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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That’s why we use FOSS body parts.
Bruh they abandoned libretina2 and I can't install libretina3 due to package conflicts 😭 What do I do?
You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
Can't see anything trying to install screen reader
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.
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?
Or puddling, as in melting le brain
Also: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete - "Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported"
Thanks, that's actually the article I was looking for.
We're literally living in a cyberpunk dystopia.
a boring cyberpunk dystopia
And another: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255074/former-jockey-michael-straight-exoskeleton-repair-battery
Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue ... "I was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”
We really need standardization in batteries. I usually think that about ebikes, but this is another good example.
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?
TBH I think at this point hating the VA is so universal that it's become a group morale building exercise...
Doesn't matter, had war.
We don't even allow autonomy of the flesh, I suspect the chrome is going to be subscription only.
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.
As always, the wealthy will sidestep the horror.
I want robot parts as much as the next guy but bodily autonomy is crucial.
Isn't this basically what all early cyberpunk boils down to?
Yeah, but also Japan is cool
except ironically the visuals are more taiwan
Yeah this part kind of confused me. I feel like japanese stuff is just shoehorned into everything for no reason. Especially cyberpunk type things
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.
You should watch the new Wallace and Gromit movie!
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.
It's because of the crowded neon advertisements and the vertical streets. It plays into the whole fear of the US being taken over by a foreign government, as well. They're also known for their robotics.
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
That moment when the next step of your species' evolution is turned into an ethical horror show by greedy assholes...
Johnny Mnemonic is calling.
Ok. I'll return my pacemaker.
why having a paywall if that scenario enables people to become absolute subservient machines deprived of any subjectivity?