Re:Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology
by da_grift_shift on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @04:53AM
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Re:Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology
by calgoo on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @06:01AM
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So basically, when punk music goes becomes mainstream so its no longer counter culture, it is part of the culture. In a way you could say that mainstream culture is very good at "Embrace, extend, and extinguish".
Re:Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology
by MSFT_Edging on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @07:20AM
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Read "No Logo" by Naomi Klein.
It basically explains this mechanism in great detail.
Re:Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology
by chickensong on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @04:35PM
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A good book.
Which, don't get me wrong, is generally fine, because not everything has to be functional, art is important, bla bla bla. Problem however is when the algorithm gets involved and "being not part of the mainstream" becomes a mainstream metric to optimize for.
This feels like that, and - as it often has happened - it weaponizes the usual stuff to defend itself. Which we do not want, because the stuff it weaponizes is actually important, so it should not be tainted by the big value extraction machine in the cloud.