a pinch the Wii can do that as well

@vkc of course they could have surveillance and match photo of you paying with timestamps of transactions, but it’s impossible to escape that anyway

@vkc when you pay at a payment terminal with Apple Pay and the Apple Card the merchant gets a one-time credit card number and that’s it (no PII transmitted).

it might be even more private than cash (because no forensic biometric stuff can be grabbed)

@vkc I always have a wallet and a purse/murse but still prefer to pay either phone or sometimes with the watch; mainly because it’s more private (such transactions, at least with some systems, use unique one-time credit card numbers)

@GabeMoralesVR the environmental aspect is real, however compared to how other human endeavors (e.g. agriculture or transportation) wreck havoc with the environment it’s more of a distraction from problems it has directly rather than indirectly

@th @Stratski whoa

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115883445350346364

A quote from Computer Lib (1974)

I'm pretty sure there's actual potatoes which can make higher-quality images

Kodak DC50 (0.4MP, 1996), edited in Photoshop
#ShittyCameraChallenge

Self-driving cars have been just 2–3 years away since 2003.

The car industry should be happy that the tech industry replaced it with a new grift (AI).

https://insideevs.com/news/784404/mercedes-level-3-drive-pilot-canceled/

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115893624389376718

As for this setup, it handles all the most important audio-visual physical media: VHS, DVD, NES and GameCube.

The Next Generation will be 40 years old next year, so about two generations ago

@numb_comfortably it’s a long con

@rooneymcnibnug see my reply in thread

(From “Dream Machines”, Ted Nelson, 1974)