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I am surprised that such a provocative article is getting no discussion. "Worldscraping" is the cyberpunkiest new word I've learned in quite a while. Coincident

I am surprised that such a provocative article is getting no discussion. "Worldscraping" is the cyberpunkiest new word I've learned in quite a while. Coincidentally, my new copy of Simulacra & Simulation should be arriving from Amazon today...

adrianhon 6y ago
Author here: This is the second time it's been on HN's front page (I posted it the first time), and it didn't get any comments then either! I was pretty surprised "worldscraping" hadn't been used before tbh.
- programbreeding 6y ago
  FYI I'm currently getting ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED / "mssv.net unexpectedly closed the connection" when trying to read the article. Edit: Working as expected now but I grabbed a screenshot if you want it for any reason. Not that it would be much help now.
  - adrianhon 6y ago
    It’s hosted on Wordpress.com so hopefully they’ll sort it!
stereolambda 6y ago
I loved the article and it got me thinking about the extent to which AR glasses would be locked down software and hardware wise. I'm somewhat thankful for the existence of old electronics giants of Korea and Japan, as I'd expect of them to put some semblance of a competition to American data giants. The electronics corps still would want to be consumer and privacy hostile, but at least seem to be less competent about it. And then there is hope for small hacker projects of open user-owned hardware, as in the attempts we've seen with laptops and smartphones. I also wonder how much such hardware would be commoditized at least locally, as in no-name parts being available to buy in some kiosks in Shenzhen (like with smartphones). Especially given the movements in geopolitics. This of course assuming the AR glasses future. But e.g. walking around with a camera is now more normalized than it was in the early 2010s. So yeah, cyberpunky stuff. But I don't feel expert in my musings and predictions, so I don't feel pressed to publish them.

adrianhon 6y ago

Author here: This is the second time it's been on HN's front page (I posted it the first time), and it didn't get any comments then either! I was pretty surprised "worldscraping" hadn't been used before tbh.

programbreeding 6y ago
FYI I'm currently getting ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED / "mssv.net unexpectedly closed the connection" when trying to read the article. Edit: Working as expected now but I grabbed a screenshot if you want it for any reason. Not that it would be much help now.
- adrianhon 6y ago
  It’s hosted on Wordpress.com so hopefully they’ll sort it!

stereolambda 6y ago

I loved the article and it got me thinking about the extent to which AR glasses would be locked down software and hardware wise. I'm somewhat thankful for the existence of old electronics giants of Korea and Japan, as I'd expect of them to put some semblance of a competition to American data giants. The electronics corps still would want to be consumer and privacy hostile, but at least seem to be less competent about it. And then there is hope for small hacker projects of open user-owned hardware, as in the attempts we've seen with laptops and smartphones. I also wonder how much such hardware would be commoditized at least locally, as in no-name parts being available to buy in some kiosks in Shenzhen (like with smartphones). Especially given the movements in geopolitics. This of course assuming the AR glasses future. But e.g. walking around with a camera is now more normalized than it was in the early 2010s. So yeah, cyberpunky stuff. But I don't feel expert in my musings and predictions, so I don't feel pressed to publish them.