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So, Neuralink got FDA approval for human trials, and a certain fanbase is VERY excited about that (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by abieNathanTheyThem@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Commodification of everything you think off Past/Present/Future.

https://fosstodon.org/@jimsalter/110441094176772187

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[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 157 points 2 years ago (5 children)

and 3 years later they'll end the support.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

[–] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 55 points 2 years ago

That's a new hell-on-eath I wasn't aware of. Yikes.

[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A good argument for open source

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love my FLOSS penis

[–] oce@jlai.lu 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, soft-ware?

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes it's hardware

[–] ReversalHatchery 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sometimes software, sometimes hardware.. it's the new semi-ware!

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

That's actually where the term "firmware" comes from!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Lol, flaccidware

[–] manned_meatball@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

And even if open source doesn't fit their business model for any reason, there should be regulations that force these companies to open source everything in any situation that they stop offering support.

[–] Frigidlollipop@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Terrifying. No government bailout for improving people's life quality...

[–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, they're far too busy using taxpayer money to bail out banks and businesses that are "too big to fail".

[–] fades 17 points 2 years ago

Wow that made me so fucking uncomfortable, from the serious adverse affects requiring surgical intervention, the company trying to shout down negativity and just leaving these poor people to continue suffering….

It’s all so horrid, I can’t imagine the stress and impact

[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for sharing.