I believe capitalism is the problem, and should be replaced by a retroactively-estimating value-production reward-system. Only the economy is overhauled, not society.

Capitalism bastardised the internet to be like this. There was a communal web in the making.

https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

Consider the destruction of OkCupid as an attack against its liberal-skewed user base.
https://lemmy.world/post/24108120

Quora’s enshittification has that vibe too.

Twitter.

But now the brain damaged lead generation has the power.

I fixed mine too. Copy-pasting from email broke it.

https://lemmy.world/post/27344091

Hardware-level components like Titan M can execute processes that users cannot audit or disable, raising concerns about opaque data collection.

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/worlds-top-1-own-more-wealth-95-humanity-shadow-global-oligarchy-hangs-over-un

For the minority of situations he thinks the blinker is actually needed.

My friend is trying to save the bulb because it’s not been designed to be replaced, you have to disassemble a corner of the car (Opel Corsa).

Ghosts of Mars by John Carpenter

Set on a colonized Mars in the 22nd century, the film follows a squad of police officers and a convicted criminal who fight against the residents of a mining colony who have been possessed by the ghosts of the planet’s original inhabitants.

Ghosts of Mars received mostly negative reviews and was a box office bomb, earning $14 million against a $28 million production budget.

Ghosts of Mars has received a cult following since its release, with critics praising the action sequences, soundtrack and blending of genres.

I recently installed /e/OS on my phone. It’s based on Lineage OS, which is based on AOSP.

Battery lasts a week in sparse use.

Its main feature is privacy. Tracker blocker pictured:

Comparison of Android-based Operating Systems

Microsoft - A History of Anticompetitive Behavior and Consumer Harm

Microsoft will keep stifling competition “until the regulators have their foot on their neck,” argues Cal Berkeley professor

Nazi pig: “Those pigs weren’t real pigs, they’re vermin that should all be butchered.”

We’re making the same mistake with AI as we did with cars; not planning human future.

Cars were designed to atrophy muscles, and polluted urban planning and the air.
AI is being designed to atrophy brains, and pollutes the air, the internet, public discourse, and more to come.

We should change course towards AI that makes people smarter, not dumber: AI-aided collaborative thinking.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-better-to-work-on-intelligence-augmentation-rather-than-artificial-intelligence/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

The stricter it’s “controlled”, the more out of control the black market is.

San Francisco has spent so much money trying to solve the fentanyl crisis and yet it still persists.