Blinding the Cyclops—Wrecking the Panopticon
Camera Hunting in the Metropolis
An anonymous researcher waging a personal war against surveillance infrastructure tests some of the same tactics movements have recently employed from Greece to Hong Kong.
I should probably just install Linux but the problem is what I want to do is walk off into the night and never look at a screen again
Like they can make me do it because I'm an empty-headed drooling addict but if I have the presence of mind to do something like "install a new operating system" I'm going to instead use it to pretend it was still possible to be a human who lives in a world
The only correct way to play that tbh
dude stop being a pussy and just join my warband
I know that "quit social media and become a mystic hermit" is basically my personal meme but in all seriousness the main reason I am on here is that it occupies the same position in my life as heroin would in the life of a person who knew how to buy heroin
and it feels sometimes like heroin would have been the better option, if only because it seems like it would be possible to render one's self at least temporarily unable to access heroin. but otoh, maybe it wouldn't seem that way to someone who knew how to buy heroin
I genuinely think the scam-based economy is one of the most pressing issues we face, not for the direct result of people being scammed (disclaimer: that part is also very bad) but because the average person being forced to learn and live by scammer logic is an inherent harm and a self-perpetuating one. I know arguments to human dignity don't fly online but counterpoint, it's the only thing that really matters
#i mean this has been the cultural foundation of american society since day 1#this is not a new thing
The fact that our scam-based economy has become different and worse within my lifetime, that is very bad, and I'm going to talk about it does not mean that I think Donald Trump invented scams. This "bad thing has always existed so it can never effect society in new ways worthy of talking about" argument is a fallacy and one that always serves to benefit the people whose wrongful behavior we're being shut down for critiquing. Cut it out with this stuff.
they should just pay me to organize things. like physical items
they don't even have to pay me really, I can't be bought for the enemy at any price and anyone else can buy my undying loyalty for a respectable title and Coke in the break room. however my only skill is organizing physical items
I'm hearing that my own shit is what they call a "disgraceful mess" however that's because I'm procrastinating unthinkable tasks such as brief emails by putting off the elysian frolics of unpacking my own clothes indefinitely until they're done
they should just pay me to organize things. like physical items
they don't even have to pay me really, I can't be bought for the enemy at any price and anyone else can buy my undying loyalty for a respectable title and Coke in the break room. however my only skill is organizing physical items
sometimes you are impaled by ten swords and you are still alright because a new day is dawning and sometimes a new day is dawning but it doesn’t help you because you are impaled by ten swords