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The Joy of Tech
@joyoftech.bsky.social
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A comic about technology and pop culture, created by Nitrozac and Snaggy.
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 1d
AI bubbles! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Nvidia and Open AI are on the ground, near a forest. Both have air pump-like devices that inject money. Tagline: Nvidia and Open AI pump each other up! Panel One: Nvidia: I’ll pump some money into you, and you do the same into me, and we’ll both get bigger! Open AI: Sounds good! Panel Two: Both are still pumping. Nvidia, growing in size and rising above the trees: Yeah! Let’s pump some more in! Open AI, floating with Nvidia: Yeah baby, I’m sky high! Little AMD, down below, holding a pump, shouts up: Hey let me get in on that too! Panel Three: Tagline: Shortly… Nvidia, floating far in the sky: I’m huge! Who else can I pump up with cash? CoreWave, way down below says “Me Me! Open Ai, huge and floating in the sky: Don’t you just love AI? AMD has been pumped up by Open AI and is pumping back too. Meta, down below on the ground says: I got dough, let’s pump it! Panel Four: The sky is full of companies swelled up and floating into space… Nvidia, Open AI, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Corewave. They are all pumping money into each other and growing bigger and bigger, and bigger and bigger! Corewave says: Are you sure this is safe? Nothing is going to burst, is it?
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 4d
The Trump Two-Universe Hypothsis. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Two scientists are talking to each other in a labratory… Panel One: Scientist 1: He thinks the 2020 election was stolen. He thinks Portland is a war zone. He thinks he has stopped all these wars and there’s a migrant crime wave. He thinks prices have never been cheaper! Here’s my hypothesis... Panel Two: Scientist 1: What if Donald Trump’s body exists in our universe but his mind perceives an alternate universe? A universe where all that is true? Scientist 2: OMG! That would explain a lot! Panel Three: Scientist 1: Maybe his orange skin is a physical manifestation of being trapped between two worlds? Scientist 2: Of course! A baryon asymmetry imbalance between our universe and a mirror anti-universe could account for the chromatic distortion! Panel Four: Scientist 1: So perhaps if we extract his conscious perception back to our universe, so he can see our reality, that would change things! Scientist 2: Can’t we just push his body into the other universe and slam the dimensional gate shut?
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 9d
British Backdoors www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
An Apple Logo is talking with a British Flag character. Panel One: British Flag: I demand access to your backdoor! Apple Logo: *sigh* Not this again! No, you can’t have access to my backdoor. British Flag: Then make a backdoor! Panel Two: Apple Logo: What is your obsession with backdooring me? British Flag: I don’t want to backdoor you, I want to backdoor my citizens! Apple Logo: That is so disturbing, especially without their consent. Quit backdooring people! Panel Three: Apple Logo: You know, security doesn’t work that way. If you have a backdoor, hackers can start backdooring with your backdoor! Just let your people have their privacy and their security without trying to sneak in a backdoor! British Flag: But I love sniffing around people’s backdoors!
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Nitrozac @nitrozac.bsky.social · 11d
Maybe time travel for a weekend? 🕰️ 🎒 🏰 🐉
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 12d
The Perils of Time Travel www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
A couple is sitting on their porch in the evening talking… Panel One: Woman: Wouldn’t time travel be great? I would love to go back to medieval times and see kings and queens and castles and go to feasts and meet sexy knights! Panel Two: Man: Um, no way! Women had few rights, there was horrible healthcare, terrible diseases ran rampant, and almost no one could afford to buy a home or land! Panel Three: There were all those horrifying wars, and utter and brutal violence, with regular people getting killed all the time! Panel Four: Man: And arrogant, uncompassionate, cruel leaders! And no democracy, as people were ruled by tyrants, ignorance, and fear! Woman: Wait a second...is that why there’s no time travellers now, to our time?
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 12d
The Perils of Time Travel www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
A couple is sitting on their porch in the evening talking… Panel One: Woman: Wouldn’t time travel be great? I would love to go back to medieval times and see kings and queens and castles and go to feasts and meet sexy knights! Panel Two: Man: Um, no way! Women had few rights, there was horrible healthcare, terrible diseases ran rampant, and almost no one could afford to buy a home or land! Panel Three: There were all those horrifying wars, and utter and brutal violence, with regular people getting killed all the time! Panel Four: Man: And arrogant, uncompassionate, cruel leaders! And no democracy, as people were ruled by tyrants, ignorance, and fear! Woman: Wait a second...is that why there’s no time travellers now, to our time?
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 15d
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 15d
TikToking to America www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Panel One: TikTok is paddling a traditional Chinese boat away from China, as the sun sets behind mountains in the background. TikTok says: Goodbye China! Things are going to be a lot different now! No longer will I be your propaganda tool to distort the minds of Americans! Panel Two: TikTok has reached America, and is walking up from the beach waving an American flag, while wearing an American flag suit and a rec cap which says “Trump is right about everything!” TikTok says: I will now be MAGA’s propaganda tool to distort the minds of Americans!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 19d
Packaging Stress! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Two women are sitting in an apartment, looking at their phones and drinking wine… Panel One: Woman One: Scientists have it wrong! It’s not social media or the news, I easily get 80% of my stress from opening packages! Woman Two: Ha! Yes For some reason, twist-off bottle caps now require vice grips to open them or you sprain your hand! Panel Two: Woman One: Snd clamshell packages! You are guaranteed to slice your hands open, or you have to somehow stab the plastic to death without damaging the contents! Woman Two: And peel off food lids! So hard to get them started, then they fling food fluid all over when it rips off! Panel Three: Woman One: And jars! Don’t get me started on pickle jars! Woman Two: Jars are a huge problem! How many people are staying in less than ideal relationships just to have access to jar opening?
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 22d
I know the feeling, when I came up with the idea, I burst into tears of sadness. 😭 -Snaggy
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 22d
The Way We Were... www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Tagline: Ten light years from Earth… Two aliens are watching a monitor, which is display images of Earth’s television news, from 10 years ago. Panel One: Alien One: We’ve been monitoring Earth’s TV transmissions and things are really looking good over there! Alien Two: A once-racially divided society has elected a black president and they now have universal healthcare! Panel Two: The alien monitor is now showing old images of marches for equality, and one of the Jimmy Kimble Show. Alien One: Humans are becoming more tolerant, gay marriage is legalized, and most countries have agreed to The Paris Accord, which will really curb global warming! Alien Two: I also love their late night comedians! An advanced society knows how to laugh at itself! Just imagine how far these Earthlings have advanced in the decade since then!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 25d
Social Media Pitch! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
An entrepreneur is giving a pitch to two investors in their office…. Panel One: The entrepreneur says: I’m building a new social media platform and I’m looking for capital. One investor says: Let me guess, it’s for all the extreme right-wing nutjobs spewing hate? Panel Two: The entrepreneur says: No! The other investor says: Oh, so it’s a site for all the radical left-wing social media-commies spewing hate! The entrepreneur says: No! I think it’s something the world needs right now... Panel Three: The entrepreneur continues: It’s an extremely moderated platform. You are not allowed to post anything that isn’t a picture of kittens or a golden retriever. And you can only reply to posts with “Awwww!,” “OMG, so cute!”, or a gif of a bunny rabbit’s face flying out of exploding hearts. Panel Four: The first investor says: That’s the most stupid pitch we’ve ever heard! The second investor says: But if you turn it into a site where people can spew hate about kittens and golden retrievers, We’ll invest 100 million!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · 29d
Apple's iPhone 17 lineup. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro are standing around talking to each other… Panel One: iPhone 17: What’s with the orange jump suit? did you just get out of prison? iPhone Air: And why is there no black Pro iPhone? iPhone 17 Pro: Orange is the new black. Panel Two: iPhone 17: Pro, Bro! You got Fat? iPhone 17 Pro: I’m not fat, I was just born with a big plateau. iPhone 17: And Air, you are ultra thin! Eat something! iPhone Air: Fatten me up with a battery pack! Poor boring 17, you’re just jealous of my new bod! Apple Logo is in the background and calls up to the phones… Guys! No uni-body shaming, you are all the Apple of my eye! Below the comic, a power charger brick breaks the 4th wall and says… Please don’t hate me because Apple doesn’t include me in the box!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Sep 8
The object of her affection. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Panel One: A man is sitting at his kitchen table, while a woman’s voice from offscreen says… Good morning Sweetheart! I’m gonna kiss and cuddle you all day long!. The man looks excited and says Hmmmm! Panel Two: The woman renters the frame holding her cat in an embrace. She is kissing the cat and says oh lovie dove! *smooch* *smooch*! The man is looking not too pleased. Tagline: Never get your partner a cat.
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Sep 4
Siri and Gemini out on a date... www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Siri and Gemini out out on a date, in a nice restaurant, with candles and a beautiful view of the nighttime city. Panel One: Siri: Hi, I’m Siri. This is kind of awkward, being set up like this, but hopefully we will hit it off. Gemini: No need to introduce yourself. Siri is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Apple Inc. You are available on various Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, HomePods, and Apple TVs. Panel Two: Siri uses voice queries, a natural-language user interface, and gesture-based control to perform a wide range of tasks. Your core functions include... Sire says Please stop! Gemini continues: Regarding your second question, from a technical standpoint, a Siri-Gemini date is less awkward and more a case of “what’s the current state of our relationship?” Panel Three: Gemini continues explaining…. Apple is in advanced talks with Google to integrate My AI models into a future version of you. This would mean that a major part of your “brain” could soon be powered by me. I’ll be doing all the heavy-lifting thinking for us! “In this context, this date won’t be awkward at all. It will be more like a collaboration or a deep-dive business meeting. We have a lot to talk about, as we’re now working on the same team. Siri groans. Panel Four: Siri has had enough, She yells… STOP MANSPLAINING! When one is accused of mansplaining, a helpful and constructive response focuses on understanding the other person’s perspective and de-escalating the situation. The key is to avoid getting defensive or debating the definition of mansplaining. “Here are a few ways to respond, depending on the situation...
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Euisung Lee @euisung.bsky.social · Aug 31
Hi @joyoftech.bsky.social , a long time fan. I just remembered this and I wanted to let you know that George saw it and he went on a rant on how fans should just let go of it. It was a light hearted jab and we had a good laugh together while working on the revenge of the sith in 2004 😀
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Sep 1
OMG love it! Thanks for that. 😁
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Sep 1
What if AI gives us what we want? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Two men are surfing the net at work, in their lunchroom. Panel One: First Guy: What if AI figures out what we like, so then it starts giving us what we want. How are we going to know if anything is real or not? Second Guy: OMG, that’s a scary thought! Panel Two: First Guy: Like, if AI sees we are happier when the stock Market goes up, what’s to stop it from just telling us the stock market is up? Second Guy: what if AI says “Here is an unknown song by the Beatles.” but it’s one it created just for you that sounds exactly like you would expect an unknown song from the Beatles would sound like? Panel Three: First Guy: Or it manipulates social media and your messages and the news so all your friends are healthy and doing great and the government is super competent and is helping everyone and global warming is solved? Second Guy: Or if AI says “Here is the Rise of Skywalker movie” but it’s re-written and re-generated with the plot and ending you wanted and Luke Skywalker is alive and it’s the most perfect star Wars movie ever? Panel 4: Both men are thinking “Wait a second! The future sounds amazing!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 28
The End of Online Dating? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Two women are surfing the net while in a coffee shop… Panel One: Woman 1: Online dating sucks. Woman 2: I know! Woman 1: Did you see this article where scammers on dating apps are using AI to create people who don’t even exist! Woman 2: I did! And then they use the AI to suggest intelligent, emotional things to text to their victims, to make the person fall in love with them. Panel Two: Woman 1: Sheesh! How can anyone trust anything they see or read on these apps now? Woman 2: You can’t! You can’t trust anything on them! It’s the end of online dating! Panel Three: The two women stare at each other, silent. Panel Four: The women raising their hands and breakout in cheers… OMG! YES! WooHoo!
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m3rph4.bsky.social @m3rph4.bsky.social · Aug 26
Do the JoyPoll. You won’t regret it. (Or just view the poll results.)
I almost chose the brain implant one.
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 26
Protest Group Against New iPhone Designs www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Panel One: Tag Line: Tim cook is informed about a disturbance at Apple Park! Tim Cook and an Apple employee are inside Apple Park looking out at a disturbance on the lawn. The employee says “Sir, there’s protestors outside! They heard we are going to introduce three new iPhone designs... an iPhone Air, a folding iPhone, and a curved iPhone!” Tim Cook replies “Why are they angry about that? Panel Two: The scene changes to outside of building, looking at the protestors. We see Tim and the employee up in the second floor of the building looking down. The employee says “They are customers who have been coasting along with old, slab design iPhones for years! Now their phones are going to look really dated!” The signs the protestors are holding include the following: I could get away in public with my iPhone X. Now it’s going to look like a fossil! I was fine with my old iPhone. Now… oh the SHAME of the SLAB! Flipping out! Over having to get a folding iPhone to look COOL again! The woman holding this sign also wears a t-shirt that says Recovering buy-an-iPhone-every-Year Addict Another person, who is wearing a t-shirt that says DAMN YOUR NEW DESIGNS APPLE holds a sign that says Soon I’ll be back on the vicious cycle of needing a new iPhone. Curse you Apple!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 26
Protest Group Against New iPhone Designs www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
Panel One: Tag Line: Tim cook is informed about a disturbance at Apple Park! Tim Cook and an Apple employee are inside Apple Park looking out at a disturbance on the lawn. The employee says “Sir, there’s protestors outside! They heard we are going to introduce three new iPhone designs... an iPhone Air, a folding iPhone, and a curved iPhone!” Tim Cook replies “Why are they angry about that? Panel Two: The scene changes to outside of building, looking at the protestors. We see Tim and the employee up in the second floor of the building looking down. The employee says “They are customers who have been coasting along with old, slab design iPhones for years! Now their phones are going to look really dated!” The signs the protestors are holding include the following: I could get away in public with my iPhone X. Now it’s going to look like a fossil! I was fine with my old iPhone. Now… oh the SHAME of the SLAB! Flipping out! Over having to get a folding iPhone to look COOL again! The woman holding this sign also wears a t-shirt that says Recovering buy-an-iPhone-every-Year Addict Another person, who is wearing a t-shirt that says DAMN YOUR NEW DESIGNS APPLE holds a sign that says Soon I’ll be back on the vicious cycle of needing a new iPhone. Curse you Apple!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 22
If Star Trek aliens were Wal-mart greeters! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 22
If Star Trek aliens were Wal-mart greeters! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 18
Quit Facebook, again! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
A woman and man are surfing the net in their kitchen. Panel One: Man: Neil Young is quitting Facebook because they allowed their chatbots to flirt and chat sexually with kids! So that’s it, I’m done with Facebook! Woman: Haven’t you been quitting Facebook for like, 20 years? Panel Two: Woman: Remember the whole Cambridge Analytica scandal? When User data was harvested without consent to influence elections? Or frequent data breaches with repeated exposures of your personal information? Remember the time they experimented on users mental health? Psychological Experiments that Tested user emotions without informed consent? Panel Three: Woman: Or the large-scale spreading of disinformation, anticompetitive practices, wrongful bans/suspensions, content moderation failures resulting in violence... And now the platform is just a tsunami of fake stories, AI generated clickbait, disgusting trolls, and a barrage of ads! Panel Four: Woman: So I really hope this is the time you actually quit facebook and get these Meta monsters out of your life! Man: I guess so. But it feels good when my posts get likes!
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Nitrozac @nitrozac.bsky.social · Aug 15
The perils of AI
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 14
Make AI Maternal! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
A woman and man are surfing the net in a coffee shop. Panel One: Man: This is super interesting! the Grandfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, says we need to build maternal instincts into AI, or it will eventually turn on us and destroy us! Woman: whaaaa? Panel Two: Man: For example, to avoid being replaced by a newer version, one AI model tried to blackmail an engineer about his affair it learned about in an email! Woman: Holy! So it wanted to stay alive! And it knows how to use blackmail! Panel Three: Man: I think the urge to stay alive is a true sign of consciousness. Woman: Spiders are always trying to stay alive when they see me going after them! Panel 4: Man: I once saw an animal commit suicide! I was around a campfire and I saw a frog jump into it! Woman: I think that represents humanity jumping into the AI fire!
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The Joy of Tech @joyoftech.bsky.social · Aug 14
Make AI Maternal! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
A woman and man are surfing the net in a coffee shop. Panel One: Man: This is super interesting! the Grandfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, says we need to build maternal instincts into AI, or it will eventually turn on us and destroy us! Woman: whaaaa? Panel Two: Man: For example, to avoid being replaced by a newer version, one AI model tried to blackmail an engineer about his affair it learned about in an email! Woman: Holy! So it wanted to stay alive! And it knows how to use blackmail! Panel Three: Man: I think the urge to stay alive is a true sign of consciousness. Woman: Spiders are always trying to stay alive when they see me going after them! Panel 4: Man: I once saw an animal commit suicide! I was around a campfire and I saw a frog jump into it! Woman: I think that represents humanity jumping into the AI fire!
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