That’s mostly how I understand it. Debord’s official definition is hardly helpful:

dérive

A mode of experimental behavior linked to the conditions of urban society: a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. The term also designates a specific uninterrupted period of dériving.

Damn, sorry switching browsers didn’t work either. I did some furious googling when the problem started for me and found absolutely nothing helpful. The Wayback Machine still worked, so maybe it does for you, as well. Here’s one: https://web.archive.org/web/20230826004320/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html

Whaddya know, they’ve already techified the Dérive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dérive#Technology

It’s been doing that to me on Firefox, too, even with no VPN and with my extensions turned off. So now I use my default Microsoft browser exclusively for the purpose of archiving newspaper articles.

The NYT version of the article quotes the investors talking about a place “as walkable as Paris or the West Village,” but we’ll see how the monkey’s paw curls.

https://archive.li/iN7n9

I thought I’d err on the side of being charitable but that error just looks bigger and bigger, doesn’t it?

Before “tankie” became such a popular term the difference was framed as a question of “socialism from above” versus “socialism from below,” as discussed in this Hal Draper pamphlet.