Meta actually demoed this mind-reading tech, which they planned on integrating with their smart glasses.
Now with all the terrible privacy abuses and surveillance capitalism that Mark Zuckerberg has built into Meta, this is downright evil. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/18/facebook-shows-off-mind-reading-technology.html
Just found another VC on Mastodon: @rogermcnamee
He was an early Facebook investor, but eventually became a big detractor culminating in a book he wrote entitled "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe"
Everything I read regarding Roger indicates that he's regretful about his role in validating surveillance capitalism.
However, I am also curious about whether Roger believes in the power of decentralized social media.
@lowqualityfacts Twitter under Musk has imploded even faster than I expected. I was expecting what has happened in less than 2 months to play out over a year.
Anyway, glad you could make it to a place that actually appreciates your humor
@jpanzer Fair enough. So more like Vermin Supreme or Count Binface, except 24/7 and not just about politics.
Better late than never...
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RT @ElectrekCo
Australia officially launches its offshore wind industry https://electrek.co/2022/12/19/australia-officially-launches-offshore-wind-industry/ by @michelle0728
https://twitter.com/ElectrekCo/status/1604921178598113296
@ian Wait, the editor wars were that petty? Glad I picked up Emacs in 2011 and I'm not possessive about it.
Via @thenation: “While the online exercise of democracy may come to unseat Musk himself, it’s decidedly not the case that the apps that monitor our identities as we trade jokes and pet videos have produced a surge in social democracy” — Good stuff from @chrislehmann https://www.thenation.com/article/society/elon-musk-twitter/
@GregSargent What the...
Is this New York Times Pitchbot material?
It's big that the 1/6 report is set to refer charges of seditious conspiracy and/or insurrection against Trump. Some dismiss this as "theater." But it will alert the public that DOJ *should* be seriously investigating him for 1/6-related crimes. That matters.
New piece from me:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/19/jan-6-committee-final-report-insurrection-charges-trump/
@cfiesler Yeah, it appears Mr. Andreessen has gotten rather more openly performative since his days at Netscape...not to mention block-happy.
@cfiesler From what I have heard, it's not well moderated, has only a fraction of the traffic of Mastodon, and also has a heavy amount of involvement from one Marc Andreessen, who as of late has become quite the clown at Twitter.
Also, I love Ruby Freeman.
She's a national treasure, and the harassment she's suffered is a national shame.
Ruby Freeman is a true hero.
Free link to watch the Jan 6 committee hearings: https://youtu.be/6PmgLK0JqFM
Mathematics Ph.D. Likes hanging out with almost everyone regardless of political views or anything else.
Akkoma: @ML2