A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

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      17 days ago

      Yeah my first thought was “you know what? Now that you mention it, I’d be more than happy with that. I didn’t even think of it as an option but yeah, sure, let’s give it a go”

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      17 days ago

      I’m all for this but we should start with all of the cameras owned by businesses and the government. If anyone at all should be allowed to record in public it is we the people.

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        17 days ago

        If I could get a phone without one I would.

        I don’t recall ever having used the damn thing, all it does is stick out like a wart making the phone unsightly and unnecessarily thick.

        And the other, even more useless one is just poking an extremely irritating hole on the screen.

        They’re probably scratched beyond any usability anyway, since for some reason cases and screen protectors refuse to cover them.

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            17 days ago

            really, the pinephones seem fine…oohh you mean the ones that dont allow others to be into the proprietary systems…yeah great burn.

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              17 days ago

              The /s is sarcasm.

              It’s the stereotype thing of Linux desktop 10 -15 years ago. I’m a Linux user for the past 25

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                17 days ago

                I didnt ask for your unverifiable nerd card, I just stated what needed to be know about the state of linux on phones. I mean android is linux but with all the blobs that those companies require you not to tamper with. You could have mentioned other linux projects that are in the space as well, or even go after windows about how every update it resets all your audio for like a decade or more (dont even talk about plugging a monitor in or the power flickers then its all a mess). But you do you man.

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                  17 days ago

                  Sorry, next time I’ll mention other projects, go after windows, show my arch stockings and just in cases spell it out plainly in multiple languages so that there’s no way for you to miss the /s.

                  That above, was sarcasm

                  Eso de arriba es sarcasmo

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        17 days ago

        Being stuck inside a system does not make one a hypocrite to criticize it from within the system. Nor would one act of self immolation achieve anything but dying pointlessly in a fire. The prison guards will merely shovel your remains into a bucket. People like you will continue to goad other miserable prisoners into more pointless acts of self destruction for short term personal gratification.

        We’re so deep into the technological surveillance state that people like you can’t even see that there was once a world outside these prison walls. You’ve accepted your fate. Maybe you we’re born into it. Maybe it’s been so long that you’ve forgotten it’s not normal to have all this forced upon us. In this world where surveillance state technology is required, smartphones are now integrated into critical needs of daily life. From government to financial institutions to workplace. You cannot live without it short of going inawoods Ted K style. At which point the prison guards are likely to descend upon your log cabin with the full military force of the state and corporate apparatus.

        Ultimately these acts of immolation achieve nothing against the system itself but demonstrate the futility that we’re all stuck inside a prison. Seems like you thought you had a really clever retort there. You don’t. It’s you who are the fool.

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      17 days ago

      Humans are shittier, mobile cameras, so I agree. The planet needs a rest from humanity.