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@dredmorbius @natecull @zensaiyuki I'm still an optimist about the web and digital media.
When I went on my Linux / privacy veganism phase I begun to think the web and computers are doomed, since only experts and hobbyists would program, and thus, truly participate.
But coming out of that mindset I think creativity is key for digital today...
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@natecull The failure of "tech" (that is: infotech and especially Silicon Valley / venture-funded Web-centric / adjacent start-ups) to address major real world concerns strikes me as among the biggest of the #BigProblems.
The "whys" of that are complex and interesting.
@dredmorbius @natecull @zensaiyuki I think that might have more to do with the idea of Hot media vs Cold media.
https://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/MIDDMedia/Hot_versus_cool_media
The web is definitely a cold medium tho.
@alexbuzzbee Like yeah, I agree.....BUT
IDK I just get this great cynicism in the idea that power would somehow work against the intrests of power in some other industry.
For the gov to rain down on big tech would be nice, but then again Trump just had a secret meeting with Zucc, GitHub / Microsoft and amazon work for ICE, Google makes image recognition for American drone strikes, and so on.
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By direct analogy:
'Design' of a car should refer to how the engine works, how toxic it is, whether it kills people when it crashes, can it brake in time, etc.
Not 'how does it make people feel in the showroom'.
But words have drifted and we now use 'engineering' to mean 'the important parts of a system that matter enormously, which we don't want to talk about anymore, mostly because we can't/won't change them for business reasons'.
@johnpierremaeli assholes, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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omfg this washroom graffiti at my uni has made my day
@jartigag OMG! what phone is that‽
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Watching the Bloomberg TicToc video of 18 year olds saying vaping shortened their lives is pretty damn good comedy.
The lack of cool grandmother style sweaters in my wardrobe makes me angry
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Tesla truck looking like it got stretched in Photoshop.
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the concept of a lover is so thrillingly literate
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@jle Posts without titles look super weird on my notification bar (from RSS feed)
@lawremipsum@mspsocial.net yep, that patreon life remains a dream...
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