cosmOS

joined 10 months ago
[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

Lol for those who missed it, the Digg reboot actually failed and shut down, and now they’re planning to reboot it again, this time repositioning it as “Digg for AI agents.”

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

This one really made me think, thanks. It really depends on how far you zoom out though. The mind could have been under assault due to acute or chronic physical pain from the body.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

What a vibe. Going to listen to this with headphones when I get home.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I loved the art style of the original but something about the gameplay bored me so I bounced off and never finished it.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I know you’ve got the most downvoted comment here, but I actually agree with you completely.

Using AI to replace genuine creative work is depressing.

In my experience, the latest AI tools (and agents) are more than capable of cutting corporate corners and generating the kind of bullshit busywork that defines so many “bullshit jobs.”

It feels like the perfect use case for AI given the system so many of us are stuck in. Be smart and use AI to get some of your time back at the expense of your employers.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You sound like a really wise dude. When you put it that way, it’s sooo true, I can’t believe that the simple act of buying a random book in cash is the antithesis of how consumerism works these days (we go online, read reviews, get tracked, get recommended books based on our search query and our “profile”, etc)

Also, may I ask what kind of games you’re into? That was a huge dilemma for me in the past. Like, should I run Linux or Windows. In the end, I gave up PC gaming after a lifetime of being a hardcore PC gamer and moved to console for simplicity sake.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thank you for such a thoughtful response. You and I are pretty much on the same page on everything. I’m relieved to see that I’m not the only one who feels this way.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

It’s unavoidable, isn’t it?

I checked my RSS feeds once today and read that SpaceX is developing their own particle accelerator.

  1. No need for you to jump in, pretty sure the incoming black hole will take care of it.
  2. No RSS for me tomorrow.
[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

It would be different if you saw something regarding a change towards improvement but that's never seen, you just get another endless scroll of shit that is destroying society with no way to change it.

Yes, that’s exactly how I feel. It’s almost as if it’s being deliberately rubbed in our faces about our true collective powerlessness in this moment.

The fediverse is just as bad as any other social network out there. Although the leaning is opposite, it's still full of extremism, hyperbolic hatred, ridicule, mockery, division and sufferporn. Without filters, it would be as unusable to me as, say, facebook or trump's social network.

Yes! I have so many filters enabled in my Lemmy client, but this morning, I stumbled upon a screenshot (since filters aren’t smart enough to extract content from screenshots) of an Epstein email that was so incredibly disturbing in its implication. These aren’t my vile thoughts, yet they’ve been bouncing around my mind all day.

I can’t take it anymore.

Please stay strong out there.

 

The internet has always been my salvation.

As a socially underdeveloped kid, I’d spend my lunch hours in the high school library on those public desktop computers, reading fandom sites about my favorite video games. Computers always made sense to me. I even owe my entire career to them.

But the internet today feels wrong. Whatever the fuck kind of psychological warfare is happening right now with this Epstein stuff is too much for my mind to handle. I can’t do it anymore.

I will love. I will vote. I will support my community and continue to oppose this fucking nightmarish system we all find ourselves in. But I need to sign off.

Imagine the door closing sound effect when logging out of AIM.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why no mask?

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Word choice is important here. Labeling woke ideology a “virus” implies accusers are deploying their own counter-ideology “virus”. We know that billionaire owned algorithms and social media echo chambers are already doing this to vulnerable people, but this confession hints at something even darker and not yet public.

[–] cosmOS@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This actually reminds me of the theory of quantum immortality (the idea that you’re immortal because your consciousness will always continue on in branches of reality where you survive). It kind of fits with your description of awareness “moving forward” only along certain coordinates of time or possibility.

 

I used to listen to the band Muse a lot in high school. I was one of those quiet but rebellious types, so their music really resonated with me. As I got older and started my corporate career, the political messaging in their music, especially in their most recent album, felt a little too strong.

I am ready for it now.

If you’re feeling rage right now, like many of us are, I highly recommend listening to the entire “Will of the People” album by Muse. Really listen to it. Put on your headphones like we used to back in the day and take it all in.

Music has become background noise for me in my 30s, but I think it’s time to bring it back into focus.

Got any songs or albums you’d recommend with similar themes?

 

I’m starting to wonder what the real benefit even is anymore. Between the technofeudal landscape we live in, where billionaires own the means of communication, data is constantly mined for profit, and surveillance is baked into every layer, it feels like I’m standing at the beach, using my bare hands to push back an endless tide.

Even when I take the so‑called “liberated” path through Linux, self‑hosting, and privacy tools, it often feels futile. The web itself is poisoned. Browsers are turning into tracking engines. Sites rely on manipulation and dark patterns. Social media is full of misinformation and ragebait.

Even open-source projects are being pulled under corporate influence (ex: Firefox adoption of AI).

It feels exhausting to route around a web that’s already been captured.

So I’m asking myself: what’s the point? Why not just step away?

Why not trade the illusion of digital control for actual peace, get a dumb phone, a CD player, and check out books, movies, music, and games from the library as my entertainment?

Does anyone else feel this way? Have you found ways to reconnect with technology?

 

The new Digg feels a lot like the same ole’ Reddit. The mobile app is basically a clone, even down to the pointless “Trending” bar at the top.

There’s no API support yet, no plan for federation, and no guardrails to stop the slow slide into bloat (notice the Digg Daily AI podcast?) and ads we’ve all seen before.

Right now the only thing holding it together is the community, and the goodwill of Kevin Rose and the team. I respect them, but goodwill isn’t a plan.

Leadership changes. Platforms change. When money starts talking, users always pay the price.

No federation? No thank you.

 
view more: next ›