networked computers were a mistake
thought i was writing a story about an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting undocumented immigrants. but i was actually writing a story about something worse: a crypto pump-and-dump disguised as an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting immigrants
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
‘It’s like a citizen’s arrest, but with Wi-Fi.‘
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April 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
networked computers were a mistake
so well networked they call me abraham linkedin
December 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM
so well networked they call me abraham linkedin
This should be a legal requirement for being allowed to sell networked devices.
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This should be a legal requirement for being allowed to sell networked devices.
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Look. It's fascism. It's trans-national, systematic, networked, fascism. They mean it.They're not joking. What are you going to do?
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Look. It's fascism. It's trans-national, systematic, networked, fascism. They mean it.They're not joking. What are you going to do?
We keep us safe, not creepy networked surveillance systems
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We keep us safe, not creepy networked surveillance systems
There will be no networked computers on my battlestar.
July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There will be no networked computers on my battlestar.
It's almost like… globally networked surveillance… is a really terrible idea? …Nahhhhhh
So strange how things like this keep happening with companies that make surveillance cameras.
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes
The number of affected customers has grown from 14 to 13,000.
www.theverge.com
February 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
It's almost like… globally networked surveillance… is a really terrible idea? …Nahhhhhh
i only respect videogames that don’t require an internet connection. if a game is networked in anyway it automatically loses 30 points of goodness
December 1, 2024 at 8:08 PM
i only respect videogames that don’t require an internet connection. if a game is networked in anyway it automatically loses 30 points of goodness
Nobody asked for this! Networked multiplayer for #OeufGame #GodotEngine
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nobody asked for this! Networked multiplayer for #OeufGame #GodotEngine
the only real video games in Vekllei are piece of shit networked RPGs
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
the only real video games in Vekllei are piece of shit networked RPGs
I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
This is why Admiral Adama made sure there were no networked computers on the Galactica.
It really is incredible how much analog infrastructure we have already gotten rid of under the assumption we will always have things like electricity and satellite communication
Apparently someone at the Boston Fire Department had a wonderful, vindicating day yesterday, during the 911 outage:
June 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
This is why Admiral Adama made sure there were no networked computers on the Galactica.
It’s amazing how Jeffrey Epstein networked himself with everyone that was rich, powerful or controlled levers of power.
No wonder Trump had him snuffed out! He hated the competition!
No wonder Trump had him snuffed out! He hated the competition!
February 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It’s amazing how Jeffrey Epstein networked himself with everyone that was rich, powerful or controlled levers of power.
No wonder Trump had him snuffed out! He hated the competition!
No wonder Trump had him snuffed out! He hated the competition!
It's the 4chan ethos as governance; I'm not even joking. This deep, networked cynicism about human nature has moved from margin to centre.
They need all protestors to be paid operatives because they cannot abide the possibility that somewhere in the world, people sincerely believe in standing up for others. It isn’t enough that they’ve chased all moral virtue from their own hearts. They want a world where no virtue exists in anyone.
Trump on Renee Good: "When she was shot, there was another woman that was screaming 'Shame. Shame Shame Shame.' So loud. Like a professional opera singer. She was so loud. And so professional. She wasn't a woman that was hurt like, 'Oh my heart is injured.' She was a professional."
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It's the 4chan ethos as governance; I'm not even joking. This deep, networked cynicism about human nature has moved from margin to centre.
Even my networked printer was easier to add on Linux than it was in Windows.
October 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Even my networked printer was easier to add on Linux than it was in Windows.
A judge was anonymously sent pizza deliveries in the name of her murdered son.
Other judges too have gotten similar deliveries.
This is networked incitement and harassment.
archive.is/2025.05.11-1...
Other judges too have gotten similar deliveries.
This is networked incitement and harassment.
archive.is/2025.05.11-1...
archive.is
May 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A judge was anonymously sent pizza deliveries in the name of her murdered son.
Other judges too have gotten similar deliveries.
This is networked incitement and harassment.
archive.is/2025.05.11-1...
Other judges too have gotten similar deliveries.
This is networked incitement and harassment.
archive.is/2025.05.11-1...
Pretty easy to do both: “the billionaires want to sell you shit coins and networked toothbrushes instead of building houses.”
May 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Pretty easy to do both: “the billionaires want to sell you shit coins and networked toothbrushes instead of building houses.”
When do you think we'll stop calling networked handheld computers phones? In the expanse they're always like "hand terminals" and in Star Trek they're just radios but they're "communicators"
I don't think we will change to a longer word I think phone means networked handheld computer now
I don't think we will change to a longer word I think phone means networked handheld computer now
February 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
When do you think we'll stop calling networked handheld computers phones? In the expanse they're always like "hand terminals" and in Star Trek they're just radios but they're "communicators"
I don't think we will change to a longer word I think phone means networked handheld computer now
I don't think we will change to a longer word I think phone means networked handheld computer now
we got a new networked laser printer at work and it's a Brother and i'm almost mad about how seamlessly it started working immediately.
May 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
we got a new networked laser printer at work and it's a Brother and i'm almost mad about how seamlessly it started working immediately.
internet cafe (w/ networked games), tokyo, japan (2001) archive.org/details/play...
May 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM
internet cafe (w/ networked games), tokyo, japan (2001) archive.org/details/play...
I may say more later but part of what some of us need to understand is that the right has built an entirely distinct civic society, with its own hierarchy and (mostly networked) cultural institutions. That includes celebrity.
“The convergence of influencer culture and venture capital is part of a broader shift reshaping America’s institutions.”
Jake Paul may have gotten his jaw broken on Netflix, but he and his $65 million fortune are laughing their way into Silicon Valley boardrooms | Fortune
“We’re going to do amazing things in 2026,” said Steve Han, a partner at Paul's Anti Fund, told Fortune. “And then hopefully we'll show it over YouTube.”
fortune.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I may say more later but part of what some of us need to understand is that the right has built an entirely distinct civic society, with its own hierarchy and (mostly networked) cultural institutions. That includes celebrity.
Absolutely this thread.
And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!
And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!
It's important to remember that the AI doom scenario assumes not only that intelligence is a single well-defined thing, but also that intelligence solves literally every single problem, and that in every conflict overwhelming intelligence always wins. This is just not how anything works.
October 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Absolutely this thread.
And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!
And also: computation is not intelligence, no matter how resourced or networked!