Kaye @kaye@octodon.social

Not sure why ppl are complaining, I think Ready Player One looks great

Half-baked worldbuilding: A future society in which some only exist in AR. Digital ghosts of the deceased who had their minds uploaded, for the most part, but some fully artificial ones too. Most establishments have public use drones in case they need to interact with the physical environment. The hot-button topic of the day is whether there is a right to be rendered, if the ability (for meatspace residents) to just not use AR is sufficient, and how much physical space is appropriately reserved.

Bad idea for my startup: Employees partially compensated in lootboxes

Ok but for real Cambridge Analytica is some real Deus Ex shit

"A brain the size of a planet, and they make me guess nonces."

Hey so: Given that proof-of-work cryptocurrencies have tricked our species into uselessly burning a lot of vital (and very limited) resources in a downward spiral of greed and despair - can someone maybe check if Bitcoin is an escaped SCP or something

Maybe put a malware signature in there, Just In Case this data is electronically processed anywhere 🤔

My photo ID is due for renewal this year. Remind me to look up what I need to do to get something in the "Religious or Artist's Name" field, and if they accept Unicode characters

Oh hello "I can't believe you're not using Trend Language now that it is the current year" on my social media feed

Snapping photos of error messages is something I'll never get tired of. Someone needs to restart this ad screen.

It's kinda screwed-up to consider that "going online" used to be a distinct activity. This wasn't even that long ago; a decade and a half, maybe.

"Free as in beer" still works, but given recent arguments about What it Really Means, we might have to rethink "free as in speech"

Is there a good open alternative to YouTube these days? By "good" I mean "open-source, easy to use, not run by a major tech company" but I'll settle for 2 out of 3

Oh man I've really been feeling the existential dread lately

In the grim and dark future of the Cyber Twenties, the Superbowl changes genres whenever a new sport is discovered that outranks the previous #1 spot on the Silver-Lewis Scale of Analysis Resistance, all in a desparate attempt to ensure human athletes remain competitive

TIL that I experience actual mild withdrawal symptoms if I cut out the caffeine. It's not so bad, but the fact that it happens at all irks me a bit.

An experimental novel that presents itself as a Let's Play of (or maybe a walkthru for) a non-existent video game

Roko's Basilisk, right, but instead of blackmail, the theoretical omnipotent AI god is rewarding you for good behaviour via acausal smooches