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SalaciousBCrumb @lemy.lol - 12mon

That’s why we use FOSS body parts.

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Amon - 12mon

Bruh they abandoned libretina2 and I can't install libretina3 due to package conflicts 😭 What do I do?

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InnerScientist @lemmy.world - 12mon

You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'

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Amon - 12mon

Can't see anything trying to install screen reader

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taiyang @lemmy.world - 12mon

I'd say to jailbreak your early bionics before they firmware upgrade out the exploits, but the risk of bricking your brain is probably a bit worse than a phone.

I'll still fucking do it out of spite, though.

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u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) - 12mon

bricking

Not sure if that's a correct term for the brain since it's not a hard object like a phone, router, etc..
How about puddinging?

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TheRealLinga @sh.itjust.works - 12mon

Or puddling, as in melting le brain

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Björn - 12mon

Thanks, that's actually the article I was looking for.

We're literally living in a cyberpunk dystopia.

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Swedneck @discuss.tchncs.de - 12mon

a boring cyberpunk dystopia

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captainlezbian @lemmy.world - 12mon

We really need standardization in batteries. I usually think that about ebikes, but this is another good example.

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NoneOfUrBusiness - 12mon

Okay as a Middle Eastern guy I have absolutely zero respect for Iraq war veterans so honestly I couldn't give a shit about this guy specifically, but from a realpolitik perspective isn't this just bad for morale?

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Warl0k3 @lemmy.world - 12mon

TBH I think at this point hating the VA is so universal that it's become a group morale building exercise...

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SolacefromSilence - 12mon

Doesn't matter, had war.

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adam_y @lemmy.world - 12mon

We don't even allow autonomy of the flesh, I suspect the chrome is going to be subscription only.

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zurohki @aussie.zone - 12mon

Corporations lobby to defend their products, so I can imagine people swapping out flesh for artificial parts because you can control your own artificial uterus without permission from the government.

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adam_y @lemmy.world - 12mon

As always, the wealthy will sidestep the horror.

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Remotedeck @discuss.tchncs.de - 12mon

I want robot parts as much as the next guy but bodily autonomy is crucial.

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Omega_Jimes @lemmy.ca - 12mon

Isn't this basically what all early cyberpunk boils down to?

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Xanthrax - 12mon

Yeah, but also Japan is cool

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weeeeum @lemmy.world - 12mon

Yeah this part kind of confused me. I feel like japanese stuff is just shoehorned into everything for no reason. Especially cyberpunk type things

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Omega_Jimes @lemmy.ca - 12mon

Man, in the eighties, the rapid development of Japan technologically and in corporate culture, we were convinced everyone was going to be working for some branch of Mitsubishi.

It was actually scary how fast they were developing tech, and how fast it was overcoming domestic appliances.

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Xanthrax - 12mon

You should watch the new Wallace and Gromit movie!

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faythofdragons @slrpnk.net - 12mon

It's one of those things you kinda had to be there for. Japan used to be practically synonymous with new tech, and now it's just been baked into the aesthetic of the genre.

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captainlezbian @lemmy.world - 12mon

It also serves as an overwhelming and visually interesting tableau of everything vying for your attention to sell you something. All without being recognizable as one of the places like that in America such as times square or the Vegas strip

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Swedneck @discuss.tchncs.de - 12mon

except ironically the visuals are more taiwan

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latenightnoir @lemmy.world - 12mon

That moment when the next step of your species' evolution is turned into an ethical horror show by greedy assholes...

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Endymion_Mallorn - 12mon

Johnny Mnemonic is calling.

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daniskarma @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 12mon

Ok. I'll return my pacemaker.

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captainlezbian @lemmy.world - 12mon

I wish I knew how to hack my hearing aids. They aren't even that bad, it's just minor functionality like managing Bluetooth pairings and the ability to create custom setting names so I'm not using "church mode" in meetings

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zeca @lemmy.eco.br - 12mon

why having a paywall if that scenario enables people to become absolute subservient machines deprived of any subjectivity?

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