I suppose the significance is that this is the 10-year anniversary (to the month) of this dystopian meme. While we fortunately haven't gotten to that point of corporate enslavement, it does feel like society has shifted increasingly in that direction since 2013.
To unlock drink verification can (2013)
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#22I suppose the significance is that this is the 10-year anniversary (to the month) of this dystopian meme. While we fortunately haven't gotten to that point of corporate enslavement, it does feel like society has shifted increasingly in that direction since 2013.
I literally just saw a BMW advertisement yesterday that says it comes with 8 years of adaptive cruise control/driver assist, which then disables itself after the timer runs out (presumably unless you pay to license it again).
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#23To provide some historical context for this meme, the Xbox One had recently been unveiled and at the time was going to have a mandatory Kinect. It was rumored that the camera would be un-disableable and on at all times.
The "User attempting to steal online gameplay" bit came from Cliff Blezinski et al saying that splitscreen multiplayer and co-op was a mistake, because half the people who played didn't pay for the game. In the past ten years we have seen local multiplayer evaporate.
EDIT: The Kinnect had a microphone in it too
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
/i need one to record myself a la matrix https://vimeo.com/58286717
https://github.com/Rezmason/matrix/ Then you'll love this project. The Holographic demo supports the Looking Glass display and I'm pretty sure natively supports the Kinect Azure but also works with a webcam.
That is great. Now I need to buy a 65" Looking Glass display just to play this all day.
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#25I suppose the significance is that this is the 10-year anniversary (to the month) of this dystopian meme. While we fortunately haven't gotten to that point of corporate enslavement, it does feel like society has shifted increasingly in that direction since 2013.
I literally just saw a BMW advertisement yesterday that says it comes with 8 years of adaptive cruise control/driver assist, which then disables itself after the timer runs out (presumably unless you pay to license it again).
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#26This might just be fiction, but what would let the server know that the can has been drank?
QR code on the bottom of a heat-sensitive can? Or maybe it's transparent, with the QR code printed the same color as the liquid?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I literally just saw a BMW advertisement yesterday that says it comes with 8 years of adaptive cruise control/driver assist, which then disables itself after the timer runs out (presumably unless you pay to license it again).
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Abusive business practices are not "good" no matter whether they harm the people you dislike or not.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I literally just saw a BMW advertisement yesterday that says it comes with 8 years of adaptive cruise control/driver assist, which then disables itself after the timer runs out (presumably unless you pay to license it again).
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This is Hacker News. Please keep your religion out of the comments.
Re: To unlock drink verification can (2013)
#29This might just be fiction, but what would let the server know that the can has been drank?
Mandatory Urinalysis
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Abusive business practices are not "good" no matter whether they harm the people you dislike or not.
The argument is about harm to the general populace, not about harm to a specific group they dislike.
Are indoor smoking bans good? The justification is that second-hand smoke has significant negative impacts on the general populace.
Are tabacco taxes good? They encourage the same thing that smoking bans do, a reduction in smoking leading to better health for the population.
The parent commenter is just saying the same applies to cars. Cars cause a huge number of deaths, especially of pedestrians and cyclists, but also of other car users. They harm the general populace. Just like existing in the same room as someone smoking has health consequences for you, living in the same city as cars increases your chance of death.
You can, of course, legitimately argue that capitalist competition isn't the right way to discourage it, but rather having the government levy additional taxes and fees would be better.