Are we experiencing the next spin towards a post-surveillance economy? - Lemmy.World

A new spin in the surveillance logic seems to be developing. The surveillance is of course still happening and expanding. But also it does not seem to matter that much anymore. The promise of the surveillance logic was that state actors or large companies find out some “hidden truth” about citizens, to target them with more tailored ads or repress them based on some evidence. Today, it seems that this logic becomes less important. Surveillance tools are still there, but they become more of a gimmick. The findings do not seem to matter that much anymore, repression happens based on vibes.

YSK about this Italian tradition of putting corrupt politicians in a cage and dipping them in the water - Lemmy.World

It’s a creative approach that can be further developed in other countries with corruption issues.

In only 7 years, part of the MM/DD/YY confusion will resolve itself for the rest of our lives. - Lemmy.World

Not perfect, but it’s easy to recognise the year in 01/31/32

We have git push and git pull, but where is git leg? - Lemmy.World

#neverskiplegday

8 billion people vs. 3000 billionaires: Who would win? - Lemmy.World

Elaborate and explain

When will we have reached enough productivity? - Lemmy.World

How many 10x productivity revolutions do we need? At the end of it, will there be only one person left producing everything for humanity in 5 minutes each Tuesday afternoon?

Is it "rude" to eat while walking? - Lemmy.World

I watched this recent video by Dogen about how immigrants should adapt to Japanese life etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tXp5sFlHQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tXp5sFlHQ] One of the things I found odd was that he mentioned “eating while walking” as one of the offensive behaviors foreigners should stop doing. Many of the other examples made sense to me, but for this one - I never thought this was “rude”, rather “odd”. Thinking about it, I had a few conversations about this over time, but never got negative vibes for it (at least directly). Might be that people don’t want to tell me it’s rude, but I also got no negative opinions about it from people who lived abroad for a while (and thus are maybe better at communicating with foreigners) and/or are usually more upfront with me. So my current understanding: It’s odd but not rude. Thankful for any further insights.

How much stuff do you carry around daily just to cope with weather, other people, hygiene etc.? - Lemmy.World

I got annoyed recently when I wanted to leave the house and noticed my bag was half full just with stuff to deal with weather. In Tokyo, I usually carry an umbrella with me, maybe sunscreen, sunglasses, a mini towel etc. Others have fans, “neck fans” (not sure how they are called). Maybe a water bottle also counts. All of this is “weather stuff” for me. I asked a friend what she carries around, and we started to think about some other categories as well. So I wondered how much of the stuff we carry around is actually about the thing we want to do wherever we go, and how much is just to cope with the environment? Also, I would be curious how this looks like in other places around the world. Things probably vary by gender, age, season as well. Some categories are: - weather stuff - personal hygiene stuff - safety stuff - not being annoyed by others stuff - infrastructure fail stuff (e.g., preparing for when trains get delayed)

So, we have a few months left. What do we do to prevent the fascist revolution and how do we prepare to resist and cope if they succeed? - Lemmy.World