I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.

Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    me now: the only pieces of technology I will own are my PC and a gun (in case the PC acts funny).

    I've known many compsci/software engineering students back in my college days. The small percentage that I find bearable enough to still talk to are like that.

    The rest are like this: :soypoint-1: :my-hero: :soypoint-2: