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Cyberpunk

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"High tech, low life."

"The street finds its own uses for things."

We all know the quotes and the books. But cyberpunk is more than a neon-soaked, cybernetic aesthetic, or a gritty dystopian science fiction genre. It is a subculture composed of two fundamental ideas: PUNK, and CYBER.

The PUNK: antiauthoritarian, anticapitalist, radical freedom of expression, rejection of tradition, a DIY ethic.

The CYBER: all that, but high-fuckin'-tech, ya feel? From DIYing body mods to using bleeding edge software to subvert corporate interests. It's punk for the 22nd century.

This is a community dedicated to discussing anything cyberpunk, be it books, movies, or other art that falls into the genre, or real life tech, projects, stories, ideas or anything else that adheres to these ideals. It's a place for 'punks from all over the federated Net to hang out and swap stories and meaningful content (not just pictures of city nightscapes).

Welcome in, choom.

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This is the smartwatch I own. True netrunners know that the tech we wear on (or under) our skin is a prime entry vector for ever hungry megacorps to bleed the pulsing data from our digital veins, so having a wearable I have full control over is of paramount importance. I can flash it with new firmware whenever I want, the multiple open source options available are all an open book to any hacker worth their cyberlinguistic salt, and I can know for a fact that it won't phone home with my location or other data to any corporation behind the scenes. If we are all going to be cyborgs integrating technology onto and eventually into our bodies, better to control that tech ourselves!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's € 62,65 over here, fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If I go to order, it says

29.99 USD watch

11.99 USD shipping

38.98 USD = € 35.56

(Czechia)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the US store, there's a pine64eu site where the watch is listed as €62. But the cheaper way to order is definitely through the US store, that's what I did

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article didn't mention an EU store and I just went for the first Google result 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's quite hidden for some reason. Oh well, now you know there's an EU store and that's where the high price of €62.65 comes from

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some reason Pine's EU store is ridiculously overpriced. The pinecil is around £55 if you buy it from the EU store or £47/£55 amazon. I got the pinecil for £33 buying from the US store and just having it shipped over to the UK.

You could think about doing that for this smartwatch!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was the customs charge like?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly, nothing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago