Yeah, there is a plethora of images of kids in bikinis on Google search. Reddit and Bluesky have hosted actual child pornography

That's pretty amazing, the fact he's able to click the pause button with his brain alone is insane to me - that's like Apple Vision Pro without the gigantic goggles.

This is a good point. Seems like a likely candidate for an S curve in tech development. i.e. next 15 years of VR are improvements to camera, display, and tracking technology. Following 15 years are brain implants.

I would be excited if I didn't fear them putting ads directly into my brain.

They don't need to put ads. they just need to make you go buy something.

Please read my bio. BCIs are the final frontier of privacy. Let's not mess this up like we did internet tracking.

They lost their verification checkmark because they changed their profile picture - I can't believe this is the abysmal level of competence in news reporting and UAW official. Utter embarrassment!

A paying customer can lose their check mark for changing their profile picture? That would be a bizarre policy if true? Is that really in the TOS? Source?

To minimize confusion and promote integrity on the platform, changes to your profile photo, display name, or username (@handle) will result in a temporary loss of the blue checkmark until your account is validated as continuing to meet our requirements. No further changes to your profile photo, display name, or username will be allowed during this review period.

https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit...

Wow, that's so baffling. I can't imagine being logged into the account the service provided, changing my profile pic using they interface they provided, and them finding those actions suspicious enough to suspect I'm no longer who they think I am. Do they revoke your verified status if you post? If you log out and log back in? It's bonkers to punish users for using your service as intended. I would have expected that paying for verified status meant that they have enough information to be confident that they know my identity.

a social media site punishes you for changing your profile picture?

and you imply other people are unreasonable?

Reporting is pretty bad, yes. Everyone is polarized, looking for something to pin on Elon Musk.

But also just quietly hiding the checkmark when you change the picture is not proper user experience. Like... warn the user, at least. Show a note below the profile "your badge is temporarily hidden until we verify the profile photo you updated" or something.

X/Twitter does warn you when you try to edit you profile with this message. It’s just more terrible reporting.

> Your blue checkmark will be hidden for a period of time after you edit your display name or profile photo until it is reviewed.

Memorizing anything in the age of Google is damn right foolish.

I strongly disagree. To be able to understand anything on a deeper level, you need to have the “vocabulary” to explain the higher-level concepts. Memorization is not always trivia; it’s the lowest-level foundation of all learning.

The power of knowing things comes largely from the associative characteristics of knowledge. Having 2 facts on the net and 2 facts in your brain are entirely different. You can't create much with 2 facts in the net while 2 facts in your brain can be used to create so much. Even if you constantly look up whatever you want to use on an as needed basis, you'd run into working memory limits.

I disagree. Have you tried learning a new language?

It's funny you asked, I'm actually learning a new foreign language this year, and I'm doing just fine without memorizing anything. Based on my method and goals, I'll be able to speak at least 20 languages before the end of next year.