Alex Hopmann

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Alex HopmannApr 10, 2023
Onion Politics BotApr 10, 2023
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://www.theonion.com/louisville-no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-w-1850319203
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

LOUISVILLE, KY—In the hours following a violent rampage in Kentucky in which a lone attacker killed at least five individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Monday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from…

The Onion
Alex HopmannMar 11, 2023
Dare ObasanjoMar 11, 2023

The difference between a bank failure and a crypto project failure is that when a regulated bank fails, you aren’t able to get your money back right now.

When a crypto project fails, you aren’t getting your money back.

A lot of SVB hot takes think banks are like crypto schemes.

Alex HopmannMar 4, 2023
Show threadTwitter Death CultMar 4, 2023
all is well! remain calm!
Alex HopmannJan 31, 2023
Kyle OrlandJan 31, 2023

Remember when the entire idea of VR was that the sense of "presence" from being in a headset was just so life-changingly amazing that it couldn't be recreated on a flat screen?

RT @[email protected]

Meta's Social VR App is Coming to Web & Mobile Soon, Alpha Begins for Members-only Rooms http://ow.ly/9UWv50MFCPe @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RtoVR/status/1620446725386260484

Meta's Social VR App is Coming to Web & Mobile Soon, Alpha Begins for Members-only Rooms

Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social VR platform for Quest users, is expanding with alpha tests of new members-only spaces, allowing creators to manage up to 150 card-carrying members in their private worlds. Meta says it’s also gearing up to release Horizon Worlds on non-Quest devices for the first time. Meta is now rolling out alpha access to …

Road to VR
Alex HopmannJan 12, 2023
Molly WhiteJan 12, 2023

accurate 😂

from @davidgerard and Amy Castor
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/01/12/crypto-collapse-dcgs-check-kiting-comes-home-to-roost-nexo-raided-voyager-sale-to-binance-progresses-unbanking-the-banked/

Crypto collapse: DCG’s check kiting comes home to roost, Nexo raided, Voyager sale to Binance progresses, unbanking the banked

Don’t cash it until 2032, okay.

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Alex HopmannJan 6, 2023
Show threadDaphneJan 6, 2023
Like “Airlines can’t offer frequent flyer perks — tracking flight history requires consent. But passengers must also have an option to get those perks even if the airline can’t see their flight history.”
7/
Alex HopmannDec 24, 2022
Show threadTim MakDec 24, 2022

Today’s cat of war is this little kitten that tried to sneak into a building after us. We fed it some leftovers.

Have a great day, everyone!

Alex HopmannDec 22, 2022
Kevin CollierDec 22, 2022
This is downright scandalous. Significantly more damning than anything in the Twitter files. More overt abuse of access to users' data from a tech company than anything I can think of in recent memory.
https://www.ft.com/content/e873b98a-9623-45b3-b97c-444a2fde5874
TikTok admits tracking FT journalist in leaks investigation

Chinese parent ByteDance says its employees accessed user data to find sources of information to reporters

Alex HopmannDec 19, 2022
Mike Masnick ✅Dec 19, 2022

This is the best Downfall video ever. A live look at Elon Musk's war room.

Kudos to @max_andrews https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2284647/elon-reacts-to-twitter-implosion

Elon reacts to Twitter Implosion

Elon Musk is not doing so great at running Twitter so far. This sums up his experience

Caption Generator
Alex HopmannDec 16, 2022
Will OremusDec 16, 2022
I wrote about the hypocrisy of Elon Musk’s “Twitter files” in light of his own approach to content moderation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/16/twitter-files-musk-free-speech-hypocrisy/
Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter files’ are an exercise in hypocrisy

Internal documents show how a small group of executives molded online discourse. Under Musk, that’s more of a problem than ever.

The Washington Post