As a fellow Jew, I agree, but it’s worth noting. I wouldn’t ever call someone an antisemite for referring to someone as a lizard-person, because at this point no one intends it that way. I have a friend who’s pretty receptive to social justice issues and mentioned it to her recently just as an interesting point of conversation.

The reptilian conspiracy theory can be considered at least antisemitism-adjacent, which makes its popularity with respect to Zuckerberg… interesting.

Also there’s lead in perovskite! This stuff is sounding better by the minute.

Interesting quote from the article… I’m certainly of the opinion that the fediverse is the way to go, but I’ve seen misgivings on lemmy about the complexity of the multiple servers. Maybe it’s just an issue of unfamiliarity? Or is it truly too complicated? It doesn’t seem that Byzantine to me, but then I do have a background in IT.

It started in October with a wave of defections to Mastodon, an open source, ad-free, decentralized community that was hosted on an archipelago of independent servers. For the briefest of moments, everyone seemed to agree that this brainy successor was destined to save social media. But the enthusiasm quickly waned as people struggled to navigate the platform’s sprawling “Fediverse,” and the Twitter exodus flowed elsewhere. Media obsessives gravitated toward Post, a news-heavy platform founded by Noam Bardin, the former CEO of Waze. “Mastodon is complicated and unsatisfying,” tweeted Kelda Roys, a Democratic state senator in Wisconsin. “Post could be a winner if there were a critical mass there.”

Can’t wait to hear what the dealership has to say when I ask them how to access my telematics data.

I could see using this as a replacement for a monitor, keyboard & mouse. The resolution is there unlike in other VR headsets to date, and the eye tracking and other controls seem slick. The price tag is high, but considering the tech in this thing, understandable.

Of course comparisons to the iPhone abound, but the iPhone launched as sort of a “better Blackberry” at a starting price of $500. The world was more than ready for it, and Apple’s timing was perfect. I’m not sure you can say the same for XR.