You know, if you'd asked me ten years ago what the most likely path to affordable, consumer-grade direct neural interface technology was, I absolutely would not have said "furry vtubers looking for a way to control their avatars' non-human body parts without needing to take their hands off their XBox controllers", but in retrospect I'm not even slightly surprised.

Burger King Internet corner, New York (1998)

“program is preventing shutdown” ..heh… i tried playing nice….. i tried giving you the chance to die on your own terms… but now, you’ve done it. now you’ve Reeeally done it. so here’s what’s going to happen. i’m going to hold down the power button. manually. and i’m going to hold it down for as LONG as it takes…. for you to QUIT. RUNNING. you think youre important? you think your program is.. IMPORTANT?!?? listen to me. no program…. no matter what. no matter how… “important” you THINK you are…. NO. FUCKING. PROGRAM. is ever gonna stop ME from shutting down THIS. COMPUTER.

Y2k Memories: Transparent Technology

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BSOD v2 Tulip Field

Longhorn 5048

Poly 88 System 16 (1977)

Our true development of our historical past has not been taught to us. 🤔

Lost Planet Media Player

Spectrum Studio, Santa Monica, California, 1977.

Jeff Friedman: ‘Let There Be Neon’ in NYC photo: James & Kayla Murray