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[–] Tja@programming.dev 33 points 22 hours ago (29 children)

I disagree about such a generalization.

There are very few instances where people decide to be dumb and use technology for it but in general my life is much better thanks to technology.

My job exists due to technology, the Internet allows me to work from home, a washing machine washes my clothes, I can order food in the middle of a meeting and have it delivered on my lunch pause, I can speak to my family half a world away everyday, with video, for free, I can have the answer to any question in seconds from my a tiny device in my pocket, my car brakes automatically if I'm distracted (and heats up before I sit down in the morning)... you get the deal.

[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

lunch pause

car brakes automatically if I'm distracted

These two lines paint a very sad picture.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

What's sad about a lunch pause? Do I need to keep working 8 hours straight?

Or about a car braking automatically? I has saved me twice in four years, I was looking to see if someone was coming from one direction while the guy in front of me braked suddenly. Car stopped before I rear ended the other guy.

I must be missing something...

[–] 10001110101@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, idk what the other guy was talking about. But, I've ridden with someone that apparently got dependent on that automatic braking feature. He "used" something like 5 times during a 1.5 hour trip.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

That sounds super uncomfortable, the emergency braking is quite brutal...

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