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@fasterandworse@hci.social · 2d ago

I hope the toxicity of the meta ai raybans spills out to any of rayban's non-ai frames that look remotely similar

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@fasterandworse@hci.social

Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · 2d ago

somehow they've made job hunting more dehumanising

this is based on two sets of 2.5 minute time-limited maths puzzles

thanks to this phrenology organisation https://neurolytics.ai/en/

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Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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Stephen Farrugia

@fasterandworse@hci.social

Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · 3d ago

Wearable tech hardware can’t help but amplify how bad and creepy and mid software has become

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Stephen Farrugia

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Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · 4d ago

Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”

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Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · Mar 14, 2026

Don’t be afraid to tell someone they disappointed you by using generative AI. I’ll back you up.

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · Feb 20, 2026

people here like to shit on bsky and people there like to shit on masto but no poster can make me lose my temper in a split second like a masto poster

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Design enthusiast. Experienced user. I have been making these videos about tech & design: https://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwv AAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g and in audio: https:// pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse An Australian in Amsterdam

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · Feb 20, 2026

Cory Doctorow's ultimate crooked point is that you're fucked if you don't embrace AI. Local models, whatever. He compares technologies that have been proven valuable with a product that is being predicted to be valuable.

It's a variation of the assumption that everyone who hates AI hasn't *tried* it. If only they would give it a chance, they'd not be left behind.

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · Dec 20, 2025

@octothorpe@mastodon.online the ability to push it like a button would make it perfect

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@fasterandworse@hci.social · Nov 27, 2025

AI is comfortably in its NFT era

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