Younes Ben AmaraApr 7
في المرة المقبلة التي يخبرونك فيها عن موت مجال أرسل لهم هذا المقال☠️ https://youdo.blog/2023/05/02/the-death-of-things/ #Astrohaus, #Freewrite, #InflectionAI, #MKT1Newsletter, #PESSIMISTSARCHIVE, #موتالكاتب, #موتالموت, #موتالنص, #موتالأديب, #موتالدين, #موتالرايدو, #موتالراديو, #موتالسنما, #موتالسيما, #موتالسينما, #موتالسيو, #شركةAstrohaus
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Hacker NewsJul 6, 2025

The War on the Walkman

https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-the-walkman

#HackerNews #TheWarOnTheWalkman #WalkmanHistory #MusicTechnology #RetroCulture #PessimistsArchive

The Forgotten War on the Walkman

The Sony Walkman is now iconic of the 1980s, eliciting nostalgia for the ‘good old days’ of owning music, rather than renting it.

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Show threadKirils SolovjovsFeb 7, 2024

@nileane @laumapret
We can’t deny that content moderation as it stands today does not work well with federation targets that we have set for ourselves.

I believe you are talking about what content moderation *is right now* but they are pointing at a rotary phone and saying “It could be the future of the telegraph.” You are both right.

“ActivityHub” reference in the article made me chuckle though.

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Carles Bellver TorlàDec 31, 2023
“Si avui ens sentim culpables per fer servir el telèfon al dormitori, tan bon punt ens despertem i abans de dormir, en altres temps es va considerar que llegir llibres al llit era una activitat semblantment compulsiva, incompatible amb un son saludable i possiblement perjudicial per als ulls” #PessimistsArchive https://open.substack.com/pub/pessimistsarchive/p/new-years-resolutions-of-yore-vices
New Years Resolutions of Yore: Vices That Became Virtues

Virtues We Strive to Embrace Were Once Vices We Swore to Eschew

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Show thread𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)Feb 14, 2023

And if you think #AIGenerated art is the death knell of creativity, you might want to read this very special #ValentinesDay history between #LoveLetters and #Typewriters from #PessimistsArchive:

https://open.substack.com/pub/pessimistsarchive/p/when-typewriters-killed-romance

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Change

When Typewriters 'Killed Romance'

Typewritten love letters were called the most “cold-blooded, mechanical, unromantic production imaginable"

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𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)Jan 15, 2023

Don't be afraid of the future. As #StephenSondheim wrote, "Pretty isn't beautiful. Pretty is what changes. What the eye arranges is what is beautiful." Follow #PessimistsArchive for more great clips of humans failing to see how time marches on, everything changes, and that's not a bad thing.

https://open.substack.com/pub/pessimistsarchive/p/pessimists-archive-newsletter-before?r=eo2sp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Futurism #History #Technology #AI #AIArt

Pessimists Archive Newsletter: Before the AI Panic...

📏 Breaking the Rules Concern about Chat-GPT kicked off the year with NYC School District blocking it on school computers. This brought to mind protests from teachers in the past about computers, calculators, Wikipedia and Google. The article above -

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Zlatko MinevJan 15, 2023

A fun reminder on how bicycles were welcomed when they became a more accessible and commonplace commodity. Image credit #pessimistsarchive

#tech #technology https://t.co/3LDQSwGjsg

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