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Comment Can't stop the older stuff from getting out. (Score 5, Informative) 91

by grub (#63182858) Attached to: Iranian Attack Drone Found To Contain Parts From More Than a Dozen US Firms
People were freaking out about FPGAs, microcontrollers, etc. that were in some of these drones. Fact is most (all?) of it was older & EOL things that you can find on Ali Express and other sites for peanuts.

There's no way to stop the recyclers from selling the parts off.

Comment Re:Metaverse? (Score 1) 89

by rwa2 (#62969373) Attached to: Does the "metaverse" appeal to you at all?

Facebook's Metaverse? No, not in its current state.

Is it possible? Sure.

I love all things Stephenson, but I think the more interesting use cases were presented in a sci-fi short story collaboration named "Metatopolis"

No spoilers for the storytelling, but some of the compelling environment there were people using VR/AR to live comfortably in storage containers on cargo ships (OK, maybe not that different from Snow Crash's portrayal of real estate), but also using it to telecommute through a network of on-site apprentices.

Comment Taxation is theft (Score -1, Troll) 126

It makes me sick to my stomach to see technology used for dystopian ends like this. This is the kind of shit that makes me want to quit my job, buy a shack in remote Montana somewhere and just "check out" from dealing with "society". It's disgusting. Technology should help liberate and empower individuals, not empower progressively larger and larger and more powerful State bureaucracies.

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