Curious Quokka @Obscurequokka@social.privacytools.io

@joshbdoc I agree with you in an ideal world. :)
But these objects are useful and provide value to people.
The trick is to balance privacy and convenience, else most average folks will always default to convenience.

@isagalaev
Fair point.
When I use "100%" I mean the convenience of sitting in the passenger's seat while the car drives itself- reading, watching a movie, working, etc.
Do you think the tech is close to that vision?

If you like the benefits that smart speakers provide but don't want to be tracked and tagged 24X7.

https://paranoid.com/products

More of such innovative solutions please!
Ones that offer a balance between convenience and #privacy
#tech

@leofebey
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@StrawberryShortcake
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@codebus
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@autumn
Those are fair points.
Congestion and a clean environment are two major issues that any driving tech should strive to solve.
I've heard utopian rumours of a self driving, optimized, on-demand fleet of cars, running 100% on renewable tech. But after seeing over a dozen cycles of tech hype, I have become wary of them, if not downright jaded.

What do folks think about self driving #cars #vehicles?
Hype or not?
I personally think that the technology is still too far out to be 100% automated in dense areas.

@isagalaev
Exactly!
I had to soon unfollow them for these precise reasons.
I too have engaged in way too many pointless discussions on other forums, only to feel emotionally exhausted at the end of the day with no one changing their minds.
Was determined not to let it happen here on Mastodon.

@Kraken I am trying to eat more vegan, so some satan would be nice

This kinda goes back to the problem that birdsite/bigblue seem to be trying to solve- how to customize your feed based on who you want to hear more from.
While their intentions are a bit more pernicious, I don't envy them here.

Just had to unfollow someone.
Not coz of their political views, but because their feed was nothing but politics.
It's exhausting yo!

@squidtarts
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Some of the new folks I've followed are... interesting.
Like full on conspiracy theory nuts.
But I'd much rather follow them rather be stuck in my own ideological echo chamber.
If anything it makes me question, modify and sometimes even strengthen my own beliefs.
#communities
#ideology
#socialmedia
#right
#left
#center

Enjoying my latest hobby
#microscopy
Learning, both the science and the instrument, is challenging but fun!
My best discovery so far was looking into a sample from my shower drain and finding tiny bugs crawling in it 🐛🥴
Needless to say I cleaned it next morning lol
#science
#homelab #microbes
#biology

@nathand
You can do it buddy!!

@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat
Thanks for sharing this!

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