#latestagecapitalism

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/profwolff/status/1469725668648779776

[tiesto]

https://twitter.com/profwolff/status/1469725668648779776

No schmear for bagels? Half of Long Island on suicide watch...

[chronovore]

https://twitter.com/profwolff/status/1469725668648779776

Wisdom from The Dick Wolf. Amazing name.

Good Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/rh0udv/script_thatll_keep_you_from_ever_appearing_away/

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/CoinersTakingLs/status/1473212892505800706

[Great Rumbler]

https://twitter.com/CoinersTakingLs/status/1473212892505800706

https://twitter.com/Eli_Navvy/status/1473302706693545986

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1474169034337923082

[benjipwns]

[Don Rumata]

https://twitter.com/CoinersTakingLs/status/1473212892505800706

https://twitter.com/Eli_Navvy/status/1473302706693545986

I'm starting to feel alienated.
Is it because i'm getting old, being left behind, or is a parallel dimension made up entirely of morons, manifesting itself?

[benjipwns]

[Great Rumbler]

https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1474169034337923082

[Quaker]

https://twitter.com/stereogum/status/1459581059029426176

where's the video 

https://twitter.com/jaydetbh/status/1459024486188072965

                           
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1. Wait, this is a lady doing the pissing?
2. Why does this sound like RATM?
3. Why is there a trumpet?
4. Of course the volunteer is a fat old white guy in Florida.
5. Holy shit that's a lot of piss.

10/10.

I love that in 2021 it's just up on twitter.com instead of having to go to the dark web or liveleak. I also find it incredibly hilarious and fucked up that(although mostly harmless) this is going to follow these people around forever. Like how do you live that down after it goes viral like that?

P.S. these dudes are responsible for the awful end credits Rage Against the Machine cover in Matrix 4.

Couldn't explain why it was a particularly bad/hilarious choice to my normie companions without revealing myself as a chronically online sicko.

[Joe Molotov]

[Quaker]

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndyGrewal/status/1475881014031360003

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1476224034014924800

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1476146244384927748

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://mobile.twitter.com/della_morte_/status/1476269580578439176

 

[chronovore]

http://twitter.com/ParikPatelCFA/status/1476665095707111430

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1476642629593051144

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/litcapital/status/1477388573833900039
https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/1477464343147073536

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/MidnightMitch/status/1478041460301869060

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/katiemaryrich/status/1477792996536070151

[Uncle]

https://twitter.com/DigitalisHomo/status/1478094074909540354

[Don Rumata]

Wow, i'd love to have a virtual lady comment on everything i buy!

"Didn't you buy Nutella last week, you fat fuck?"

Also, i love having to fumble around with a cartoon 3d milk carton, instead of quickly click "add to cart" on a browser page and be done in 2 minutes! 

[Potato]

Wow, i'd love to have a virtual lady comment on everything i buy!

"Didn't you buy Nutella last week, you fat fuck?"

Also, i love having to fumble around with a cartoon 3d milk carton, instead of quickly click "add to cart" on a browser page and be done in 2 minutes! 

Cross-posting from our conversation in the random gaming thread because it's relevant here.

Sure, they're ironing out the technical issues, but they are making no progress on the social and practical issues inherent in VR for gaming and for other purposes.

I may live to regret this opinion, but VR and the whole meta verse thing is just nerds with unlimited money trying to live out their 90s cyberpunk fantasies. It's dead in the water for mainstream adoption because the practical purposes are inherently terrible compared to other ways of doing things.

[Don Rumata]

For sure, i mainly look at VR for gaming, both arcade and immersive sim kind of thing, not as an alternative to do completely mundane tasks.
It's just the wrong interface.

In general, anything involving gestures is a failure when it comes to mundane usability, which is why Minority Report in bullshit.
If i have to be in front of a computer 10 hours a day, i'd rather move a mouse in a 10²cm area, rather than wave my arms around like a Goalie.

[Uncle]

Wow, i'd love to have a virtual lady comment on everything i buy!

"Didn't you buy Nutella last week, you fat fuck?"

Also, i love having to fumble around with a cartoon 3d milk carton, instead of quickly click "add to cart" on a browser page and be done in 2 minutes! 

"I've detected you already have enough milk, you ought to put that back," she admonishes me as I add gallon after gallon, far more milk than one man requires.  The physics-enabled jugs slide around and two of them bounce out of the cart.  She doesn't seem to know how to react, and I decide I am done.

We finally visit the electronics department.  "Ah, I see you saved the best for last, we can get that TV you wanted!" she says excitedly.  My hand hovers over the "purchase" button, but I pause.  Suddenly I reach into the cart to pull out one of the gallons of milk, and her face falls.  I unscrew the virtual lid, and while solemnly locking eyes with her, I pour virtual milk all over the virtual TV.  Silently and with commitment, I do this again and again, until my cart is empty and jugs lie strewn about the ruined electronics department.  My work complete, I turn and teleport out of the store without making a purchase.

[Don Rumata]

Wow, i'd love to have a virtual lady comment on everything i buy!

"Didn't you buy Nutella last week, you fat fuck?"

Also, i love having to fumble around with a cartoon 3d milk carton, instead of quickly click "add to cart" on a browser page and be done in 2 minutes! 

"I've detected you already have enough milk, you ought to put that back," she admonishes me as I add gallon after gallon, far more milk than one man requires.  The physics-enabled jugs slide around and two of them bounce out of the cart.  She doesn't seem to know how to react, and I decide I am done.

We finally visit the electronics department.  "Ah, I see you saved the best for last, we can get that TV you wanted!" she says excitedly.  My hand hovers over the "purchase" button, but I pause.  Suddenly I reach into the cart to pull out one of the gallons of milk, and her face falls.  I unscrew the virtual lid, and while solemnly locking eyes with her, I pour virtual milk all over the virtual TV.  Silently and with commitment, I do this again and again, until my cart is empty and jugs lie strewn about the ruined electronics department.  My work complete, I turn and teleport out of the store without making a purchase.

[Potato]

Wow, i'd love to have a virtual lady comment on everything i buy!

"Didn't you buy Nutella last week, you fat fuck?"

Also, i love having to fumble around with a cartoon 3d milk carton, instead of quickly click "add to cart" on a browser page and be done in 2 minutes! 

"I've detected you already have enough milk, you ought to put that back," she admonishes me as I add gallon after gallon, far more milk than one man requires.  The physics-enabled jugs slide around and two of them bounce out of the cart.  She doesn't seem to know how to react, and I decide I am done.

We finally visit the electronics department.  "Ah, I see you saved the best for last, we can get that TV you wanted!" she says excitedly.  My hand hovers over the "purchase" button, but I pause.  Suddenly I reach into the cart to pull out one of the gallons of milk, and her face falls.  I unscrew the virtual lid, and while solemnly locking eyes with her, I pour virtual milk all over the virtual TV.  Silently and with commitment, I do this again and again, until my cart is empty and jugs lie strewn about the ruined electronics department.  My work complete, I turn and teleport out of the store without making a purchase.

Gimme that virtual anarchy all over my face 

[tiesto]

For sure, i mainly look at VR for gaming, both arcade and immersive sim kind of thing, not as an alternative to do completely mundane tasks.
It's just the wrong interface.

In general, anything involving gestures is a failure when it comes to mundane usability, which is why Minority Report in bullshit.
If i have to be in front of a computer 10 hours a day, i'd rather move a mouse in a 10²cm area, rather than wave my arms around like a Goalie.

VR is definitely gonna grow in importance in medical and military processes, virtual tourism, sex... not so much mundane tasks or work conferencing.

[Madrun Badrun]

I liked that they showed the total for current items in your shopping cart.  That was the most absurd part.   

[Don Rumata]

For sure, i mainly look at VR for gaming, both arcade and immersive sim kind of thing, not as an alternative to do completely mundane tasks.
It's just the wrong interface.

In general, anything involving gestures is a failure when it comes to mundane usability, which is why Minority Report in bullshit.
If i have to be in front of a computer 10 hours a day, i'd rather move a mouse in a 10²cm area, rather than wave my arms around like a Goalie.

VR is definitely gonna grow in importance in medical and military processes, virtual tourism, sex... not so much mundane tasks or work conferencing.

Oh yeah Google Earth VR is already very cool to use for that.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1478483036849250304

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/litcapital/status/1479099324072005632

[Potato]

Do you really see a difference between the "them" and the "reality" people though?

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/adamtranter/status/1479149037253238790

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/USCPSC/status/1478794691634155523

[tiesto]

For sure, i mainly look at VR for gaming, both arcade and immersive sim kind of thing, not as an alternative to do completely mundane tasks.
It's just the wrong interface.

In general, anything involving gestures is a failure when it comes to mundane usability, which is why Minority Report in bullshit.
If i have to be in front of a computer 10 hours a day, i'd rather move a mouse in a 10²cm area, rather than wave my arms around like a Goalie.

VR is definitely gonna grow in importance in medical and military processes, virtual tourism, sex... not so much mundane tasks or work conferencing.

Oh yeah Google Earth VR is already very cool to use for that.

When my fiancee and I went to visit you guys in 2019, we did a tour of the Baths of Caracalla, and we had the pseudo VR app/cardboard glasses for our phones, that allowed us to see what it looked like back in the day, superimposed over the modern day version. Was really neat, definitely excited to see more stuff like this.

[Potato]

https://twitter.com/USCPSC/status/1478794691634155523

That's actually a really good social media campaign for something that, at its core, is unlikely to get much attention. Particularly for a government organisation which is subject to so much oversight and restriction when it comes to social media.

The message is positive, funny and a bit silly. It takes advantage of dumb internet culture and turns that into eyeballs on their new consumer protection website. It also attracts a demographic which is notoriously difficult to reach for something like consumer complaints.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/Katelin_Nicole/status/1479171956616441859

[benjipwns]

That's actually a really good social media campaign for something that, at its core, is unlikely to get much attention. Particularly for a government organisation which is subject to so much oversight and restriction when it comes to social media.

The message is positive, funny and a bit silly. It takes advantage of dumb internet culture and turns that into eyeballs on their new consumer protection website. It also attracts a demographic which is notoriously difficult to reach for something like consumer complaints.

https://twitter.com/ZacharyZillman/status/1479270405328150528

[Potato]

You can see the seething rage in the male anchor's face when this guy who he already thinks is an idiotic attention seeker does something idiotic to seek attention.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1479469656989646857

[Uncle]

https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1479469656989646857

https://kotaku.com/vr-developers-add-personal-bubble-to-their-game-to-fi-1788237241

Belamire was visiting her brother when he loaded up QuiVR, an “archery Castle Defense game” for the HTC Vive that’s currently in pre-release alpha. While playing, Belamire had “never experienced virtual reality that felt so real,” she recounted in her Medium piece.

Only three minutes into multiplayer, Belamire encountered BigBro442, a floating helmet, bow and free-floating hand. Avatars look the same in QuiVR, but Belamire’s voice gave her away as a woman. Here’s what happened next in her words:

"Suddenly, BigBro442’s disembodied helmet faced me dead-on. His floating hand approached my body, and he started to virtually rub my chest.

'Stop!' I cried . . .This goaded him on, and even when I turned away from him, he chased me around, making grabbing and pinching motions near my chest. Emboldened, he even shoved his hand toward my virtual crotch and began rubbing."

Belamire said that the alleged virtual groping, while not real, is still “scary as hell.” BigBro442, she said, followed her as she ran away. When she couldn’t take it anymore, she took the headset off.

“Women are allowed [in VR], sure, but the BigBro442s of the world will make sure you never want to come back,” Belamire concluded.

QuiVR’s developers Jonathan Schenker and Aaron Stanton didn’t realize that Belamire’s essay was about their game at first. Their hearts sank when they read that QuiVR was the scene of the alleged groping. In an Upload VR post yesterday, Schenker and Stanton took full responsibility for what happened.

“This had happened in our game; this had been on our watch,” they write. “We should have prevented this in the first place.”

http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DiGRA_2020_paper_272.pdf

ABSTRACT
This paper examines key discussion points among VR-interested Reddit users regarding a
controversial case of VR groping reported in 2016. Through a mixed-methods approach
that includes qualitative thematic analysis and quantitative coding, this paper identifies four
key discussion themes: 1) Conceptualization—what is the act of groping? 2) Ethics—what
is (un)acceptable about the act? 3) Action—what should be done about it? and 4) Vision—
what does this act mean for the future of VR? Within these themes, most comments were
dedicated to the questions of whether the act of groping in VR constitutes sexual assault or
sexual harassment, whether it is the individual’s responsibility to respond to this act, and
whether this act causes harm. These results assist in the formation of a framework for
understanding and addressing concerns related to unwanted sexual behaviours in VR and
other digital play spaces.

[Potato]

Lol. BigBro442.

I'm not saying she made the whole thing up, but if you were the kind of person to make up a situation for maximum Kotaku online outrage points, this is probably the kind of username you would come up with.

[Joe Molotov]

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/MattGarrahan/status/1480556854862389251

[chronovore]

https://twitter.com/MattGarrahan/status/1480556854862389251

WTAF is that?

https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1479469656989646857

One of the better pieces I've seen about the Zuck was from a woman who interviewed him several times over many years, and she observed that he doesn't realize the impact of the kind of large scale decisions he's making. This is also likely true of anything being developed primarily by engineers without actual test runs going on, prior to wide release.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

The real meta verse is here!

https://mobile.twitter.com/ShujaUH/status/1479821836321918978

[Uncle]

how do you delude yourself into thinking you've provided the perfect orientation and viewing angle/fov for cows that isn't giving them a cross-eye or blurry image
 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

how do you delude yourself into thinking you've provided the perfect orientation and viewing angle/fov for cows that isn't giving them a cross-eye or blurry image
 

He's too busy fucking them to care.

[Potato]

Any story that begins, "A farmer in Turkey..." is bound to be
 

[Rufus]

Why?

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

I only want milk and meat from cows that are free virtual range.

[Potato]

Why?

how do you delude yourself into thinking you've provided the perfect orientation and viewing angle/fov for cows that isn't giving them a cross-eye or blurry image
 

He's too busy fucking them to care.

[Madrun Badrun]

[chronovore]

r/antiwork is such a treasure trove of "don't be a dumbass, management" - r/malicious_compliance is also dope.

[Nintex]

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Is management one person or did they make them accomplices?

[Madrun Badrun]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-teen-semi-drivers-test-apprenticeship-program-82250783

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Coming soon to a lane next to you

https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1481764407881392132

Can’t wait till 10 year olds get to drive cause Uber needs drivers.

[Nintex]

Look we have to face the fact that all this trucking is going to be automated and you will lose your job