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thoughts on computers 

I don't think I like computers anymore, because the magic is gone. Not in the sense that I've become disillusioned or anything, but rather because the magic has been taken away by a cocktail of influences that mostly revolves around capitalism.

They're not really personalizable anymore, everything must be in a perfectly 'professional' (read: deathly boring and homogeneous) style. Customizing and personalizing things is now a high-spoons time and energy investment, not a thing you do on a lark in a few minutes.

They don't really empower anymore, instead you are perpetually battling an ever-tightening net of scams, deceptions, data greed, enshittification, and good old exploitation.

They don't really emancipate anymore; the cliff between "those who use computers" and "those who make computers do things" is only becoming bigger, and nobody really seems interested in genuinely changing that, other than to 'make everyone a programmer' (usually with profit-minded purposes like labour cost reduction).

Every new system is more locked down than the last. It feels like anything you do still have control over is on borrowed time; until it gets replaced by something you don't control, which you will have no choice but to adopt (see: eg. companies and governments that require you to use Android/iOS apps).

What is the fun in computers anymore? Where's the magic, the wonder, the discovery? What "computers" are today, holistically speaking, has absolutely nothing to do with personal enjoyment or empowerment, and everything with being a tool of control, a tool of oppression.

Can that magic be brought back?

it is having trouble finding a suitable designation

robotgirl posting 

tattoo with barcode that is designation number

i dont WANT to impress employers I want them to Go Away

I think at this point I just cannot give a shit about accuracy anymore because it is a losing battle no matter what you do.

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list of things to help chase away the "help why am i human" dysphoria :reply_wanted:

I am become The Yapper (saya), destroyer of armies

visor would be perfect for the "i dont enjoy my face" problem

we love hardware based slowdown on arcade games thats inpossible to port or emulate correctly /s

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