Being online is a big part of our life. The average person is spending hours on social media each day, even more actively online, even more staring at screens.
While there are all kinds of smart think-pieces, essays, and books about the societal consequences of this, I think that when it comes to our own life, art is the more powerful way to engage with these issues. Like this installation at Pier 2 in Kaohsiung (高雄市) - a wonderful area to stroll around!
It's a nice piece to remind us of our smartphone use (as if that was necessary!), but its strength lies in allowing us to address it ironically, in a fun way, "performative" if you want so. There is a clear invitation to sit down next to the lady on the left, to interact with her (and be it by ignoring her), to take a picture of doing that. And thus, on another level, the art piece about using smartphones creates a reason to stop using them, to think while using them (of course to use them to capture all that!), and again to talk about it.
Interessiert an einem #Doktorat zu medienpolitischen und medienökonomischen Fragestellungen, #Internet#Governance und Platform Studies an der @uzh? 🎓
Die IKMZ-Abteilung #Media & Internet Governance von Prof. Dr. Natascha Just hat eine wissenschaftliche Assistenzstelle / Doktoratsstelle ausgeschrieben 📣
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I love programming and thinking and talking about thinking. I have an education (BS, MS, PhD) focused on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.
I'm an advocate of the public academic pursuit of knowledge, the scientific process, peer review, and I see open source software and hardware as an essential part of the scientific process.
I see software user rights, including security and privacy, to be protected mainly by free and open source software.
I see the democratizing effects of the Internet, including distributed journalism and social networking, to be largely the effect of the collaborative development of free and open source software.
I am interested in free and open source manufacturing, including open source 3D printers and CNC machines. I believe open source manufacturing will be important for distributed manufacturing, allowing local manufacturing and local labor.
I see worker-owned coops as the way to safely transition from a non-democratic authoritarian top-down power structure of a traditional corporation to a democratic work environment, where the workers own the company and elect the board of directors, transitioning to democracy in the workplace.
I believe that socialism is a regulatory response to capitalism.
I believe that laws, money, corporations, and government are social agreements, and I'm in favor of democratic social agreements.
I believe in the organized non-violent boycott as a way to control capitalists and change corrupt systems.
I try to eat plant-based / vegan foods to boycott the animal industry, to help with the climate crisis, to improve my health, to avoid animal cruelty, and to avoid the extinction of species of plants, animals and ecosystems.
I have been diagnosed with Retinitus Pigmentosa, which is a disease of progressive retinal degeneration. I am legally blind, although I have about 5-degrees of vision remaining in my fovea. I'm interested in researching and developing BCIs (Brain-Computer Interfaces), specifically BCIs that function as vision prostheses that may help with conditions like RP, or the more common degenerative retinal disease AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration).
I enjoy playing computer games like Age of Empires and Rimworld. I used to program computer games when I was younger and would like to get back to it one day.
I love playing music, especially bass guitar. I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine and Enya recently.
I enjoy reading books, mostly non-fiction.
I enjoy studying religions. I've found a lot of value in Buddhism, and I meditate often daily.
Nina and I have recently had our first baby, a boy we named Tyoma.
I'm currently working at Apple on the Vision Pro headset team.
Books? I'd really like a modern take on egoism that isn't saturated in fascist/libertarian thought because I personally think it makes more sense in a leftist context than individualist mythos
I understand why #reddit subs are protesting, it's interesting how few services provide what Reddit does. I'm aware of #lemmy and some fediverse options, however if I look at the Reddit subs I follow they are diverse which makes it an interesting place to scroll and post to..
Where are others looking for alternatives? Or are we hoping it will blow over?
Also did Reddit not learn from #twitter ? Is it just an #ipo dick move
@chromebook it's really the people and volumes that make Reddit what it is. If similar numbers created on Lemmy we'd all be talking about Lemmy's value.
So I suppose it really depends on whether the numbers shift. I suppose the value will still be where the people are.
I did a test and see that Google does return Lemmy posts in search results so they are not excluded, but maybe not prioritised in results.
I was far from devoting so much of my time to deleting accounts on #socialnetworks, but it seems that's how we live on the #internet these days. My latest victim was #reddit. Who will follow?
@OnceUponAGoblin I’m already off anything to do with Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp et al), Twitter naturally and now Reddit. Of these, Reddit is the only actual loss, but I’m hopeful about kbin as a good replacement, eventually.
No for real though, where the fuck are indians on the #internet ? reddit? twitter (fuck that demographic of indians) ? facebook ?
I do know that a huge chunk of indians are on #instagram, but what the fuck? why are there so many less of us here on the fedi? the #tumblr side is just mostly bollywood or soap opera stuff which im not really into, so...
They didn’t even put up a fight. It was just, “Everyone else is doing it, let’s join the bandwagon by holding a candlelight vigil by making this sub private for a few days. Just so we aren’t left out.” Eye wash, as I commented elsewhere.
Who knew that the key to lifting oneself out of #depression was by looking in one's junkmail. In the junk world: I'm getting packages every day, I have hard as a rock erections, sexy naked pictures of women to look at, and I've been approved for a tonne of different kinds of products/services! LMAO! If only my real #life was so exciting. #Internet#minutia#randomness#querky#funny
I'm curious. With the rapid advancement in AI, and platforms like #Discord relying more and more on capchas for safety, do you think that policy will be harmful and/or downright pointless down the line, or do you see no difference?
Please boost as I'd love to get some perspective from folks who work in #CyberSecurity and similar fields. #AI#Security#Internet#Accessibility#A11y
Airtel’s 4G dongle. Posted this back in 2013 and the speed was 29 Mbps. Was naturally expensive compared to landline broadband connections but it served the purpose. Bought it as the society I lived in couldn’t come to an agreement with Airtel - plus Airtel’s issue with #Kolkata Municipal Corporation in the area I lived in.