For the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with bringing my desktop screens into VR. It's getting there. The folks at Immersed have thought through working in a VR environment. And I'm happy to say the #Linux support is solid. Has anyone else tried this?

Today I learned my little town has 14 cameras that have spied on 167,157 different drivers in the last 30 days using surveillance as a service. https://transparency.flocksafety.com/arlington-pd-wa The company makes these "transparency portals" in an attempt to seem on the same level. The reality is that they are selling solar-powered LTE-connected spy devices that allow law enforcement access to the data without a warrant. And possibly a lot more than law enforcement. The company boasts that its tech can't be fooled by plate swapping: "Identify vehicles by make, color, decals; transforming footage into actionable evidence. No plate required." They take care of everything; you just gotta give them some of that sweet tax revenue: "We service, maintain, and take care of your cameras bundled into one straightforward subscription fee." And the worst part is I have no way to opt-out; I can't think of a defense against this that is practical and legal.

Someone needs to break the news to this lazy dog it's almost show time. Today we're going to give a stab at introducing NixOS to perfectly happy Debian and and Fedora users... No idea we'll pull it off. Will be live in just about an hour if you want to join us search for "Jupiter Station" in your Podcasting 2.0 app of choice! Producer Levi the poddog is a professional, and he'll be joining us in studio. Just after someone feeds him. 😆 First to bed, last out of bed. Every day. https://image.nostr.build/1571fb2e1adfbbbf78562a8faed6b7ef7ab149f962f4b9d5be3d2bce42164871.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=756x1008&alt=Lazy+Levi+&blurhash=_IHw%5BL9G%7EBNI58adIp0L4.-nRQ%250xZbb%5D%7C%3FbRjNItQs.s%2C4%3B-%3BjEs%3AI%3AIpSio%23M_IWsns.oJjXb_Ri-%3Bk8NbozW%3FOYIVNKjEaeobaJt6NKRit6tRRjtSRibJxtRno0a%23V%40&x=0f73c445bc7e71d5133363c26f66fdcd798df91302f0ebc19642e04426221969

This is Ian Sherr.. Ian claims Google and others are doing layoffs because we're "seeing the growth of AI a lot more than we expected," so the "tech world" has been "forced to re-think the way they do things". After all, "consumer and business adoption" is growing SO FAST. So Ian, are you just gaslighting or whitewashing the glutinous tech over highering during COVID-19? Ian describes himself as a "news AI-startup founder & tech contributor for CBS." But the best I can tell is he's just making shit up that fits the "AI is going to steal yer jerbs" narrative that he and others like him have been FUD pumping for the last 8+ months. It's a big tech spin and denialism about a building-crushing recession all in one stupid package. The logic falls apart; there is no serious adoption of AI at scale. There are lots of ideas and tons of hype. But AI is not revolutionizing 25+-year-old companies in six months. They don't do anything in six-month time frames. The entire idea that an AI boom is forcing layoffs is silly. So we're just left with layoffs. The question is, why now? Are they bracing for something? https://video.nostr.build/cb2837259995731a02d26ed6fff59916edde69cd0f0881b54b1c337a622ae0f1.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=1280x720&alt=I+am+Sherr%27s+bad+take&blurhash=iBAS*%2C%25G11R.%3DGS%259s-V-7%24yRkIoRjV%5BWBS5xZxu0%7DtS%7D%3FxtEiaJw%24ELI%3AI%5BV%3DxGNGNGs%3BxVX9WV-oxsNxNefRxZxWf7NG&x=6038f8406b26b2a9dc2fc25a666be75ce1373d1a942e23c6e923f69180107998