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(DIR) Post #ASTU2Lp7eRz94MlsOm by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:03:28Z
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Sony has a patent that gives advertisers new powers -- they could require you shout their brand name aloud so you can end a commercialFrom my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, item #4: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-4-infinite-ai-seinfeld-highway-gothic/
(DIR) Post #ASTUIUKDoJ2o4P0phw by daswickerman@mastodon.social
2023-02-08T16:06:23Z
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@clive this isn't going to be good for my company, I'M LEAVING YOU KAREN, LLC.
(DIR) Post #ASTUSQsvSKowIPzFK4 by ernie@writing.exchange
2023-02-08T16:06:05Z
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@clive This is the most dystopian thing I’ve seen in the last five minutes
(DIR) Post #ASTUjFrvfOkv3MXg4e by crashglasshouses@tsukihi.me
2023-02-08T16:08:09Z
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@clive i think i would rather never watch TV
(DIR) Post #ASTV2JOMn9QrTxnl68 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:12:56Z
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@crashglasshouses That does seem like the unintended consequence for a lot of viewers yeah
(DIR) Post #ASTV31QL5B9c2p3xHU by ottocrat@eupolicy.social
2023-02-08T16:09:26Z
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@clive @glynmoody It’s a dystopic nightmare obviously but I can see Hyundai biting Sony’s arm off.
(DIR) Post #ASTVB1P52erUIYHxBI by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:13:23Z
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@daswickerman lol
(DIR) Post #ASTVQO7er6BJ6USzpo by tashasounart@worldkey.io
2023-02-08T16:14:25Z
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@clive mutters on couch "dickdonalds"
(DIR) Post #ASTVaETjZAI85bUEvw by TheIdlestHand@c.im
2023-02-08T16:15:02Z
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@clive what
(DIR) Post #ASTVhExs9oH5ckvRAG by shiruken@octodon.social
2023-02-08T16:15:39Z
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@clive Sony trying to make that old 4chan "Mt. Dew Xbox verification can" meme a reality
(DIR) Post #ASTVk90wjlgc2PkQwi by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:12:36Z
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@ottocrat @glynmoody lol yes
(DIR) Post #ASTWQxccy8mv9pn09A by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:24:18Z
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@tashasounart accentuate the phonemes the right way and it'll do
(DIR) Post #ASTWXbIKNdLxwBSbho by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:13:38Z
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@ernie yeah it pretty much plants the needle in the red zone eh
(DIR) Post #ASTWoQejBi0HrgxivQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:23:51Z
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@shiruken heh heh yeah
(DIR) Post #ASTXbYrpRmMZWOWCEi by jason@logoff.website
2023-02-08T16:42:37Z
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@clive am I going absolutely insane or does no one remember this being a HUGE meme in 2010 or so? Like, when the patent was issued?The reason for the huge number of memes isn’t the past few weeks, it’s the past 15 years…
(DIR) Post #ASTXmIxsuavtO2TR8i by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:43:26Z
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@jason aha, I didn't realize it was that old!
(DIR) Post #ASTXsODAJoA9ObWSnY by ironicsans@mastodon.social
2023-02-08T16:41:15Z
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@ernie @clive We're *this close* to blipverts.
(DIR) Post #ASTXsOhIVmGWu3cWlU by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:43:45Z
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@ironicsans @ernie yep yep
(DIR) Post #ASTYB6xifseZOuE1PU by cumush@dice.camp
2023-02-08T16:47:30Z
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@clive I personally hear "Say 'McDonald's' to end commercial" in Douglas Rain's voice
(DIR) Post #ASTYHk1qL5A2IiJcOm by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T16:47:56Z
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@cumush heh heh
(DIR) Post #ASTYWHh7y0XilfYoL2 by jason@logoff.website
2023-02-08T16:49:07Z
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@clive I charitably read it as “Sony actively sought out and purchased this patent from the initial filer”, which would be interesting as a signal there might be a desire to use it imminently, before realizing “wait I thought Sony _was the initially filter_.”It’s evergreen of course, just an unimaginably imaginationless stupid dystopia.
(DIR) Post #ASTYhiS4pAmMwIyIoS by czarbucks@vmst.io
2023-02-08T16:54:31Z
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@clive every tv in the house would go first.
(DIR) Post #ASTZ9BJRd2lcGh1xIG by 20002ist@thepit.social
2023-02-08T17:01:07Z
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@clive Prediction: the instant this is deployed, some enterprising coder will build a module to listen for such prompts; mute in-room audio; and play back the brand name into the audio input interface. That will get rid of the ad faster & avoid putting a brain worm in the head of the user.
(DIR) Post #ASTadrHKGVFF44EOjg by roseveleth@xoxo.zone
2023-02-08T17:15:56Z
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@clive This patent makes the rounds a lot, and actually inspired me to write this a few years ago: https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/amazon-sony-facebook-strange-patents.html
(DIR) Post #ASTb55v3wG0iI7ny1g by yang_wenli@c.im
2023-02-08T17:16:32Z
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@clive Not sure if this can be implemented without serious issues. What happens to the mute? Do they just get no TV then?
(DIR) Post #ASTbCj2sroJbfM6OO0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T17:16:40Z
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@czarbucks totally
(DIR) Post #ASTbDSkMwypzPFnFui by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T17:16:13Z
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@20002ist 100%
(DIR) Post #ASTbxkBATBz2nBOfVA by maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-08T17:32:24Z
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@clive Tangentially I am slightly amused by your note #2, the Chronophoto game, and your guess that the pictures was from the fifties because of the color. The edge markings identifying it as 4x5 sheet Kodachrome are visible in the scan, and that was introduced in the late 1930s, and discontinued in 1951.
(DIR) Post #ASTcHswpZreJmPIM3k by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T17:36:20Z
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@maccruiskeen aha, cool!You would be great at the game, with the ability to spot details like that!I'm a noob
(DIR) Post #ASTcX7swK72URzk5h2 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T17:38:10Z
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@yang_wenli I figure that since TVs are now just computers with really big displays, they could install whatever malware they want in there to disable hardware, alas
(DIR) Post #ASTcd2DUJOwkbiAfXE by renatoram@fosstodon.org
2023-02-08T17:38:14Z
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@clive sounds like further excellent incentive to just pirate EVERYTHING. Much better service.
(DIR) Post #ASTcmdU37gjUnNUnSK by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T17:41:33Z
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@roseveleth Aha, so cool!!That is an *excellent* pieceAlso, now I want to read -- in print, leatherbound -- a Quarterly Review Of Ludicrous Patents
(DIR) Post #ASTd0PsMVtc2e5RGuu by pre@boing.world
2023-02-08T17:40:55Z
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@clive Alternatively you may end the commercial buy throwing the television out of the window.
(DIR) Post #ASTecnrrrNPQ0v4lFo by maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-08T18:02:32Z
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@clive I was unable to top a score of 4000, so maybe not that good.
(DIR) Post #ASTfKWxc59pkJnc85g by tebrown@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-08T18:09:15Z
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@clive @schafer And they wonder why people pirate?
(DIR) Post #ASTvND9dm8gn1hXWmO by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T21:08:04Z
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@maccruiskeen Aha!
(DIR) Post #ASTvSwUqcdaV6HByca by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T21:09:00Z
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@renatoram Totally
(DIR) Post #ASTvczdvmK1rkrEWm0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-08T21:08:49Z
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@pre Yep
(DIR) Post #ASUopWsPXOM7mSzrAe by CarringtonTV@mastodon.social
2023-02-09T07:31:39Z
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@clive I remember seeing this passed around a lot, back when Microsoft introduced the Xbox One in 2013 and the Kinect motion-detector / camera was still a mandatory pack-in. :pika:
(DIR) Post #ASUztH0xYNSPEtz1CC by kitone@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-09T09:35:37Z
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@clive Excellent way to demolish any brand: make it the neurotic boss of people and put it in their living room.
(DIR) Post #ASVtrEjYemlx1IRuiG by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-09T20:01:13Z
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@kitone Indeed
(DIR) Post #ASVuBxx8FA9f3VgOm0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-09T20:01:37Z
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@CarringtonTV Heh, yeah
(DIR) Post #ASWDRut3JAFdJG5tA0 by cameron@sculpin.social
2023-02-09T23:42:10Z
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@clive I had a dream once that corporations would sponsor medical procedures in return for in-body advertising. You'd get a new heart valve and it would whisper, "Coke is it. Coke is it," with every heartbeat.I did not expect this to be quite so _optimistic_ a dream, relatively speaking.
(DIR) Post #ASWDctVskvM6EbUV5k by cameron@sculpin.social
2023-02-09T23:43:47Z
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@clive I had a dream once that corporations would sponsor medical procedures in return for in-body advertising. You'd get a new heart valve and it would whisper, "Coke is it. Coke is it," with every heartbeat.I did not expect this to turn out to be quite so optimistic a dream, relatively speaking.
(DIR) Post #ASXWroGid6swbFBTXM by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-10T14:53:08Z
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@cameron Yowsa
(DIR) Post #ASXWyN2GHS9YAGYB0a by adamgreenfield@social.coop
2023-02-09T23:51:53Z
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@clive @cameron Ballard had us all beat.
(DIR) Post #ASXWyNaIEvNJroTM3M by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-10T14:53:14Z
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@adamgreenfield @cameron Truly
(DIR) Post #ASXXiIhUjJm02ajo2a by stribley@journa.host
2023-02-10T15:03:51Z
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@clive The illustration made me laugh out loud — in a dark, dystopian sense of humor kind of way. It's like a satire of itself. The alternation of shooting scene/burger/shooting scene is just <chef's kiss>
(DIR) Post #ASXZ1bDgCUCKvuYfw0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-10T15:18:41Z
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@stribley I know!!Scream Mcdonalds to continue watching someone get shot