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Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 06-Dec-2021 05:33:38 EST Aral Balkan
Folks making alternatives: don’t recreate the systems of closed, centralised silos. They’re designed with the needs and success criteria of closed, centralised organisations. You cannot compete with them on their own terms. They have the resources to create centralised workflows, you do not. And your success criteria are the opposite of theirs. You do not want to c… -
Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2017 17:08:41 EDT Aral Balkan
Roomba maker iRobot plans to sell digital maps of your home
Robot vacuum cleaner company iRobot “reportedly has a new strategy in place: providing Roomba-gathered maps of your home to other smart device makers.”
https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/24/roomba-irobot-sell-digital-maps-home/
#SurveillanceCapitalism https://mastodon.ar.al/media/yL2DER2YFgHcc9Gs5rw
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Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2017 01:44:15 EDT Aral Balkan
Prime Stupidity
“The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia.”
An actual thing said by the actual prime minister of Australia.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/malcolm-turnbull-prime-minister-laws-of-mathematics-do-not-apply-australia-encryption-l-a7842946.html
https://mastodon.ar.al/media/z13es3JfhvDHFR53upc