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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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As suggested at this thread to general "yeah sounds cool". Let's see if this goes anywhere.

Original inspiration:

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to make it a post, there's no quota here

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

This feels shorter than these things usually are, or I've just become inured to this stuff.

Of course it turned out to be about not taking AI doom seriously, and not about, say, EA collectively falling for a scammer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good to see the Yud tradition of ridiculous strawmanning of science continue.

In this case, the strawscientist falls for a ponzi scheme because "it always outputted the same returns". So scientific!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This dude literally asks a chick how she would feel if she hadn't had breakfast today. Here's the biggest self-own I've ever seen presented without further comment

https://twitter.com/whatever/status/1768427024664707499

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Spoiler warning, but these are the people you're getting into slapfights with on twitter

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

did you guys know robert zubrin was an old time larouchite activist back in the 70s?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i didn't but this didn't surprise me in any way. Zubrin certainly has stuff going on

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There were pre-musk cult allegations thats for sure.

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