Jackie Thomas, Computing Queen

@jackiecobra.bsky.social

computers are the devil but I’m a satanist | Senior Editor @IGN | she/her 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 | be gay do crime | NYC

for consistency's sake if you dismiss every AI company's claims that their models will destroy the world as a marketing ploy it's worth asking if a similar game is being played when blogs run headlines like this & amazon is already littered with much more discreet recording devices than $400 watches

64gb magnetic voice recorder the size of a postage stamp on amazon
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d ago

“Although the buyers of this kind of technology, whether it be smart glasses or watches, may consent to their every move being monitored, the innocent bystanders that they record don’t necessarily give their blessing.”

people are mocking the iPhone Duo for costing $1,999 like that's not only slightly more expensive than most standard book style foldables (it's a very pricey category - the average model from a major brand is about $1,899!)

I got laid off! 👋 There was no chance to say goodbye to my colleagues of several years before Valnet deactivated everything so I’ll just say it was a huge pleasure to be part of trying to build something unique within the games media landscape despite going up against so many challenges.

Nah, see, at one point you could just walk into a Fry's and get a couple new Voodoo 2 graphic cards and a stick of RAM and have your entire mind blown by how much better Quake II looked and played. Well, maybe after you figured out the mobo jumpers. I'm sorry the Youths never had that feeling.