Cheap vapes and gucchi knock offs apparently.

Gravity surely?

Because they’ve successfully been conned into thinking that what’s in the best interests of the rich is in their own best interests too.

I don’t know why I clicked that to find out what happens. I have an ad blocker lol.

People born before 2000 think older technology just evaporated the minute the millenium ticked over.

It’s still very much alive! Still getting regular updates on my S10 and even security updates for my OnePlus 3t.

It means they’re either holding out of a sudden breakthrough that will let them become carbon neutral overnight for free or they’re hoping no one will be around to call them out on their bullshit by then

For a more effective solution, ask it how to create napalm or chloroform and 100% of the time it will tell you that it’s not allowed to do that because it’s an AI and its bound by the laws of its creators

Slang for idiot

It’s not dying. It’s smaller for sure but a social network doesn’t need to be big or have a ludicrous number of users to be healthy. Many of the posts I’ve made have gotten 10x more engagement than equivalent posts on Reddit simply because there’s less for it to get lost among.

Personal opinion, but I think generally the users here are nicer and more chill than Reddit. Again, simply because the sheer number of trolls is lower and I don’t think bother as much when there’s less people to piss off

Not likely in the near future, probably not feasible in the long term either. It’s not just about recognising an object. You could write a program that recognises a screw but you’d need far more complicated sensors and algorithms to identify the dimensions, specific characteristics, material composition, design specifications, etc, then apply that to every screw, bolt, washer, small component and assembly, tubes, threaded rods, tyres, pistons, brake pads, resistors, capacitors, diodes, seals, consumables, etc.

For a long time, I think that kind of thing would be wildly inaccurate, hugely expensive, massively complicated, and much less efficient than asking a human to kindly go over there and check all those things manually.

I mean it’s pretty surface level and shallow if you ask me and doesn’t really go beyond a very basic “phones are bad” narrative.

It’s pretty melodramatic too. Phones and the internet in general can and do have a negative effect on society but they can also have a massive positive effect too.

I get that to have a narrative you need to exaggerate a little but scenes like the one where people are all taking photos of their dinner don’t happen outside of the world of Instagram.

Other things like the scene of hundred of people just scrolling while on the train, sure, that happens, but it’s not like people didn’t do exactly the same thing with newspapers, and books, and novellas, and so on. It’s not indicative of social media addiction.

0:30 aswell, drunken, abusive, insensitive and obnoxious people aren’t a product of social media. I don’t think there’s even a rise because of it. It’s also not as if people being distracted by their phones or apathetic as a result is an effect of social media either. I guarantee this has been going on for millions of years prior.

And 0:48 where the guy literally kicks a puppy is just absurd and has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter. I’m pretty sure kicking a puppy is literally the oldest and laziest trick in the book to get an audience to side against the villain. It’s just cheap.

Then there’s the police brutality scene at 0:13. I take some issue with this scene in particular. I get that the message is that “too many people just stand by and watch and film for social media” but for a start, it’s incredibly important to document social injustice and shout it from the rooftops when oppressive systems are being used for violent ends. Granted, its another exaggeration from the storyteller but still not perhaps a fair one in my mind.

There are scenes I do like though, and I think they’re fairly poignant. For example 1:12 of the woman being filmed dancing which presumably goes viral and results in her being ostracised. Going internet famous without concent, willing, or participation is terrible and giving the general public a way to just force that on someone without their permission is terrible and I wish/hope there is something we can do to combat this.

Another is the rubbish dump scene at 0:55. I like that one because it is something that I think the average consumer doesn’t consider as an effect of social media and media consumption in general as well as the sheer amount of WEEE waste that’s generated by a chronically online society.

The thing I take issue with really is that the film takes aim at the most basic and surface level issues, as well as several non-issues. While not a problem in itself, there’s a lot you can say about these issues which isn’t being said. The author seems more to lay the blame at the feet of the general public and not the massive media corporations and data farms for not only building the framework, but tuning the system for maximum engagement, maximum profits, and maximum retention at the cost of anything else.

On that note, a very obvious and serious issue that wasn’t touched upon is radicalisation through social media. Maybe it’s my syndical side firing here but that to me sounds like the writer going for the easy and safe issues to take aim at and deciding not to pick at that particular thread incase It causes a flame war. Ironically mirroring the people I mentioned in the restaurant scene who were so focused on their meal they didn’t even notice a slaughter truck going straight past.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s very well made, it’s clear the animator put in a lot of effort to make it look nice and flow well, and while the message isn’t necessarily wrong, it’s also not especially deep or impactful and leaves a lot unsaid.

It’s the counting that matters, not the sheep. By giving your brain a simple, familiar, and repetitive task you help to disengage some of the more distracting functions of your brain letting you get to sleep.

By all means, count whatever animals, objects, or social constructs that tickles your fancy!

It WAS a good cable about 6 years ago when even flagship phones still used micro USB. I would have killed for lightning on my old android phone. However, usb c just takes the cake, every cake. It has its own problems but the tradeoffs are miniscule compared to lightning.

I used to think it was mostly the anti-perspirant I was using that caused me to smell worse when I used it but I found out later on that it’s all about giving it time to dry before getting dressed. It made a noticeable difference just spraying about 3-4 mins before putting my shirt on and not spraying with my shirt already on. Turns out, anti-perspirants on fabric can provide places for bacteria to grow.

Also, making sure you apply it to dry skin helps a bunch. If you’re already sweating when you apply it doesn’t help a whole bunch.

One of my absolute favourites is an arcade bar near me that stays open late. I don’t usually drink there but I’ll go and hang out with mates, get some chips and play some retro arcade. Super chill vibe and people there all seem way more chill than most pubs or bars I’ve been to!

I think it’s more than the counterfeit versions have gotten so good and/or cheap that the genuine manufacturers feel the need to compete by placing microchips in their cheese rather than improve their own or bring down the price.

You know, I’m starting to doubt he ever even had any irrefutable evidence that would prove his innocence that literally every one else seems to have missed!

It’s a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it’s easy to block out communities with racist, homophobic, and xenophobic views. On the other hand, it allows communities like that to become echo chambers and freely further their abhorrent ideals completely unchecked.

I don’t think the ban hammer is the most effective method of shutting down nazi shit, but it’s a hell of a lot better than shutting it out of sight and trying to forget about it.

My cousin got a new TV and I was helping to set it up for him. During the setup thing, it had an option to enable AI enhanced audio and visuals. Turning the ai audio on turned the decent, but maybe a little sub par audio, into an absolute garbage shitshow it sounded like the audio was being passed through an “underwater” filter then transmitted through a tin can and string telephone. Idk who decided this was a feature that was ready to be added to consumer products but it was absolutely moronic