A small but vital genre of homebrew portable computers is the “cyberspace deck,” in which hackers create DIY, special-purpose computers inspired by the ICE-breaking console-cowboy decks of William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive).
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A giant, novelty on/off switch…with a tiny, functional on/off switch
Redditor cobalt_brightside posted this giant, novelty on/off switch lamp that has a hilarious, tiny, functional on/off switch to control the lamp.
Reddit sounds the alarm: the EU internet proposal would end the net as we know it!
Reddit’s management have posted a long explainer on the EU’s extreme copyright proposal, which would snuff out sites like Reddit and make it impossible to start new ones. It’s a great piece, and the discussion is pretty excellent, too.
EFF and iFixit are hosting a Reddit AMA on jailbreaking TOMORROW at 11AM Pacific
Join me, EFF attorney Kit Walsh and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens — along with special guests! — in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session tomorrow (Thursday) from 11AM-3PM Pacific; we’ll be talking about the upcoming Copyright Office hearings on creating exceptions to the DMCA to make room for independent repair and security research. We’ll be live here at 11AM tomorrow! Pass it on.
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Reddit shuts down Deepfakes subreddit, home to faceswapped pornography (and some other stuff)
Reddit has shut down /r/deepfakes, the subreddit where people collaborate to produce incredibly disturbing faceswapped pornography that uses machine-learning to put the faces of famous people who aren’t pornography performers onto the bodies of people having sex in pornographic videos.
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Deepfakes has democratized the creation of extremely realistic video faceswapping, especially in porn
Late last year, a redditor called Deepfakes gained notoriety for the extremely convincing face-swap porn videos he was making, in which the faces of mainstream Hollywood actors and rockstars were convincingly overlaid on the bodies of performers in pornography.
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Change My View: the subreddit for people willing to have their most cherished beliefs challenged
In /r/changemyview/, thousands of redditors gather to carry on an explicitly, rigorously civil discourse about the subjects that matter most to them: a submitter puts forward views on subjects ranging from the correct interpretation of old movies to the suitability of Donald Trump for president, and then invites the forum to present arguments to change their mind, awarding a Δ (delta) symbol to people whose arguments cause a shift in their beliefs.
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Pizza pockets shaped like skulls
Redditor Endeavy created these Halloween-themed skull hotpockets, augmented by dribbles of red, oozing sauce; they used these cake pans to mold the crusts.
Quaker Apples & Cinnamon has “35% less sugar” because they’ve cut the portion size by 35%, while the price remains 100%
Ever since I read Michael Pollan’s advice to avoid any food whose packaging makes any nutritional claims, I’ve been a happy man — but never so much so as I realize that this rule means I would never fall prey to the latest shitty scam from the Quaker oats people.
Reddit’s Trumpkins on the Vegas shooting, before and after they learned it was a rich old white man
r/The_Donald, before: “Fuck the travel ban, forced deportation. 1 week or 10 years in jail. GTFO.” After: “Antifa? This smells like a false flag. Research this.”
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