pluralistic, 4 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Surveillance pricing; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/ #Pluralistic 1/ The produce section of a grocery store, with Kroger's signage. It is animated. The image fades to a version in which all the hand-lettered price signs are replaced with code waterfalls as seen in the credit-sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The image fades again and the huge, menacing eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' appears in the center aisle, and all the prices have doubled. The image fades again and the doubled prices are replaced with the code waterfall again. The image then loops. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
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Inside: Surveillance pricing; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/
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The produce section of a grocery store, with Kroger's signage. It is animated. The image fades to a version in which all the hand-lettered price signs are replaced with code waterfalls as seen in the credit-sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The image fades again and the huge, menacing eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' appears in the center aisle, and all the prices have doubled. The image fades again and the doubled prices are replaced with the code waterfall again. The image then loops. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
pluralistic, 6 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/03/aoi-aoi-oh/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/03/aoi-aoi-oh/
pluralistic, 5 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Joseph Cox's "Dark Wire"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/04/anom-nom-nom/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Joseph Cox's "Dark Wire"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/04/anom-nom-nom/
pluralistic, 10 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Real innovation vs Silicon Valley nonsense; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/30/posiwid/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Real innovation vs Silicon Valley nonsense; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/30/posiwid/
pluralistic, 11 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The Pizzaburger Presidency; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The Pizzaburger Presidency; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/
pluralistic, 13 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Against Lore; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/27/cmon-do-it-again/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Against Lore; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/27/cmon-do-it-again/
pluralistic, 15 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Inkjump Linkdump; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/25/anthology/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Inkjump Linkdump; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/25/anthology/
pluralistic, 16 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: They brick you because they can; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/24/record-scratch/ #Pluralistic 1/ The interior of a luxury sedan as seen from the driver's PoV, with the driver's hands on the wheel. Mounted to the vent is a Spotify 'Car Thing' - a $90 tablet designed to stream Spotify music. The image has been altered. The sky behind the driver's windscreen is animated TV static. The album thumbnail on the Car Thing UI has been replaced with a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. A skeletal robed figure, clutching a sheaf of documents headed with the Spotify logo, reaches out a bony finger to prod at the Car Thing from the left side of the image.
Inside: They brick you because they can; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/24/record-scratch/
The interior of a luxury sedan as seen from the driver's PoV, with the driver's hands on the wheel. Mounted to the vent is a Spotify 'Car Thing' - a $90 tablet designed to stream Spotify music. The image has been altered. The sky behind the driver's windscreen is animated TV static. The album thumbnail on the Car Thing UI has been replaced with a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. A skeletal robed figure, clutching a sheaf of documents headed with the Spotify logo, reaches out a bony finger to prod at the Car Thing from the left side of the image.
pluralistic, 18 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/22/koteswar-jay-gajavelli/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/22/koteswar-jay-gajavelli/
pluralistic, 17 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How to screw up a whistleblower law; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/15/whistleblown/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: How to screw up a whistleblower law; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/15/whistleblown/
pluralistic, 19 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Linkrot; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/21/noway-back-machine/ #Pluralistic 1/ A 1994 Yahoo homepage. It is animated. The blue links blur and then disappear.
Inside: Linkrot; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/21/noway-back-machine/
A 1994 Yahoo homepage. It is animated. The blue links blur and then disappear.
pluralistic, 20 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The new globalism is global labor; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/20/a-common-foe/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The new globalism is global labor; and more!
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pluralistic, 22 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/18/market-discipline/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/18/market-discipline/
pluralistic, 23 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: You were promised a jetpack by liars; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/fake-it-until-you-dont-make-it/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: You were promised a jetpack by liars; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/fake-it-until-you-dont-make-it/
pluralistic, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Utah's getting some of America's best broadband; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Utah's getting some of America's best broadband; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/
pluralistic, 25 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Even if you think AI search could be good, it won't be good; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/15/they-trust-me-dumb-fucks/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Even if you think AI search could be good, it won't be good; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/15/they-trust-me-dumb-fucks/
pluralistic, 27 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: AI "art" and uncanniness; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: AI "art" and uncanniness; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/
pluralistic, 29 days ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Algorithmic feeds are a twiddler's playground; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/11/for-you/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Algorithmic feeds are a twiddler's playground; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/11/for-you/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The disenshittified internet starts with loyal "user agents"; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/treacherous-computing/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: The disenshittified internet starts with loyal "user agents"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/treacherous-computing/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: AI is a WMD; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/09/shitting-in-the-well/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: AI is a WMD; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/09/shitting-in-the-well/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Amazon illegally interferes with an historic UK warehouse election; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/06/one-click-to-quit-the-union/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Amazon illegally interferes with an historic UK warehouse election; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/06/one-click-to-quit-the-union/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/03/keyword-swarming/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/03/keyword-swarming/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/
pluralistic, 1 month ago to random Today's threads (a thread) Inside: CDA 230 bans Facebook from blocking interoperable tools; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/02/kaiju-v-kaiju/ #Pluralistic 1/
Inside: CDA 230 bans Facebook from blocking interoperable tools; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/02/kaiju-v-kaiju/