JA WestenbergEvery empire collapsed the same way:
Comfort replaced discipline.
Entertainment replaced purpose.
Short-term thinking replaced long-term vision.
Rome wasn’t destroyed in a day….
@mobidic
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"Well then, I guess I'm a dying breed!"
World citizen. Language and System Analyst. Technology as a tool for cultural development. Ontology and language analysis help to edit, clarify, negate the flow of information, and to formulate an opinion – as a human being, as a citizen. The fight against stupidity and nationalism, every day.
Eugen RochkoWhen I was growing up, we had operating systems that exposed a lot of the technical details about their inner workings, and websites that let us use code to customize them, like MySpace and Geocities. UX designers in tech have since optimized away most of the stuff that allowed and encouraged people to learn to use technology and now people get confused by files and browser tabs. And as the knowledge shrinks, more and more things have to be simplified away. I only ever see it as a one way road.
@Viss @nyanbinary
Since I turned off Defender – I've gotten back 1GB of RAM and 15% blocked CPU power – and replaced it with my brain. That's all.
Since I turned off Defender – I've gotten back 1GB of RAM and 15% blocked CPU power – and replaced it with my brain. That's all.
battlestar selectricanever fucking forgive them for what they've done to the computer
Vivaldi BrowserIt's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. What started as a joke (the famous "It's not AI" video with @jon), is starting to feel dystopian at this point.
Anyway. Swimming against the current is exhausting, but the fight for a better web is more important than ever. And as long as there’s people willing to take the fight, there’s hope. 🔥 So we'll keep resisting: no opt-in, no opt-out, no nonsense. ✊
I really enjoyed living in Chicago, until my Korean girlfriend at the time joined the Moonies.
@meadxmoon
Sure, this isn’t the 80s or 90s anymore, when most CPU power served useful tasks, tools, or gaming fun. Today, corporations have disempowered users, pushed online storage and tracking-first design, then repeat the surveillance industry’s sales pitch about purchasable “security." and "do not trust anybody and yourself/copy&paste". All big BS - and more big BS.
The only real defense against idiocy and empty slogans is: education, education, education, ...