Eeehhh… no. I get your point - and agree with the reasoning - but when you advocate that good people have to bite their tongue for fear of bad people misrepresenting them, well, there’s something wrong with that.

And before newspaper?

I’m already in a number of communities about beige nineties computers, thank you very much.

And your email, identity document, photo, payment method… lots of fun data points to boil it down to a demographic of one person.

Bought? Never. I have a 2024 Western Europe road atlas in the pocket behind the driver’s seat, but I don’t know who bought it. I like to look at the pretty lines and funny names from time to time, but really OSM and it’s various client apps are what I actually use.

This is also a great money-saving tip if you’re preparing a meal that uses loads of boiled eggs and boiled potatoes and also are in an area where water costs a lot but not so much that you’ll stop boiling eggs and potatoes in it altogether but would see saving a panful of it as a benefit which, personally, I find highly relatable as I am currently trapped in a desert that has eggs and potatoes instead of sand and also please send help.

IPFS was my first thought. I’ve only recently started using it, but it’s pleasantly surprised me so far.

Smart. Marking his territory. The moon is his now.

FWIW the EU’s eCall system doesn’t actually require a GSM module in the car; it’s enough to use a phone connected to the Bluetooth handsfree kit… That said, since most manufacturers already have the module for data-harvesting anyway it’s kind of moot.

*Whomstnt’ve

+1 for Mumble. I set up a load of Android PoC devices with a Mumble server and it’s honestly like having walkie-talkies that work over the Intertubes.

That was my first thought. I’d happily have one of these, but wall-mounted somewhere with high footfall, displaying a dashboard of some kind.

Good bot.

Two videos for you to watch:

Hyper-Reality, a PoV short film featuring an overqualified gig worker in a world of ubiquitous, ad-laden and heavily enshittified AR. https://youtu.be/YJg02ivYzSs

This Euro-News article which features a Murdoch-owned advertising agency trying to get train windows turned into bone-conducting acoustic transmitters so weary travellers are forced to listen to ads as they resr their heads. https://youtu.be/1KZATgg7bJo

Years ago, a British, Murdoch-owned, pay-TV company called Sky was piloting this on trains. The showreel for it literally showed weary commuters trying to rest their heads against the window being blasted with audio adverts through acoustic bone coupling. One of the most tone-deaf (pun intended) things I’ve ever seen.

A well is the inverse of a stick.

Serious question:

Is it pronounced bour-joys-ee or bour-joys?

Closest thing I can think of is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstem.

And now the only thing I can think of is https://youtu.be/snO68aJTOpM

It’s a shame I always miss that monologue because I use that time to run around locking all the exits and eating the keys.

Kashmir Hill sounds like the name of a newly-built neighbourhood of McMansions.

I have nothing more to add.