I would be ok with Alexa like device that is local, does not connect to third party servers for everything, unless I command it do to it, like "google something for me". Something like Siri offline mode, but open source.

I felt off about these and Siri and all the other voice bots ever since they first hit the market…such an obvious red flag

Anything I can “turn on with my voice”…HELL no

Why not apple pay? Seems relatively privacy conscious in practice.

Mr criss cross apple sauce

I got rid of my shitty armless chair that was falling apart, have been doing standing work for a few weeks, but still think I need a nice ergonomic chair for extended typing work, don't have the funds for a good standing desk atm

funny.. everyone gives me shit for liking to eat meals without one.. I

interesting take but I agree. I have a standing desk I love to take full advantage of. what do u sit on at the desk, yoga ball?? lol

It's ok to have Internet connection to a car, but not to the anything that involves handling, like ECU.

I had Android touch screen double din installed on my old 1990s Honda Prelude, which I used for parking camera, listening to music, Waze navigation and connecting to the phone while driving for hands free talking while driving. But it was not connected to other car systems.

What about open source addons like comma to make your dumb car smart?

My biggest stress with these is that I will just lose them, wires helps in this regard.

honestly i love them, they are incredible to travel with

It also isn't clear what long term effect they have on the head and face. Every electronic device has a magnetic and electrical field around it which does aggravate cells to some degree. Airpods also have RF to add on that. It probably isn't a good idea to have electronic devices on your head for long periods of time. We will know after a few generations.

Jack Kruse woke me up to this. Now I try not to wear any headphones.

just wait until you hear about face unlock

On GraphineOS fingerprint is a second factor for convenience. If the phone is powered off the password is still needed.

At least with fingerprint to unlock, I know which limb gets cut off...

You should have hashed your answer to commit to it so we know you didn't change your mind, lol

shitGTP

AI

yeah im the same, and trying to walk as much as possible

let me tell you about binance smart chain, the future of finance. i promise this one is not like the others

Hahaha. Nice one!

I think the main issue is that there was a massive shift in priorities when "smart" things came around.

Most companies just wanted a quick buck by selling their customers data.

That wasn't really a thing back in the days. Companies would just create things and sold them. Now they sell subscriptions and your privacy.

Try not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Smart things are tools just like anything else and a tool is only good if it serves a useful purpose and delivers more good than harm. For MOST "smart" things yes, we agree that they're useless (eg dishwashers, fridges, washing machines etc). But there are a few legitimate exceptions we think such as light bulbs, heating/cooling systems, security cameras, solar systems. Many of those smart enabled products are also terrible too. It's like the 1% of the 1% that are legit.

Connecting something to the internet is not smart. Making an existing device better or fully automated is. Too many manufactures tend to the former without addressing the later.

lol, so true

this is a big one...if i want to check time on a screen ill use my phone

i dont track exercise with it but I guess i get it for those who do

I could have written that reply - same here.

I resonate with this so, so much. I have a Brompton folding bike (not sure they're a thing in the US, but big in the UK). I take it everywhere and it's without a doubt my most prized possession.

Many airports scan your face at the gate.

Other countries require you to put your fingerprints in their system, etc.

Traveling overseas is basically giving up on your biometric data

What are they?

Wont be too too long before your contacts are the VR headset

whats the best movie you watched recently

ngl i love the self checkout

im rarely buying a big haul from a grocery store

I scrolled all this way to see if anyone had the same aversion.

If I go to a store or bank and somebody ushers me to a machine, it just feels like a little piece of the world has died. Not the end of the world, just unnecessarily mechanistic.

The worst is if I need to get my face scanned. Fortunately have not seen that in the nation I am living in now.

very nice. Usually whenever I am using those services im simultaneously hating myself

how do u feel about SN's related tab? 😳 i didnt even notice it existed until very recently

neuralink?

Its pretty wild but I always think back to the past and my reading of history. The masses have always been easily deceived. The root problem is not the tech. Its us. We are not skeptical enough. In the recent past information was completely controlled by a handful of newspapers and radio/TV networks. They lied to the public. The government lied to the public. Those that knew this and wanted to expose it were very limited. Most people had no access to alternative view points. There was little pressure on these elites. At least now we have the ability to research far more information than our ancestors. The problem is the sheer volume of information. So much of it is noise. Misinformation has always been an issue. I don't believe it is worse. It think the elites have less control over. There are more actors now and many of them are only interested in chaos. Its not good but it could be worse. We could be under complete control of an elite psyop machine with no defense against it.

The defense against all this "misinformation" is skepticism and honestly focusing on what is in your control. A larger issue in society is this addiction to the drip of new information. At least 90% of the time when I hear "misinformation" it is from some corporate media type that is angry that someone is contradicting the message they are relaying from their gov/corp overlords.

I'm still trying to figure out how we will be able to believe anything of what we see online at all.

Just how, without trust?

I'm afraid we don't have any choice on this one.

im more interested in the memeability of deepfakes.