"The new approach allows you to regulate the productivity of staff and analyze the behavior of visitors, which contributes to more efficient management and improved quality of service..."
This new approach seems a bit like an open-air prison--that of course is until the "second round" of lockdowns when it'll resemble a throwaway key jail cell.
Having said that, this kind of heightened surveillance does resemble China's social credit system where all activities are carefully monitored and you're being analyzed and judged 24/7.
If by chance, you're caught violating a rule which is considered "anti-social" you're swiftly punished via public humiliation. Not to mention, the financial sanctions which can also be imposed. Hmm, sounds sort of like Western social media platforms. 😁
Notice, how the scamdemic opened the door for all of this nonsense. It should be stressed that even though China's draconian policies proved to be a failure we're once again seeing attempts to replicate Xi's social engineering projects which will in the end be a "disaster" in Russia and throughout the West. 🤨
Aug 26, 2023·edited Aug 26, 2023Liked by Edward Slavsquat
In Serbia, the police chases and disperses grandmothers who sell vegetables from their garden and knitted socks, and no one touches gambling houses, casinos, betting shops, pharmacies, which spring up on every corner like mushrooms after the rain. Now I see that they opened a Starbucks in the center of Belgrade, and wrote "Старбакс" in Cyrillic, there are a lot of young people inside, the same case as with McDonald's, an invasion of corporate intruders, we don't have a state to defend us. And with the privatization in 2000, they destroyed all domestic companies, we had everything from car production, to furniture, tractors, everything possible, and now even toothpicks and matches are imported. But it is important to open a mega genetics center in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Here, the peasants throw away fruit and vegetables because they are cheap, they don't pay for it, and it is healthy organically grown, but foreign market chains are opening, Lidl, Metro, etc., where the goods come from who knows where, and they are certainly not as healthy as from the peasants. We are infected with parasites! And let's not even talk about culture, TV is full of American trash-culture, young people are indoctrinated, they don't know anything, and this is not going to end well. And the elderly believe in Putin/savior, blind in their eyes, we're screwed, the most important news for them is the death of Prigozhin, the whole country is collapsing and they just yawn at the TV and... It doesn't even matter what else I would write.
Wait a minute.... Coffee comes from Africa. Prigo was the man charged to bring it home for the robotized coffee shops! Alert! Alert! How shall we get coffee?!
I've just discovered your work via Tessa Lena and wow, amazing writing and insight, thank you.
What are we going to do with these ditzy 20 year olds? I've just got back from Istanbul. We visited a well-known cafe where 60 years ago 20 year olds were drinking coffee and planning their trip from Istanbul to Nepal. In 2083 they'll be drinking coffee in a completely different world.
I recall the leggy VPs the last time I went through Domodedovo but leggy baristas must be some Russian development that I missed. The only 'leggy baristas' I see at the local Starbucks are wearing blush and are named "Chad" or something along those lines.
« Instead, cutting-edge technology is being deployed to supervise ditzy 20-something art students as they squirt caffeine into dainty little mugs. » That’s what I call the inspiration)
"Actually, it’s remarkable how the Future continues to be far less cool than advertised."
This is the money quote for sure. I have felt from very early on that the future being pushed will be absolute dystopia for all but the super-rich if it ever actually comes to pass. You can see this from things like the tone-deaf pronouncements from outfits like the WEF. (Remember "Cities are getting quietly better" during the lockdowns, for example?)
Now I'm just wondering how dystopian it will need to get before a critical mass of the population is finally red-pilled.
If it's any comfort, know that in Peru, which is among the poorest and allegedly most underdeveloped countries in Spanish America, CCTV monitoring is ubiquitous. So much so that it gets into my nerves and I'm even considering resorting to -- would you believe it? -- yes!: the use of a face mask in order to not be traced. Literally all accommodations and a huge lot of shops, even in the remotest villages, bristle with cameras. Sure: the vast majority of them are probably not (yet) connected to a centralized system, but have you noticed that "yet" between brackets I just wrote? It is a matter of time. The infrastructure is in place; now Peruvians only need a law making it mandatory for any CCTV installation to connect the cameras to Big Brother.
So, just in case someone thinks there is one single corner on the planet we can live without video surveillance, ditch that hope right away.
The cost to benefit ratio of the whole of AI does not pan out. AI as a product is in itself inefficient when the entire manufacturing chain is considered.
Roscosmos/nasa are both less unuseful state agencies in both countries, much less than internal affairs or spook agencies for example.
Now this is directed to Rurik, ex Rolo. How can you say/suppose that Prig betrayed his pals in the military mutiny, when they were the ones (maybe under coersion) who appealed to Prig to stop the March? I know you don't like jews ( that's your only reason to badmouth Prig) but Prig had much greater cohonnes/wit than all your slavic heroes starting with Strelkov.
I'll give a pass to such a coffee shop. At this rate, I'll soon only be drinking coffee at home... provided I'm allowed to buy it...
And the crackdown on "unauthorized places of trade", that is, poor pensioners selling vegetables infuriates the hell out of me.
"The new approach allows you to regulate the productivity of staff and analyze the behavior of visitors, which contributes to more efficient management and improved quality of service..."
This new approach seems a bit like an open-air prison--that of course is until the "second round" of lockdowns when it'll resemble a throwaway key jail cell.
Having said that, this kind of heightened surveillance does resemble China's social credit system where all activities are carefully monitored and you're being analyzed and judged 24/7.
If by chance, you're caught violating a rule which is considered "anti-social" you're swiftly punished via public humiliation. Not to mention, the financial sanctions which can also be imposed. Hmm, sounds sort of like Western social media platforms. 😁
Notice, how the scamdemic opened the door for all of this nonsense. It should be stressed that even though China's draconian policies proved to be a failure we're once again seeing attempts to replicate Xi's social engineering projects which will in the end be a "disaster" in Russia and throughout the West. 🤨
Barbie the barista bot?
In Serbia, the police chases and disperses grandmothers who sell vegetables from their garden and knitted socks, and no one touches gambling houses, casinos, betting shops, pharmacies, which spring up on every corner like mushrooms after the rain. Now I see that they opened a Starbucks in the center of Belgrade, and wrote "Старбакс" in Cyrillic, there are a lot of young people inside, the same case as with McDonald's, an invasion of corporate intruders, we don't have a state to defend us. And with the privatization in 2000, they destroyed all domestic companies, we had everything from car production, to furniture, tractors, everything possible, and now even toothpicks and matches are imported. But it is important to open a mega genetics center in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Here, the peasants throw away fruit and vegetables because they are cheap, they don't pay for it, and it is healthy organically grown, but foreign market chains are opening, Lidl, Metro, etc., where the goods come from who knows where, and they are certainly not as healthy as from the peasants. We are infected with parasites! And let's not even talk about culture, TV is full of American trash-culture, young people are indoctrinated, they don't know anything, and this is not going to end well. And the elderly believe in Putin/savior, blind in their eyes, we're screwed, the most important news for them is the death of Prigozhin, the whole country is collapsing and they just yawn at the TV and... It doesn't even matter what else I would write.
Super humour for a terrible subject.
Wait a minute.... Coffee comes from Africa. Prigo was the man charged to bring it home for the robotized coffee shops! Alert! Alert! How shall we get coffee?!
I've just discovered your work via Tessa Lena and wow, amazing writing and insight, thank you.
What are we going to do with these ditzy 20 year olds? I've just got back from Istanbul. We visited a well-known cafe where 60 years ago 20 year olds were drinking coffee and planning their trip from Istanbul to Nepal. In 2083 they'll be drinking coffee in a completely different world.
"Leggy baristas".
I recall the leggy VPs the last time I went through Domodedovo but leggy baristas must be some Russian development that I missed. The only 'leggy baristas' I see at the local Starbucks are wearing blush and are named "Chad" or something along those lines.
« Instead, cutting-edge technology is being deployed to supervise ditzy 20-something art students as they squirt caffeine into dainty little mugs. » That’s what I call the inspiration)
Have another drink Eddy.
"Actually, it’s remarkable how the Future continues to be far less cool than advertised."
This is the money quote for sure. I have felt from very early on that the future being pushed will be absolute dystopia for all but the super-rich if it ever actually comes to pass. You can see this from things like the tone-deaf pronouncements from outfits like the WEF. (Remember "Cities are getting quietly better" during the lockdowns, for example?)
Now I'm just wondering how dystopian it will need to get before a critical mass of the population is finally red-pilled.
"Progress". I saw what you did there...The Progress (Russian: Прогресс) is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Nicely done.
If it's any comfort, know that in Peru, which is among the poorest and allegedly most underdeveloped countries in Spanish America, CCTV monitoring is ubiquitous. So much so that it gets into my nerves and I'm even considering resorting to -- would you believe it? -- yes!: the use of a face mask in order to not be traced. Literally all accommodations and a huge lot of shops, even in the remotest villages, bristle with cameras. Sure: the vast majority of them are probably not (yet) connected to a centralized system, but have you noticed that "yet" between brackets I just wrote? It is a matter of time. The infrastructure is in place; now Peruvians only need a law making it mandatory for any CCTV installation to connect the cameras to Big Brother.
So, just in case someone thinks there is one single corner on the planet we can live without video surveillance, ditch that hope right away.
Angry Populace Burning British Surveillance Cameras
File this under #Not all heroes wear capes.
https://www.wired.com/2007/12/burning-british/
The cost to benefit ratio of the whole of AI does not pan out. AI as a product is in itself inefficient when the entire manufacturing chain is considered.
Roscosmos/nasa are both less unuseful state agencies in both countries, much less than internal affairs or spook agencies for example.
Now this is directed to Rurik, ex Rolo. How can you say/suppose that Prig betrayed his pals in the military mutiny, when they were the ones (maybe under coersion) who appealed to Prig to stop the March? I know you don't like jews ( that's your only reason to badmouth Prig) but Prig had much greater cohonnes/wit than all your slavic heroes starting with Strelkov.