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secondbeatsongs · 1 year

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for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

#the truman show #sbs rambles #I keep thinking about how children on popular youtube channels should probably have laws to protect them #social workers assigned to them maybe #I dunno #they did not sign up to have their lives sold for profit #but here we are #tho #I guess none of us signed up for it #and our data is harvested more than ever #god #high-tech capitalism sucks turns out #OH WAIT because tumblr is bad at getting context sometimes #let me specify:#I am not saying that the movie The Truman Show is bad or that it normalizes this #like all good sci-fi (because it is kind of sci-fi) it's there to warn us of what the future could hold #and it did that in a very good way - it's a beautiful movie #I could see someone with a bad faith take assuming I meant that it was part of the problem #it absolutely wasn't. it didn't normalize this; we did #youtube did and social media #it's us that's the problem #or more specifically: big corporations and a lack of regulation #that's the origin of most modern problems

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fuzzyghost · 2 months

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#floppy disk #retro computing #techcore #retro tech #data storage #big data #80s #vhs #retro #gif

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nasa · 6 months

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Hot New Planetary System Just Dropped.

We hope you like your planetary systems extra spicy. 🔥

A new system of seven sizzling planets has been discovered using data from our retired Kepler space telescope.

Named Kepler-385, it’s part of a new catalog of planet candidates and multi-planet systems discovered using Kepler.

The discovery helps illustrate that multi-planetary systems have more circular orbits around the host star than systems with only one or two planets.

Our Kepler mission is responsible for the discovery of the most known exoplanets to date. The space telescope’s observations ended in 2018, but its data continues to paint a more detailed picture of our galaxy today.

Here are a few more things to know about Kepler-385:

All seven planets are between the size of Earth and Neptune.

Its star is 10% larger and 5% hotter than our Sun.

This system is one of over 700 that Kepler’s data has revealed.

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The planets’ orbits have been represented in sound.

Now that you’ve heard a little about this planetary system, get acquainted with more exoplanets and why we want to explore them.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

#NASA #exoplanets #Kepler #space telescope #space #universe #data sonification #sounds of space #space sounds #tech #technology #telescope #Youtube

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neon-wonderlands · 1 month

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scipunk · 14 days

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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

#johnny mnemonic #virtual reality #cyberpunk aesthetic #brain implant #cybernetics #cyberpunk #data #gifs #cyberspace #gifset #computers #hackers #tech gadgets #cd rom #90s movies #90s aesthetic #90s #retro futuristic

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centralbunnyunit · 4 months

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#i want to go back #retro #hardware #retro tech #desktop #vintage computing #ibm #ibm 9020E data processing system

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humanoidhistory · 2 months

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Cyber 70 mainframe computer system by Control Data Corporation, circa 1974.

#cyber 70 #computer #tech #history #control data #mainframe #supercomputer

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mudwerks · 2 months

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(via Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students | Ars Technica)

Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines were covertly collecting facial-recognition data without their consent.

The scandal started when a student using the alias SquidKid47 posted an image on Reddit showing a campus vending machine error message, "Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe," displayed after the machine failed to launch a facial recognition application that nobody expected to be part of the process of using a vending machine.

"Hey, so why do the stupid M&M machines have facial recognition?" SquidKid47 pondered.

The Reddit post sparked an investigation from a fourth-year student named River Stanley, who was writing for a university publication called MathNEWS.

Stanley sounded alarm after consulting Invenda sales brochures that promised "the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders" of every person who used the machines without ever requesting consent.

This frustrated Stanley, who discovered that Canada's privacy commissioner had years ago investigated a shopping mall operator called Cadillac Fairview after discovering some of the malls' informational kiosks were secretly "using facial recognition software on unsuspecting patrons."

Only because of that official investigation did Canadians learn that "over 5 million nonconsenting Canadians" were scanned into Cadillac Fairview's database, Stanley reported. Where Cadillac Fairview was ultimately forced to delete the entire database, Stanley wrote that consequences for collecting similarly sensitive facial recognition data without consent for Invenda clients like Mars remain unclear.

Stanley's report ended with a call for students to demand that the university "bar facial recognition vending machines from campus."

what the motherfuck

#m&m vending machine #secret face image database #college students #massive invasion of privacy #tech #collecting facial-recognition data without consent

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shekiahreneejones · 2 years

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#data analytics #data analysis #data security #Data tech #data technologty #Shekiah Renee Jones #Shekiah Jones #ShekiahReneeJones #shekiahreneejones

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penofwildfire · 1 month

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When did we make Zane a tech guy. Seriously. When did we decide Zane in particular would be good at tech. That's so stupid. We've got too many goddamn tech people in this show. Obviously everyone on the team has some degree of tech knowledge considering how often they might have to repair something in their line of work, but labeling Zane as one of "the tech guys" has never sat right with me. Let Jay, Nya and Pixal do their thing. And Sora.

#Zane should be almost useless when it comes to tech other than his own brain #and even then he couldn't do repairs on himself #he can just do things like download data and fuck with his voice and repress his memories #which is like. basic computer knowledge anyone could have.#in a sense. you get what I mean.#it makes complete sense for him to lose that one challenge in the Zane-a-like competition #ninjago #dragons rising #zane #zane julien

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pixelfireplace · 4 months

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Corona Portable (1984)

#Corona Portable #Corona Data Systems #retro tech #80s tech #retro computing

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echos-gal · 5 months

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Picture this. It's been almost a year since Tech's death. His siblings are still grieving as though it happened yesterday. They hang on to all his things, never modify the Marauder in a way he wouldn't have approved. The wall next to his bunk is still full of equations in his handwriting.

They miss his frequent chatter - it's too quiet without him. Omega frequently tears up when she's flying the ship, his voice in her head gently reminding her to check the fuel gauge and brake status as he always did while mentoring her.

One day Tech's datapad pings. It hasn't gone off in a long time. On the screen is Tech's notification to commemorate a year's passing since Wrecker ate a full meal during their first evening on Pabu.

It's almost like he's still with them.

#i keep thinking about how much he left behind #endless data. so many modifications and inventions #recordings and notifications and memos. the only thing missing is him #tbb spoilers #tbb tech #yes it's sadgirl hours

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fuzzyghost · 1 year

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