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Cyberpunk

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"High tech, low life."

"The street finds its own uses for things."

We all know the quotes and the books. But cyberpunk is more than a neon-soaked, cybernetic aesthetic, or a gritty dystopian science fiction genre. It is a subculture composed of two fundamental ideas: PUNK, and CYBER.

The PUNK: antiauthoritarian, anticapitalist, radical freedom of expression, rejection of tradition, a DIY ethic.

The CYBER: all that, but high-fuckin'-tech, ya feel? From DIYing body mods to using bleeding edge software to subvert corporate interests. It's punk for the 22nd century.

This is a community dedicated to discussing anything cyberpunk, be it books, movies, or other art that falls into the genre, or real life tech, projects, stories, ideas or anything else that adheres to these ideals. It's a place for 'punks from all over the federated Net to hang out and swap stories and meaningful content (not just pictures of city nightscapes).

Welcome in, choom.

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This is the smartwatch I own. True netrunners know that the tech we wear on (or under) our skin is a prime entry vector for ever hungry megacorps to bleed the pulsing data from our digital veins, so having a wearable I have full control over is of paramount importance. I can flash it with new firmware whenever I want, the multiple open source options available are all an open book to any hacker worth their cyberlinguistic salt, and I can know for a fact that it won't phone home with my location or other data to any corporation behind the scenes. If we are all going to be cyborgs integrating technology onto and eventually into our bodies, better to control that tech ourselves!

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[–] cassetti@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I love the concept. I'm all for open tech. Eventually I'd love to have an open-source AI smart home system. But I am absolutely not installing an Alexa or Google home in my house for the obvious reasons

[–] hurricane155@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Home Assistant is great. Fairly friendly to set up (not a easy as Google and such) an HD will integrate with tonnes of brands

[–] sab@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's Mycroft ( @mycroft_ai ), which carries most of the potential in open source home assistants, but seems to struggle to take of.

Personally I'm an open source enthusiast and the last thing I'd want is this type of technology installed in my house, open source or not. I suspect people like me are the reason this project struggles to gain more traction...

[–] cassetti@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's gonna be a long time before I let any smart devices with cameras or microphones in my house (besides my phone, lol). And why I have two different networks - one for my IOT devices, and for my personal network of devices. Although in this era, it's safe to simply assume someone is always watching if there's a camera or microphone nearby.