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-misanthroptimist

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1. Well...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:40 AM

22 hrs ago

...futile as long as there is electricity. I can walk maybe ten minutes from where I'm sitting and disappear to anything electronic. Hell, I barely get a cell signal here at home.

These guys have no concept of the real world. One Carrington Event and we'll see millions of nervous breakdowns. And there will be another Carrington Event at some point.

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'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices [View all] highplainsdem 22 hrs ago OP

Well... -misanthroptimist 22 hrs ago #1

Or maybe his marks, er, customers will refuse to buy "smart glasses", and refrain from using AI . . . hatrack 22 hrs ago #2

That'll work, too. -misanthroptimist 21 hrs ago #3

In 1859, there was exactly one important service that depended on electricity . . . hatrack 20 hrs ago #4

Long term planning is just one... -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #5

That's for sure PatSeg 19 hrs ago #9

That won't happen... lame54 12 hrs ago #12

Resistance is not futile. Prairie_Seagull 20 hrs ago #6

And as long as we're talking tech-bro fantasies . . . hatrack 19 hrs ago #7

I agree. I'm not going to fall for their propaganda. And I'll do all I can to make others aware of highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #11

I know you will. Prairie_Seagull 12 hrs ago #14

And make a wrong move durablend 19 hrs ago #8

did he cackle and wring his hands? eShirl 18 hrs ago #10

Sounding like the Borg worked well enough to show he's a crazy villain, so the Register's headline highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #13

It only works with the proper soundtrack . . . hatrack 11 hrs ago #17

Leave the devices at home quaker bill 11 hrs ago #15

What that idiot CEO is talking about is everyone being recorded by everyone else's devices, with highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #18

F*ck that misuse of a Star Trek quote. Intractable 11 hrs ago #16