“The colors are different, but decisions are still being made to make them as
bold as possible. The green of Gwen’s outfit, as seen here, can only exist
online — which is to say, in RGB
colorspace.”
posted 3/27/2021 9:36pm ∞
“I am 100% convinced there are interesting new ‘ways of relating’ waiting on
these overlay networks, these pocket internets. They might require
configurations beyond what’s currently supported, but these companies are
sufficiently young and flexible that, presented with a compelling idea, I get
the sense they’d just … implement it! Maybe you should set up a ZeroTier or
Tailscale network with a few friends or collaborators and … see what happens?”
Robin Sloan ,
A year of new avenues
(December 2022 ,
via Rusty Foster )
posted 12/21/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Ironically, the Times reports that Crossover’s own employees so resented the
company’s intrusive monitoring of them (as they created and sold intrusive
monitoring tools) that Crossover hemorrhaged employees and struggled to hire
replacements. Eventually, Crossover had to turn off its most intrusive features
so that it could keep the employees needed to make and sell its bossware
product.”
posted 12/17/2022 3:19pm ∞
“They didn’t give a shit about journalism; they just wanted prime real estate
that they could develop. And news organizations had it in the form of buildings
in the middle of town. So financiers squeezed the news orgs until there was no
money to be squeezed and then they hung them out to dry.”
posted 12/7/2022 8:28pm ∞
“For all the grandiose talk about The Light Of Consciousness and The Future Of
Humanity that has come out of Silicon Valley during its ascent, what it has
delivered has mostly been spectacularly useless, lifeless, and anti-human. In
this sense, it reflects its owners perfectly.”
David Roth ,
Everything Is Silicon Valley Now
(Defector ,
November 14, 2022 ,
via Nick Heer )
posted 11/21/2022 8:00pm ∞