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I feel as if technology has stagnated, all that are left are grifts or just make everything terrible, like AI. I was thinking Zoom calls maybe? The tech has definitely improved since Skype.

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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago

As someone said before: e-bikes. I don’t have one but I still think they’re cool.

Zoom calls are great, they’re almost everything I liked about the video call technology you see in the pokemon anime.

This is a big one since I live way out in the boonies and it’s the most accessible to me: I also like some of the improvements to vegan food, I’m following perfect day dairy right now because I really want to see animal-free cheese in my lifetime. Not just because it’s kind to animals but imagine abundant organic cheeses that’s affordable to the masses. I’ve even noticed that some plant-based meat has evolved to be better than nutrislop you see right-wing comics fearmonger about.

It’s a small thing but animation technology has improved and hasn’t taken the love out of some of my favorite animation: Spy Family is gorgeous and Pixar’s Luca was really colorful and well designed.

I’ve seen a couple kinda cool smart mirrors and I wish I was better at coding so I can make one. But I seem to just be horrible at coding lmao.

Every so often I have to tell myself I’m not a Luddite, I don’t hate tech I hate the “why” behind most tech.