All the stories on the FP are about labor relations and corporate shenanigans. So anyway, do you like Star Trek or Star Wars better? Anybody still ike to read old school sci fi, for example I really love Poul Anderson’s Polesotechnic League stories - the swashbuckling adventures of intersteller trador Nicholas van Rijn and his Solar Spice and Liquors company, David Falkayne, et al. Good old basic space opera.

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    At time of writing, the top posts on this sub are about meta’s influence over politics, the enduring value of physical media, someone made an art gallery in doom, and Meta’s lack of censorship and how that affects minorities. This community is absolutely on topic discussing technology news and if you think otherwise, you are being absurd.

    If you’re looking for articles about how some university claims they’ve invented a new battery 1 million times as powerful, stop diluting yourself. “Corporate shenanigans” of big tech companies IS TECHNOLOGY NEWS. Any statement to the contrary is pure hallucination about a world that never existed.

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      Following that line of reasoning, Zuckerberg buying a yacht is also tech news. 🙄

      You’re the one being absurd.

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      These people just want to talk about gadgets and none of the political implications, even though those implications are unavoidable. They are the classic centrist “apolitical” people who don’t realise they have politics, but they’re just default status quo acceptance and ignorance of oppression.

      This is just an old man yelling at clouds. If the mods of this sub wanted to change the topics, they could, but it would probably tank the sub. The people complaining could start their own sub with their own rules, but I’ll bet it’s not nearly as popular. Plus it takes work, and people who think it’s a good use of their time to passive-aggressively whine about a sub they don’t maintain aren’t going to do that much work. They’re not cut out for it.

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      stop diluting yourself.

      I hate to be that guy, but… it’s “deluding” in this context, unless OP is adding water to their body.

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      You mentioned a couple technical items but right now here are the top stories:

      • Anti-LGBTQ+ speech is welcome at Meta, pro is not
      • Tiktok tells LA staff to use PTO if they can’t work from home
      • More LGBTQ+ stuff at Meta
      • Spat between Tencent and US Defense Dept
      • Something about USB logos simplifying branding
      • UN opinion on taking down hate speech
      • Viral ChatGPT-powered sentry gun shut down by OpenAI - HUZZAH! This article actually talks about the technology!!!
      • Brazil complains about Meta’s new fact-check policies
      • Unionization of the video game industry
      • Meta disbands diversity team
      • Lenovo making rollable OLED screens for laptops - WELL HEY THERE - ANOTHER TECHH ARTICLE!
      • Complaining about bots on Lemmy
      • It’s Total Chaos at Meta!
      • Doom in an art gallery
      • Google throws money at Trump inauguration
      • New fast-charging lithium battery - HOLY CRAP, A THIRD TECHNICAL TOPIC OUT OF 16 - why, It’s practically raining tech in here!
      • This post about science fiction, The next thing is about a Supreme Court ruling on Tiktok.

      I think I’ve made my point. There’s almost no reason someone’s interest in technology would bring them here. It’s mostly political, social and business issues that happen to pertain to tech companies.

      /unsubscribe

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        Your post inspired me to share a video about some wacky CES products.

        I think I committed a few cardinal sins because it did not go well. Haha