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Dear fellow European software engineers,

Don’t. Just don’t. How much can they pay you to better enslave humanity by helping them improve their panopticon? No amount is worth having to live with this complicity.

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Facebook announces 10,000 EU jobs to build 'metaverse'

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marius
marius
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Dear @aral stop being melodramatic and judgemental. Sincerely, a Europen software engineer that shares your view.
@Aral Balkan
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smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
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Yes, it is not just FB working on it. Apple is also apparently preparing big time internally. AR will be the worst if flashy gadgets entice oblivious teenagers all over the world to wear AI enhanced camera devices in their glasses and such. Fun filters placed over reality, and everything is a good laugh, going viral, etc.. meanwhile dystopia looms large.
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Dr Brian of London (Dev)🖥
Dr Brian of London (Dev)🖥
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trying to buy off European regulations. It will probably work.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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They knew it all along… that’s how they have the Irish government by the balls and why there’s practically-speaking no GDPR enforcement whatsoever to speak of.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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🤗 back :)
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clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
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@Midder@Aral Balkan 5 years later: We tried to make it open and interoperable but failed due to everybody else's fault. We'll accept the burden of managing this for now.
@Aral Balkan @Midder

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