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Every time I see a story like this I'm reminded how close we are to unauthorized bread [0] and it saddens me each time. Humanity was given the greatest communi
by RansomStark 5y ago
Every time I see a story like this I'm reminded how close we are to unauthorized bread [0] and it saddens me each time.
Humanity was given the greatest communication tool we could imagine and we use it to spy on people and steal their data, so companies can sell more shit. What a waste.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41085118-unauthorized-bread https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41085118-unauthorized-br...
On a side note, I'm convinced Doctorow is the greatest cyberpunk writer there is, but I'm also sure the reason for this is because earlier writers had to imagine a dystopian future. Doctorow, like the rest of us, is living that future (which is much more boring that fiction made out) and he's simply documenting what he sees.
- notreallyserio 5y agoThere's also the classic verification can: https://m.imgur.com/dgGvgKF https://m.imgur.com/dgGvgKF . Not exactly the same thing but tangentially related.
- calumetregion 5y agoAgree, but this assumes humans would ever had used it for anything else.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoEvery time I read about the latest smart-appliance fad, the Amish look a little bit more prudent, and I get one day closer to buying something good and low-tech from Lehman's or the like https://www.lehmans.com/ https://www.lehmans.com/