pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Prison-tech is a brutal scam - and a harbinger of your future; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/14/minnesota-nice/ #Pluralistic 1/
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Inside: Prison-tech is a brutal scam - and a harbinger of your future; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/14/minnesota-nice/
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pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Kelly Link's "Book of Love"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/13/the-kissing-song/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Kelly Link's "Book of Love"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/13/the-kissing-song/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Big Tech disrupted disruption; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/08/permanent-overlords/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Big Tech disrupted disruption; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/08/permanent-overlords/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/07/farewell-mr-chips/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/07/farewell-mr-chips/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How I got scammed; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: How I got scammed; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Worker misclassification is a competition issue; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/02/upward-redistribution/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Worker misclassification is a competition issue; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/02/upward-redistribution/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/ #Pluralistic 1/ An animation built around an image of dark, menacing storm clouds. Peeking through the clouds is a 386 motherboard, which slowly crossfades to a Code Waterfall effect from the credit sequence of the Wachowskis' 'The Matrix.' The animation crossfades back and forth in an endless loop. Image: Drahtlos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_Intel_386.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en -- cdessums (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon_Season_Flagstaff_AZ_clouds_storm.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Inside: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/
An animation built around an image of dark, menacing storm clouds. Peeking through the clouds is a 386 motherboard, which slowly crossfades to a Code Waterfall effect from the credit sequence of the Wachowskis' 'The Matrix.' The animation crossfades back and forth in an endless loop. Image: Drahtlos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_Intel_386.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en -- cdessums (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon_Season_Flagstaff_AZ_clouds_storm.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
pluralistic, 3 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/pay-no-attention/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/pay-no-attention/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Solar is a market for (financial) lemons; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Solar is a market for (financial) lemons; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/26/noclar-war/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/26/noclar-war/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Tabs give me superpowers; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/25/today-in-tabs/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Tabs give me superpowers; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/25/today-in-tabs/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How lock-in hurts design; Hey look at this; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/ #Pluralistic 1/ A photo of a 'desire path' - a path worn through the turf in a park where people have left the paved path and worn away the grass. The image crossfades so that the grassy lawn of the park is replaced by a 'code waterfall' as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Image: Belem (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desire_path_%2819811581366%29.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Inside: How lock-in hurts design; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/
A photo of a 'desire path' - a path worn through the turf in a park where people have left the paved path and worn away the grass. The image crossfades so that the grassy lawn of the park is replaced by a 'code waterfall' as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. Image: Belem (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desire_path_%2819811581366%29.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
pluralistic, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Dave Maass and Patrick Lay's "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/23/peter-kien-viktor-ullmann/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Dave Maass and Patrick Lay's "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/23/peter-kien-viktor-ullmann/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Boeing, Spirit and Jetblue, a monopoly horror-story; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/22/anything-that-cant-go-on-forever/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Boeing, Spirit and Jetblue, a monopoly horror-story; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/22/anything-that-cant-go-on-forever/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Brinklump Linkdump; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/20/motley/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Brinklump Linkdump; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/20/motley/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: 2600's amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: 2600's amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Demon-haunted computers are back, baby; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/18/descartes-delenda-est/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Demon-haunted computers are back, baby; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/18/descartes-delenda-est/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The super-rich got that way through monopolies; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/17/monopolies-produce-billionaires/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The super-rich got that way through monopolies; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/17/monopolies-produce-billionaires/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides; Hey look at this; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Sympathy for the spammer; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/15/passive-income-brainworms/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Sympathy for the spammer; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/15/passive-income-brainworms/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Tech workers and gig workers need each other; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/13/solidarity-forever/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Tech workers and gig workers need each other; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/13/solidarity-forever/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The Cult of Mac; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The Cult of Mac; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/
pluralistic, 4 months ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The real AI automation threat to workers; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/11/robots-stole-my-jerb/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The real AI automation threat to workers; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/11/robots-stole-my-jerb/