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1. Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 02:10:53 JST Charlie Stross

   My thought on Neuralink implanting tech in human heads for the first time:

   Brain implants are one of those technologies where the MTBF for the implant MUST exceed the MTBF of the implantee. And there must be lifetime after-sales support, Or else the execs who made the decision to pull support should go to prison for the rest of *their* lives.

   • jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 02:10:52 JST jwz

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     @cstross I'm definitely not regretting that 3.5" floppy drive I had implanted at the base of my spine in 1985.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 02:10:52 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • jwz

     @jwz @cstross I'm actually talking to my doctor today about getting that surgery.

   • Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 03:38:54 JST Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide

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     • jwz
     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @foone @jwz @cstross Please tell me you are at least opting for LS-240.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 03:38:54 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • jwz
     • Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide

     @Infoseepage @jwz @cstross definitely not. the failure rate on those is ridiculous. I'm going with a TEAC FD-235HF, because those things NEVER die.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 08:21:51 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • jwz

     @jwz @cstross just got off the phone with the doctor. Apparently I'd need to lose like 100 pounds to get the disk surgery. Stupid medical fatphobia

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:22:50 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • jwz
     • immibis

     @immibis @jwz @cstross (I'm trans, so... I'm not really talking about floppy disks. though I am also a transhumanist so I wouldn't turn a floppy disk drive implant down)

   • immibis (immibis@social.immibis.com)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:22:51 JST immibis

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     • jwz
     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️
     @foone @jwz @cstross I don't know if this is sarcastic or serious