[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 1 points 57 minutes ago

I hear ya. I mean, Stross's George Clooney stood and fought the horrors, while ours ran away to France. (The book really captured the unique American flavor of High Weirdness and the stickiness of Amerca's belief in its own mythos, didnt it though?)

In the here and now, I try to remind myself that they're the ones who suck and that they should hide.

When Woke 2 comes we're going to be insuffferable.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hero!

Here's a screenshot in case it vanishes:

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Opus 4.6 is More Corn (ft. Dr Weird and Steve)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6TMOMTtAMBI

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 1 points 2 hours ago

It does seem kind of vulnerable to a determined gonzo journalist, doesnt it?

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Axios publishes an ad for Anthropic. tptacek bravely defends a corporation from unimpressed fellow hackers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902909

Edit: tptacek implies that Ludic no longer stands behind Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI, which I don't believe.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46906403

tptacek explains that the one armed bandit addiction loop is good actually:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46905142

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 18 hours ago

Imagining an LW enjoyer attempting to tackle Proust and getting straight armed into the Shadow Realm.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

It’s a classical liberal thing.

I put on my cloak and phrygian cap

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

Heckin yeah, are you going through a union?

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Tangentially on topic:

Just finished The Regicide Report by friend of the instance Charles Stross. Hell of a finish to the main series! I'll likely start a re-read of the whole series soon, and I'm hopeful that it'll win all the awards.

Had a couple of shower thoughts afterward:

  1. In the previous novel, a bunch of American computer bois with brainworms concocted a plan to disassemble the moon and turn it into orbital datacenters, which is lol

  2. Ghislaine Maxwell is the Iris Carpenter of pedos.

  3. Keeping speculative fiction ahead of current events must be exhausting.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tradesmen sharing tales of the worst bathroom they've ever encountered (positive). A++

Also, you dont look your age

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The vibes were wretched. Why do people to have to battle emotional abuse from a goddamned web browser?

but hey, at least this way we now just know and don’t have to guess. so much easier

+1, yeesh. Btw, if Dingus McGee there resides in the UK, might some of that shit might be legally actionable? I'd certainly have strong feelings about being defamed by the representative of a rather well-funded technology company lol

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

A Harpers contributer does the legwork and gets a head start on deflating the next dumb hype cycle.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

404 Media develops a skeptical take on an unhinged conference presentation.

TLDR: IAEA appears to be cooked. Peak lunacy is on display.

The comments are full of quality sneers.

Edit: The whole presentation feels like the product of an extended manic episode, it's comoleyely ungrounded from the realities of operating a commercial nuclear power plant.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

This is peak laziness. It seems that the reading list's author used autoplag to extrude the entire 60 page supplemental insert. The author also super-promises this has never happened before.

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Absolutely delusional wishcasting on the part of our very good friends.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems

By Timnit Gebru and Emile P. Torres

Pro-tier sneers by seasoned veterans, get em while they're hot!

Edit: I am reliably informed that it is no longer hot.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

Looks like a local boy did good.

I linked the /r/nashville post since it has a good description of the website. Users can see a history of rent prices for a given property and its neighbors, which gives some leverage in negotiations. For more context, local rent prices are down 6% from highs.

I'm curious to see if it takes off, and how robust it is against adversarial tactics like bogus reports and nuisance lawsuits.

EDIT: Fixed "Blocked" issue by linking to archive

EDIT2: Also linked to the correct archive page

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

John Mulaney gets paid by prompt fondlers to tell jokes at a party. He spends 45 minutes telling them that they are idiots, which is nice.

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When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

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