MachineMachine /stream - search for social https://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress therourke@gmail.com <![CDATA[A Virtual Reality Sex Worker Was Denied Entry to the U.S. for ‘Prostitution’]]> https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34p5a/a-virtual-reality-sex-worker-was-denied-entry-to-the-us-for-prostitution

Hex makes a living in virtual reality. She’s an online sex worker, hosting shows and posting photos and videos from social VR platform VRChat to her Fansly account, a subscription site for erotic content.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 04:27:38 -0700 https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34p5a/a-virtual-reality-sex-worker-was-denied-entry-to-the-us-for-prostitution
<![CDATA[Meta is making life even harder for Horizon Worlds creators - The Verge]]> https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23717618/meta-metaverse-creators-horizon-worlds-events

Meta will no longer let creators using its Horizon Worlds social VR playscape make dedicated events, the company announced as part of the platform’s v109 update notes on Tuesday. It’s a surprising shutdown of a feature that some creators hoped would someday see improvements.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 04:27:37 -0700 https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23717618/meta-metaverse-creators-horizon-worlds-events
<![CDATA[The humanist left must challenge the rise of cyborg socialism]]> https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2018/04/humanist-left-must-challenge-rise-cyborg-socialism

Undiagnosed by the mainstream media and much of the academic community, a major intellectual renewal is underway across the left. It is energetic and tech-savvy, building platforms such as Novara Media.

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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:33:11 -0800 https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2018/04/humanist-left-must-challenge-rise-cyborg-socialism
<![CDATA[Jeff Bezos Rowing Boat]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8

Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/bobbyfingers

Or you can buy me a coffee here. https://ko-fi.com/bobbyfingers

UPDATE : THE TREASURE HAS BEEN FOUND BY A PATRON!!!

Produced by Rob Sutton and Bobby Fingers.

Thanks to the good people of ODYSSEY STUDIOS https://www.odysseystudios.ie/

Click for KING KONG COMPANY https://youtu.be/_A13Mv5dchI?si=C2wBpJBQPnsj4dr8

Big thanks to L. Sierakowski for the use of his beautiful music. https://furniture-music.bandcamp.com

Thanks to Esref Akinci, Ossman Yetkin and Dr. Nihat Cicek at Holiday Estetic https://holidayestetic.com/

Amazon march footage courtesy of Shabbir Lakha/Rank and FIle Combine https://www.instagram.com/shabbirlakha/ CHECK HIM OUT!!!! AMAZING PERSON!!!

Director of Photography - Shane Serrano - https://www.shaneserrano.com/

Additional Camera work by Rob Sutton https://www.instagram.com/rob.sutton/ Clem McInerney (Water Cinematography) https://clemmcinerney.com/ Shane Joyce https://www.instagram.com/shanej0yce/ Alex Genn-Bash https://www.instagram.com/shuttermug/ Berke Beyazpınar https://www.instagram.com/berkebeyazpinar/ Emma McNamara https://www.instagram.com/rc86maker/ Jason Flood (whats your social Jason?)

Music by Bobby Fingers Cillian King https://www.instagram.com/cillianking/ Daniel luke https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MqR9hflQxb3YzurijtPB3 Luís Sierakowski https://furniture-music.bandcamp.com Boris Sevastyanov https://www.fiverr.com/composerr Michael Hennessy and all the guys in Harmony Bro, Mens Choir in Ennis.

Sound Recordist - Eoin Gleeson https://www.instagram.com/eoingleeson/

Visual Effects by Ray Sullivan https://www.instagram.com/directedbyray/

Additional editing by Rob Sutton and Nathan Campion https://www.instagram.com/nathanthecampionoftheworld/

Makeup by Sadhbh Nic Uidhir https://www.instagram.com/sadhbhniqueer/ Clodagh McInerney

Costumes by Gerdi McGlynn Pamela McGlynn Grace Burke Sarah Allen

Jet Ski Operator - James Monaghan

The Pirates were played by Jean McGlynn Michael O'Donoghue Mike Finnernanan Martin Cooke Nhlanhla Banda Cein Daly Shane Davis Luke McEvoy Isaac Bryant Cian Egan Matt Kelly Darren O'Carroll Tobi Omoteso Conor McNelis Robert Walsh

Special thanks to Shirani Bolle, Díní McGlynn, Romee Mcglynn, Antoinette Bolle, Wayne Cuddy, Dominic Yard http://www.thisisyard.com/ Ali Day, Rebecca Ní Churnáin, Mick Dolan and all the gang at Dolans, Rebecca Pearson, Bec Hill, Matt Parker, Dr. Billy Fingers, Gary MacMahon, Brian O'Brien, Mike Hogan, Bono Kavanagh, Emma Tierney, Steve Lock and the gang at Soho theatre, Conor O'Brien, Laura Davoren, Paul Ryan from Film In Limerick, Keelan Christie, Mary Gallagher Cooke, Brendan Kennedy from Panda.ie. Thanks to John and all the lads in Mungret Civic Ameneties, Elle Coughlan, Alan Ward and the guys in the National 50m Pool in UL.

If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know, I can add your name in here very easily.

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:00:06 -0800 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8
<![CDATA[An Illustrated Field Guide to Social Media | Knight First Amendment Institute]]> https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/an-illustrated-field-guide-to-social-media

This field guide looks at social media that works on different “logics” than do Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. It features communities that have tried consciously to use different models than surveillance capitalism and includes the work of collaborators in other countries and subcultures.

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Wed, 12 Jul 2023 06:33:12 -0700 https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/an-illustrated-field-guide-to-social-media
<![CDATA[On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world | Viruses | The Guardian]]> https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/may/09/on-the-trail-of-the-dark-avenger-the-most-dangerous-virus-writer-in-the-world

In the 1980s, there was no better place than Bulgaria for virus lovers. The socialist country – plagued by hyperinflation, crumbling infrastructure, food and petrol rationing, daily blackouts and packs of wild dogs in its streets – had become one of the hottest hi-tech zones on the planet.

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Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:51:24 -0700 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/may/09/on-the-trail-of-the-dark-avenger-the-most-dangerous-virus-writer-in-the-world
<![CDATA[AI art is only good for hollow, hotel lobby pieces - New Statesman]]> https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/ai-art-hollow-hotel-lobby

An AI-generated image. Illustration by MoiraM/Alamy How much would you be willing to pay an artist for a portrait? £500? £200? How about $7.99 for 50? Over the last few days my social media feeds have been dominated by friends sharing Lensa selfies.

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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:53:21 -0800 https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/ai-art-hollow-hotel-lobby
<![CDATA[The People Cheering for Humanity’s End - The Atlantic]]> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/

With this declaration in The Order of Things (1966), the French philosopher Michel Foucault heralded a new way of thinking that would transform the humanities and social sciences.

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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:53:19 -0800 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/
<![CDATA[AI art is only good for hollow, hotel lobby pieces - New Statesman]]> https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/ai-art-hollow-hotel-lobby

An AI-generated image. Illustration by MoiraM/Alamy How much would you be willing to pay an artist for a portrait? £500? £200? How about $7.99 for 50? Over the last few days my social media feeds have been dominated by friends sharing Lensa selfies.

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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 01:53:21 -0800 https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/12/ai-art-hollow-hotel-lobby
<![CDATA[The People Cheering for Humanity’s End - The Atlantic]]> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/

With this declaration in The Order of Things (1966), the French philosopher Michel Foucault heralded a new way of thinking that would transform the humanities and social sciences.

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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 01:53:19 -0800 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/
<![CDATA[The “algospeak” dialect. An emerging vocabulary designed to… | by Cory Doctorow | Apr, 2022 | Medium]]> https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7

The first social media — blogs — were built on the idea of “user-pull” (users would decide which creators to follow) and “reverse chrono” (users received the most recent posts first).

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:52:59 -0700 https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7
<![CDATA[Why longtermism is the world’s most dangerous secular credo | Aeon Essays]]> https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo

There seems to be a growing recognition that humanity might be approaching the ‘end times’. Dire predictions of catastrophe clutter the news. Social media videos of hellish wildfires, devastating floods and hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients dominate our timelines.

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:52:00 -0700 https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo
<![CDATA[The “algospeak” dialect. An emerging vocabulary designed to… | by Cory Doctorow | Apr, 2022 | Medium]]> https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7

The first social media — blogs — were built on the idea of “user-pull” (users would decide which creators to follow) and “reverse chrono” (users received the most recent posts first).

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:52:59 -0700 https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7
<![CDATA[Why longtermism is the world’s most dangerous secular credo | Aeon Essays]]> https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo

There seems to be a growing recognition that humanity might be approaching the ‘end times’. Dire predictions of catastrophe clutter the news. Social media videos of hellish wildfires, devastating floods and hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients dominate our timelines.

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:52:00 -0700 https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo
<![CDATA[MiSTer FPGA in 2022: A Primer Guide to Retro Gaming's Hardware Emulator / MY LIFE IN GAMING]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhT6YYRH1EI

Coury and Try go over what it's like to get started with the MiSTer FPGA project in 2022 - the parts you need, the processes required to set it up, what you need to do to get great audio and video, and what kinds of fun things you can do with the many console, computer, handheld, and arcade cores! You might just see that it isn't nearly as hard as you thought it was!

► Resources

► MiSTer Development & Documentation :: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel :: https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_MiSTer/

► MiSTer Social Resources :: https://misterfpga.org/ :: https://discord.gg/misterfpga

► MiSTer YouTube Resources :: https://www.youtube.com/MiSTerFPGA :: https://www.youtube.com/MiSTerWalrusFPGA :: https://www.youtube.com/VideoGameEsoterica

:: https://www.youtube.com/LusRetroSource

► Chapters 00:00 - Opening 1:55 - Part 1: MiSTer Overview 6:45 - Part 2: Core Focus: Atari Consoles, ColecoVision and other Pre-NES Consoles 12:06 - Part 3: Building your MiSTer 19:26 - Part 4: Core Focus: NES and Super NES 27:38 - Part 5: Setting up the SD Card 33:34 - Part 6: Core Focus: PC-Engine/Turbografx-16 & Neo Geo 44:18 - Part 7: MiSTer OS, Input Options and other Odds 'n Ends 53:51 - Part 8: Universal MiSTer Settings, Editing the .ini File 01:05:16 - Part 9: Core Focus: Sega Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega CD 01:20:16 - Part 10: MiSTer Audio and Video Settings 01:37:07 - Part 11: Core Preview: MiSTer PlayStation 1 01:43:32 - Part 12: Core Focus: 486 PC, Commodore 64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Sharp X68000 02:10:07 - Part 13: Core Focus: Game Boy / Color, Game Boy Advance, WonderSwan, Atari Lynx 02:25:25 - Part 14: Core Focus: Capcom CPS-1 & CPS-2, Sega System-16 and more Classic Arcade Games 02:37:02 - Ending


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Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:00:35 -0700 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhT6YYRH1EI
<![CDATA[Pause for Thought]]> https://pauseforthought.net/bibliography/

One of the aims of the Pause for Thought project is to contribute to the study of how social acceleration and the increasing rate at which media are changing impacts contemporary society and politics.

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Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:33:24 -0700 https://pauseforthought.net/bibliography/
<![CDATA[I gave my microwave a soul with AI and it tried to kill me]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G5b_2PYj0

Share this so it isn't my last episode. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/SrDAqQzQ

✳ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=711561 ✳ Twitter: http://twitter.com/_lucasrizzotto ✳ Facebook: http://facebook.com/lucasrizzotto ✳ Instagram: http://instagram.com/_lucasrizzotto ✳ Website: http://lucasrizzotto.com]

Thanks for the wild ride, friends. This one was a joy (and hell) to make. Make sure you follow me closely on social media - got some big announcements to make this week!

I really appreciate you all, specially those of you who dig deep into the description to find hidden bits like this :)

This channel never really blew up the way I thought it would but it brought me close with some of the most passionate people I've ever seen and I'll always be eternally grateful.

Love ya,

Swooty McBooty

Special thanks to: Austin Beaulier (for helping me get the epic smooth shots in the memories sequence) Cix Liv (for all his expert insight as Dimitri) Max Noir (for dealing with all the bs of making this video for almost a year lmao) Stephen Hodgson (for helping out hugely with GPT-3 code)

Chapters!

00:00 - Teaser 00:38 - Introduction 02:35 - Jeff Bezos' Tale 04:22 - The Brain Transplant 05:07 - GIANT METAL DEATH MACHINES 06:00 - Okay Let Me Explain GPT-3 For Real Now lol 07:10 - Writing Fake Memories 09:30 - PLOT TWIST! An Old Friend 11:20 - Ad-Break 12:24 - The Conversation Begins 13:36 - Microwave Gets Personal 14:45 - Microwave Politics 15:43 - Oh God He Likes Hitler 16:18 - Dramatic Question Montage 19:34 - Unintended Consequences 20:19 - Microwave PTSD Montage 21:12 - The Murder Attempt 23:04 - Lucas Moves Far Away... 23:33 - ... To Uganda LOL 24:22 - Haunted By Nightmares 24:53 - Talking to an Expert 26:34 - Is Magnetron Fake? 27:06 - The Final Conversation 30:12 - Goodbye, Magnetron 31:34 - Is it over? 32:15 - Outro / Sad Announcements 34:20 - Goodbyes & Reminiscing

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Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:00:11 -0800 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G5b_2PYj0
<![CDATA[The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism - In These Times]]> https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-ticking-bomb-of-crypto-fascism

Making predictions about looming social and political catastrophes is a dicey business, because most of the exciting things in history did not happen predictably. You can try to draw historic parallels based on broad economic or cultural trends.

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Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:52:38 -0800 https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-ticking-bomb-of-crypto-fascism
<![CDATA[Lemmings: Can You Dig It? (Full 2 Hour Documentary - 30th Anniversary Feature Retrospective)]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAVNKdk9gA

Play Lemmings now on iOS and Android: https://bit.ly/PlayLemmings

Watch the true story of Lemmings - from the computer rooms in Dundee to the world-changing UK games scene that exists today; through the voices of those who were there at the time and those who grew up playing it.

The documentary features: Adrian Powell (original Lemmings cover artist), Alyson Conway (sculpture artist), Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson, (ex-DMA), Chris Scullion (journalist), Chris van der Kuyl (developer & Kingsway Club alumni), Eli Mouawad (streamer), Enrique Hervas (Lead Designer at Exient), Gary Penn (ex-DMA & journalist), Gary Timmons (ex-DMA), Gary Whitta (screen writer & journalist), Ian Hetherington (ex-Psygnosis), Jake Montanarini (Norwich University), James Roadley-Battin (Art Director at Exient), Kish Hirani (BAME In Games, ex-PlayStation), Larry Bundy Jr (TV presenter, YouTuber), Mike Dailly (ex-DMA), Nia Wearn (Deep Silver), Nick Gorse (Coventry University), Paul Farley (ex-DMA), Peter Molyneux (games industry legend), Robin Gray (Gayming Magazine), Russell Kay (ex-DMA), Ryan Locke (Abertay University), Silvio Micalef (Lead Artist at Exient), Steve Hammond (ex-DMA), Tim Wright (ex-DMA), Trista Bytes (superfan, YouTuber) and more.

Follow us on Social Media:

https://twitter.com/exient/ https://www.instagram.com/lemmingsofficial/ https://exient.io/

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Mon, 14 Feb 2022 04:00:12 -0800 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAVNKdk9gA
<![CDATA[If NFTs Were Honest | Honest Ads (Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki, CloneX Parody)]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG_v4bb2e4k

What if NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki, CloneX, and other such stupid crap were actually honest about what they were?

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SOURCES: https://www.cracked.com/article_31914_nfts-are-so-so-dumb.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/nfts-werent-supposed-end-like/618488/ https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/20/22334527/nft-scams-artists-opensea-rarible-marble-cards-fraud-art https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nft-fraud-qinni-art https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/ https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/3123302/would-you-pay-us590000-meme-nyan-cat-just-sold-six https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/nft_users/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/14/irs-is-probing-the-dark-web-to-look-for-cryptocurrency-nft-tax-evasion.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgzed/what-the-hell-is-right-clicker-mentality https://kotaku.com/nft-buyers-scammed-as-creator-bails-who-could-possibly-1847806528 https://hyperallergic.com/702309/artists-say-plagiarized-nfts-are-plaguing-their-community/ https://news.bitcoin.com/nft-criticism-heightens-skeptic-calls-tech-a-house-of-cards-claims-nfts-will-be-broken-in-a-decade/ https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447690/link-rot-research-new-york-times-domain-hijacking https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/interpol-david-lynch-nft-collaboration-1248376/ https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/how-brands-are-using-nfts-continually-updated-list/2376086 https://www.theverge.com/22683766/nft-scams-theft-social-engineering-opensea-community-recovery https://kotaku.com/nft-buyers-scammed-as-creator-bails-who-could-possibly-1847806528

Roger Horton: Jack Hunter Artist: Darnell Eaton Writer: Mark Hill Director: Jordan Breeding Art Director/Assistant Director: Andy Newman Director of Photography: Dave Brown Editor: Jordan Breeding Sound: Mike Schoen Key Production Assistant: Jose Brown Set Production Assistant/Art: James Satterfield Teleprompter: Hillary Shea

Mark's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehil Mark's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087SDX4L5 Jordan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_J_Breeding Jordan’s Writing Portfolio: https://thejordanbreedingblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/portfolio/ Dave’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deforestbrown/

00:00 - If NFTs Were Honest 05:18 - Darnell Is Going To Be Famous

NFT #Crypto #NFTExplained

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