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Sadly, knowing most companies, it will be more likely an internet of crap, with lock-ins and microtransactions up the wazoo.

endgame 10y ago
An internet of shit, even? https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit
kps 10y ago
Back in the kitchen he fished in his various pockets for a dime, and, with it, started up the coffeepot. Sniffing the-to him-very unusual smell, he again consulted his watch, saw that fifteen minutes had passed; he therefore vigorously strode to the apt door, turned the knob and pulled on the release bolt. The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please." He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you." "I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt." In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. "You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt's money-gulping door. "I'll sue you," the door said as the first screw fell out. — Ubik, Philip K Dick, 1969
- intrasight 10y ago
  PKD was, as usual, decades ahead of his time. I guess one can do that when one's mind is invaded by an alien superbeing.
  - B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
    Also a topic today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 ("As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession." ;-) Although he did find recognition and prizes, in his lifetime P.K.Dick made SF fans - who mostly tended to staunch rationalism, or a good facsimile thereof - uneasy due to the slightly unhinged mysticism coming through. But he did hit a bell with resonance in the mainstream: after Stephen King he's probably the writer with most movie adaptations of his stories.

endgame 10y ago

An internet of shit, even? https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit

kps 10y ago

Back in the kitchen he fished in his various pockets for a dime, and, with it, started up the coffeepot. Sniffing the-to him-very unusual smell, he again consulted his watch, saw that fifteen minutes had passed; he therefore vigorously strode to the apt door, turned the knob and pulled on the release bolt. The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please." He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you." "I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt." In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. "You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt's money-gulping door. "I'll sue you," the door said as the first screw fell out. — Ubik, Philip K Dick, 1969

intrasight 10y ago
PKD was, as usual, decades ahead of his time. I guess one can do that when one's mind is invaded by an alien superbeing.
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
  Also a topic today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 ("As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession." ;-) Although he did find recognition and prizes, in his lifetime P.K.Dick made SF fans - who mostly tended to staunch rationalism, or a good facsimile thereof - uneasy due to the slightly unhinged mysticism coming through. But he did hit a bell with resonance in the mainstream: after Stephen King he's probably the writer with most movie adaptations of his stories.