unmondeparfait
unmondeparfait t1_j64nbyf wrote
Reply to HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct
Stop trying to make VR/AR happen. It's never going to happen.
unmondeparfait t1_j5pk7hp wrote
Reply to comment by NLtbal in Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research by Albion_Tourgee
>if that was the case, bringing internet to billions more people across the planet is still a fair trade off.
No, it's not. The internet stopped being a force for good and a reliable place to learn things more than ten years ago. I don't feel a pressing urge to spread open a pipeline of shitty advertisements and conspiracy theories to Uganda. They have enough problems.
unmondeparfait t1_j257ice wrote
Reply to comment by SsiSsiSsiSsi in The End of the Silicon Valley Myth by ONEcrazyHINDU
Seems like it isn't that easy, people hate changing, and thus they are remiss to admit when something isn't working. Sorry I didn't come in with a complete plan to transform society.
unmondeparfait t1_j252lft wrote
Reply to comment by Mokebe890 in The End of the Silicon Valley Myth by ONEcrazyHINDU
But what if the development we're doing is entirely in the wrong direction?
Yes, adults cannot return to being children, but it doesn't necessarily mean they're growing in the right direction.
"Ah well, I have a heroin addiction now. Just goes to show how we humans are always growing and changing, and even if it makes for hard times, it's all for the best! I'm definitely going somewhere with all this!"
unmondeparfait t1_j250yes wrote
Reply to comment by Mokebe890 in The End of the Silicon Valley Myth by ONEcrazyHINDU
Saying "I don't think the society / technology we've built is working, and may actively be harmful" is not the same as "We have to return to monke and live in straw hut"
unmondeparfait t1_irsf4xs wrote
Reply to comment by dog_superiority in Moneyless economy simulator by shanoshamanizum
>First of all, slaves were not use to build the pyramids.
I know, that was part of the bit.
>Secondly, slaves make an economy worse not better. That is why the south was much more poor than the north in the US in the 1800s.
If your only argument against slavery is that it's financially unviable (which you're completely making up, but we'll take it as true for your benefit), then there's really no reason to eschew anything that's profitable.
Also yeah, slavery is still incredibly profitable. Happens to this day.
unmondeparfait t1_irscsp6 wrote
Reply to comment by dog_superiority in Moneyless economy simulator by shanoshamanizum
"Without slavery we never would have built the pyramids! Why do you want to destroy society? We'll all be living in filth if we don't have slaves, you dummy!"
unmondeparfait t1_jbyxnnt wrote
Reply to Tim Cook bets on Apple’s mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy by DarthBuzzard
Stop this. VR/AR isn't going to do any better this time around. I know, back in 2011 you were all convinced that VR, Bitcoin, solar freakin' roadways, Elon Musk, and Ron Paul were going to save the world, but that was wrong. On every count. VR isn't going to happen. Maybe when the next hype cycle comes around in 20 years, or maybe the one after that. For now it's a toy.