China Vows to Centralize Tech Development Under Communist Party
China Vows to Centralize Tech Development Under Communist Party
China’s ruling Communist Party will play a bigger role in steering its vast technology industry, the latest sign that Beijing intends to exert more influence over swathes of the world’s No. 2 economy.
Under authoritarian communist rule, you won’t have the freedom to become a billionaire and create a lethal VR headset because you were inspired by a mid anime
the fact that the ceo of a us offense contractor is a soa fan is horrifying
“I have plans for an anti-tamper mechanism that, like the NerveGear, will make it impossible to remove or destroy the headset,”
100% he's planning to press-gang drone pilots using these things
“The good news is that we are halfway to making a true NerveGear. The bad news is that so far, I have only figured out the half that kills you,” Luckey said.
Billionaires are the best and brightest and deserve what they have
that's a pretty good tongue in cheek line for his styrofoam photo-op product
what concerns me more is that he's a defense contractor. the fuck is the pentagon doing with TV screen buckets?
He tied them to a narrow-band photo sensor that detects the headset views a specific red screen that flashes at a specific frequency. “When an appropriate game-over screen is displayed, the charges fire, instantly destroying the brain of the user,” Luckey said.
Janky bulkshit kills you when someone uses a TV remote nearby.
"worlds number two economy" ... grasping onto the last remaining vestiges of absolute cope they have left
I love the argument against PPP. "They're only the largest if we're talking about buying products with money!"
These are also the people that will jump on any chance to rail against China for artificially devaluing their currency to cheat and make their exports unfairly out-compete domestic production in the West. Which if it's true is the only reason their nominal GDP is as small as it is.
The comments under this article on .ml are comical.
but don't you see???? Soviet Union no cybernetics gommulism is finished!
The Singularity Will Be Communist
Calling IT Support to hook up the communism button
Is there a mirror that doesn’t require me to sign up?
Off to write a handwringing Op Ed about how China is about to fall behind in vital shitcoin technologies.
Gonna be so funny if the next five year plan includes a GPU that can run Cyberpunk at 4k 60 frames.