@wilde1 Because he lives in London and has for years, and when you hear it every day it becomes habit. He actually uses Britishisms and Americanisms both pretty freely. And why is it obvious he's not British? He's Canadian, BTW.
Cory sez: "The worst of all [...] is that it trains kids to believe that surveillance of every move on the Internet is a legitimate and proportionate thing for authority figures to do."
You remember that part of Blister In The Sun that goes, "This will go down on your permanent record..."?
That song came out when I was a kid. The joke of it, back then, there was no such thing as a "permanent record". Ever since the 90's/Gen X, there has been. And that sucks.
but Big Brother wants the future generations to be used to a lifestyle that is like 1984. it's what the New World Order is all about. now be quiet sheep and enjoy your big macs and pop music.
I love this. But the problem is much bigger than kids. It's a problem for all of us. The majority of FB users are older than 35. The fastest-growing segment of FB users is over 60.
@sivav I would have doubted that statement a few years ago, but I've noticed some retirees are pretty computer savvy these days. They get into something like Photoshop or video editing, and from there the interests fan into other computer-related ventures.
Cory, Great talk. Skinner box analogy really made me think about reinforcement online as a grand casino and how the brain is trained for those chances at getting rewarded.
@JenniferSmilesNow It's not a volume problem; the problem is that left and right channel are out of phase. If you downmix it to mono, channels simply cancel each other out. A simple way to fix it is to pan to the left or to the right.
Big Brother is here. Starting in the US.
SubzeroedMind 8 months ago
That is a bad ass Blazer. I would expect no less from Mr.Doctorow
nostalgiamonger 9 months ago 3
@nostalgiamonger I dont know... I was kind of expecting goggles and a red cape...
proyectomonterrey 8 months ago 3
As of this morning apparently only 23,011 people seem to want to wake up and smell the coffee. Well done Cory!
UnclePen2090 9 months ago
I live in coder geek - ville norcal...... This shithead wants us to give the NSA, all the data about our lives, in yet another layer.
I ain't no drooling pavlovev's dog, sheeple, zombie flooride/aspertian -kind of a guy - mr. rainbow guy/gay........:(
456manny1 9 months ago
Why is this guy using British words when hes obv. not British.
wilde1 9 months ago
@wilde1
Probably because he is well educated.
GrassPossum 9 months ago 8
@GrassPossum Doctorow never went to or dropped out university but he's way smarter than the rest of jerk that went to college/uni on here.
binbashLinuxAhole 6 months ago
@wilde1 Because he lives in the UK
mcdowe6 9 months ago
@wilde1 Because he lives in London and has for years, and when you hear it every day it becomes habit. He actually uses Britishisms and Americanisms both pretty freely. And why is it obvious he's not British? He's Canadian, BTW.
newipad 1 month ago
wait. so what's the least googleable word? i want to google it...
caffeinatedrose 9 months ago
@caffeinatedrose I think it was "Scunthorpe"
sstair 8 months ago
I watched three minutes of it. He tries to hard with all this spastic arm gestures and articulation.
I couldn't watch any more. Maybe I'll listen to the mp3 later
ret 9 months ago
Cory sez: "The worst of all [...] is that it trains kids to believe that surveillance of every move on the Internet is a legitimate and proportionate thing for authority figures to do."
You remember that part of Blister In The Sun that goes, "This will go down on your permanent record..."?
That song came out when I was a kid. The joke of it, back then, there was no such thing as a "permanent record". Ever since the 90's/Gen X, there has been. And that sucks.
autodidactic 9 months ago 3
My ears! What the fuck is going on!?
thesenamesaretaken 10 months ago
but Big Brother wants the future generations to be used to a lifestyle that is like 1984. it's what the New World Order is all about. now be quiet sheep and enjoy your big macs and pop music.
ScytheNoire 11 months ago 3
audio failure
bGlennjamin 11 months ago
I love this. But the problem is much bigger than kids. It's a problem for all of us. The majority of FB users are older than 35. The fastest-growing segment of FB users is over 60.
sivav 11 months ago
@sivav I would have doubted that statement a few years ago, but I've noticed some retirees are pretty computer savvy these days. They get into something like Photoshop or video editing, and from there the interests fan into other computer-related ventures.
GrantOnTheRocks 11 months ago
Cory, Great talk. Skinner box analogy really made me think about reinforcement online as a grand casino and how the brain is trained for those chances at getting rewarded.
LeanVideodotNet 11 months ago
One channel is phase inverted so the sound is cancelled out.
supervanten 11 months ago
Please fix the audio, it's terrible
djhartman 11 months ago
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automatthias 11 months ago
please fix volume
JenniferSmilesNow 11 months ago
@JenniferSmilesNow It's not a volume problem; the problem is that left and right channel are out of phase. If you downmix it to mono, channels simply cancel each other out. A simple way to fix it is to pan to the left or to the right.
automatthias 11 months ago 3