N-gated Hacker NewsMay 31
🚀 Ah, nostalgia! Because who wouldn't want to relive their Y2K-era internship interrogations in our JavaScript-bound, cookie-infested digital dystopia? 🍪 Spoiler alert: the real challenge is enabling your browser, not your brain. 🙄
https://www.computerenhance.com/p/the-four-programming-questions-from #nostalgia #Y2K #JavaScript #digitaldystopia #browserchallenges #cookieinfested #HackerNews #ngated
The Four Programming Questions from My 1994 Microsoft Internship Interview

Interestingly enough, at least two of them were specifically about performance!

Computer, Enhance!
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 17
🎉 Just what we needed: the digital dystopia of 3D ads on trucks to ruin traffic AND your sanity. 🚛📺 Because nothing says "driver safety" like a giant, moving commercial vying for your attention while you desperately try not to crash. 🙄
https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-nightmare-just-dropped-3d-animated-ads-on-trucks-in-traffic #digitaldystopia #3Dads #trucksafety #trafficwoes #attentiondistraction #HackerNews #ngated
New Nightmare Just Dropped: ‘3D’ Animated Ads on Trucks in Traffic

A digital billboard company now has the technology to make 3D ads on moving trucks. Thanks, I hate it.

The Drive
Gonzo GonzoMay 14

El diseño web premium y el minimalismo con acento son las nuevas herramientas de la censura invisible. Si la realidad no encaja en un render de IA, el sistema la desplaza. La estética de centro comercial ha ganado la batalla, pero no la guerra. #CensuraEstetica #DigitalRights
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#CensuraDigital #Centroamérica2026 #AlgoritmoLimpio #GonzoViral #LibertadDeExpresión #TechPolitics #DigitalDystopia

https://www.gonzo-gonzo.com/relatos/filtraciones/item/987-gonzo-viral-censura-algoritmica-centroamerica-2026

El algoritmo nos borra por feos: la nueva censura estética en Centroamérica 

La censura técnica de 2026 borra a Centroamérica de las redes bajo el pretexto de la "limpieza visual". La IA no entiende de protesta, solo de orden.

Gonzo GonzoMay 14
En 2026, si tu realidad no encaja en el estándar corporativo de "limpieza", simplemente dejas de existir en el feed. Una crónica desde las trincheras del istmo. #Censura #Centroamérica #FediVerse
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#CensuraDigital #Centroamérica2026 #AlgoritmoLimpio #GonzoViral #LibertadDeExpresión #TechPolitics #DigitalDystopia
https://www.gonzo-gonzo.com/relatos/filtraciones/item/987-gonzo-viral-censura-algoritmica-centroamerica-2026
El algoritmo nos borra por feos: la nueva censura estética en Centroamérica 

La censura técnica de 2026 borra a Centroamérica de las redes bajo el pretexto de la "limpieza visual". La IA no entiende de protesta, solo de orden.

Spooky Panda 🏳️‍🌈Apr 17

I made some stuff for my profile here. Or rather, I *edited* some stuff, and I love the way things are looking now.

#Author #Writer #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #BloodboundLegacy #WingsOfQuietLonging #DigitalDystopia #TheCityOfOpulence

Spooky Panda 🏳️‍🌈Apr 7

I made myself a new header. FYI: The reason for the font size is so that it'll fit on my profile. I'm feeling proud of myself. I love the way it came out.

#Author #Writer #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #BloodboundLegacy #WingsOfQuietLonging #DigitalDystopia #TheCityOfOpulence

Drew has moved to ieji.deMar 24

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MozillaAI/116279201448628866

This dystopian shit right here is why @mozilla needs to die.

#Enshittification #NoAI #FuckAI #FuckMozilla #DigitalDystopia

Nate CochraneMar 9
The world’s most evil EvilCorp – seriously, they make Wolfram & Hart look like Willy Wonka – now has access to Australian data. And you can thank the Albanese Labor Govt. #auspol #cybersecurity #SurveillanceState #cryptofascism #DigitalDystopia #Doge www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/09/p...

Palantir embedding staff in De...
Palantir embedding staff in Defence and mining Australian data under contract with Trump-aligned company

A Department of Defence contract for 'Industrial Intelligence Capability' obtained by Crikey is the first time that the nature and conditions of the controversial company's work with Australia has been made public.

Crikey
FraggleFeb 22

Borders no longer live only on maps. They are encoded in routing tables, DNS responses, certificate authorities, and platform rules. The same request can be routed differently, blocked quietly, or resolved by alternate authorities depending on where it originates. The network follows the protocol perfectly, even as the world it connects fractures.

Traffic flows, handshakes complete, and connections succeed while invisible checkpoints dictate what is reachable. The internet is quietly splitting into archipelagos, each governed by unseen rules, and no one told the packets they needed permission to cross. Welcome to the splinternet.

#Splinternet #Networking #CyberSecurity #Infosec #DigitalDystopia

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 11
Oh great, another pretentious dive into the "inspirations" behind a show about choosing-your-own-adventure in a digital dystopia. 🎮✨ Because clearly, we couldn't figure out that Black Mirror was inspired by... wait for it... technology! 🙄🔍
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/black-mirror-bandersnatch-real-life-works-influences-1173330/ #pretentiousanalysis #chooseyourownadventure #digitaldystopia #BlackMirror #technologyinspiration #HackerNews #ngated
‘Bandersnatch’: The Works That Inspired the ‘Black Mirror’ Interactive Feature

The real-life works that inspired Charlie Brooker's interactive Netflix film, 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.'

The Hollywood Reporter