Achmed Jones posted:

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

it was crudely hacked together in paint and the angles of the fonts dont match but anyway

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

Corla Plankun posted:

is it even possible to be cyberpunk or are we destined to just faff about until the ais take over and allow us to be cbyerpunk at their leisure?

Chris Knight posted:

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

it was crudely hacked together in paint and the angles of the fonts dont match but anyway

Kilometres Davis posted:

Doing the punk part is up to you. Cyberpunk 2019.

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

Chris Knight posted:

communism bitch posted:

Cyberpunk is real, we're in it. We just got the grey, lovely, boring cyberpunk future with hardly any mohawks or mirrorshades.

Agile Vector posted:

happy new year from 20 minutes in the future

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These are fictional magazine covers from Blade Runner created by production illustrator Tom Southwell. They only briefly appeared in the background on a magazine stand in the city streets.

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Developed by Ory, a startup that specializes in robotics for disabled people, the OriHime-D is a 120 cm (4-foot) tall robot that can be operated remotely from a paralyzed person’s home. Even if the operator only has control of their eyes, they can command OriHime-D to move, look around, speak with people, and handle objects.

Created in a collaboration between Ory, NPO Nippon Foundation, and airline ANA, Dawn ver.β is designed to resemble the titular cafe from the 2008 anime Time of Eve, which is also contributing to the project.

However, as the “beta” in its name suggests, this is a limited run and will only remain open until 7 December.

During this time a staff of ten people, with conditions such as ALS or spinal cord injuries and working from home, are paid 1,000 yen (US$8.80) an hour (a standard wage for part-time work in Japan) to serve up coffee and interact with the clientele. But more importantly than money, these people are also given a newfound independence.

SmokaDustbowl posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QBANbrDHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshgWIpcPeE

"Enough! Open up your eyes and look at the big picture; you're all puppets of corrupt politicians and capitalists."

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The eight who’ve gathered here are beset by a level of tech obsession that’s different than it is for those of us who like to say we’re addicted to our phones or an app or some new show on a streaming video service. For them, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care. We’re talking flunk-your-classes, can’t-find-a-job, live-in-a-dark-hole kinds of problems, with depression, anxiety and sometimes suicidal thoughts part of the mix.

There’s Christian, a 20-year-old college student from Wyoming who has a traumatic brain injury. His mom urged him to seek help because he was “medicating” his depression with video games and marijuana.

Seth, a 28-year-old from Minnesota, used video games and any number of things to try to numb his shame after a car he was driving crashed, seriously injuring his brother.

Wes, 21, an Eagle Scout and college student from Michigan, played video games 80 hours a week, only stopping to eat every two to three days. He lost 25 pounds and failed his classes.

Across town there is another young man who attended this meeting, before his work schedule changed — and his work places him squarely at risk of temptation.

He does cloud maintenance for a suburban Seattle tech company. For a self-described tech addict, this is like working in the lion’s den, laboring for the very industry that peddles the games, videos and other online content that long has been his vice.

“I’m like an alcoholic working at a bar,” the 27-year-old laments.

MindSet posted:

i used to think it would be cool when we got wearable tech and like transhuman implants and whatnot but now i think about how much it will suck when your Sarnsung Android powered cybereye needs to go through an OS update and you have to spend an hour blind in the morning.