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0 pointssystemvoltage3y ago0 comments

Well, a lot has changed on HN. I used to agree with half of the people here. Now, it is less than 5%, usually gray comments.

I think it is not just HN, the society itself has devolved and going into the toilet. Or it could just be that I have changed, but that's easily litmus tested by just reading old threads which I still agree with (pre-2019).

Regarding physical stuff, just the other day people love the idea of QR codes in restaurants with no opposition to the totalitarian digital state we're slowly building. Same goes with security cameras, cashless payments, parking apps, esim, covid QR codes, etc.

QR codes are extensively used in China for tracking people everywhere.

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int_19h3y ago

How does a QR code in a restaurant translate to a "totalitarian digital state"? It's just a machine-readable link, nothing more.

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0 pointssystemvoltage3y ago0 comments

Well, a lot has changed on HN. I used to agree with half of the people here. Now, it is less than 5%, usually gray comments.

QR codes are extensively used in China for tracking people everywhere.