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maol@awful.systemsto Buttcoin@awful.systems•my friend made a find at the bookstoreEnglish5·8 months ago“zine-like” but it costs $100? Fuck off
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23rd December 2024English5·8 months agoI had to use clipchamp for something recently and my god, what an awful, enshittified piece of software. It’s sending me emails now!
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23rd December 2024English4·8 months agoI am no tech expert but I use tuta for email and disroot for forms, pads and file sharing.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•OpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for freeEnglish5·8 months agoWow, this is like the 12 inch single of Blue Monday that supposedly cost more to manufacture than they made on sales. But shit.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•the dead end grift that is lab grown meatEnglish4·8 months agoAhh I remember this article, it removed my illusions about lab grown meat. Thanks for bringing it back
maol@awful.systemsto SneerClub@awful.systems•JD Vance outs himself as an SSCer, SSCers reactEnglish1·8 months agoThat too - a significant section of the tradcath subculture spends most of its time fulminating against “Bergoglio” these days.
Also, if they happen to be the pro-Russian/anti-Ukraine kind of right-wing shithead, then the political alignment of some Orthodox churches may be amenable.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th December 2024English8·8 months agoThe left did not push Elon Musk away. The left has fundamentally different interests and values to the billionaire and alleged rapist.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th December 2024English5·8 months agoA two-part lecture and discussion series that may be of interest to techsneerers:
This workshop is a two-part lecture and discussion series addressing urgent issues in space and how they relate to Earth. What does ethics mean in the context of space? Is it possible to explore space ethically? How do military interests drive Mars exploration? Led by multi-disciplinary researchers and organizers Dr. C. Adeene Denton and Dr. Divya M. Persaud, this series will provide an overview of how space is grounded in real-world oppression, colonialism, and genocide and a chance to discuss together how this could be changed.
Runs on January 11th and 12th.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI-generated travel influencers — marketers love them! Real travelers, not so muchEnglish8·8 months agoYou’re disposable! You’re replaceable! Buy our product!
I will always remember Sam Bankman Fried saying it’s obvious that Shakespeare can’t be the greatest author ever because it’s unlikely. Just because something’s unlikely doesn’t mean it’s impossible! You need to independently evaluate the evidence!
In the Going Clear documentary an author says that because Scientology was built by and for L. Ron Hubbard, people who follow Scientology are gradually moulded in his image and pick up his worst traits and neuroses. LessWrong was founded by a former child prodigy…
They seem to believe that stereotypes often have a grain of truth to them, and it’s thus ok to believe stereotypes.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st December 2024English7·8 months agoI wonder where the superforecasters stand on aella being outed as a ghislain maxwell type fixer for the tescreal high priesthood.
Can you be outed when everyone knows that’s what you are already?
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•The article in which Scott compares John Henry's mining capacity to the Machine'sEnglish1·8 months agoIt’s just…blah.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Synthetic nostalgia: Punk band Dead Boys plans album with AI Stiv Bators, current vocalist quits in disgustEnglish3·8 months agoYou can’t really accuse the Dead Boys of bad taste and expect it to mean anything. What a dumb idea though
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st December 2024English7·8 months agoIrish election watch: Scary far right candidate uses scary AI images for his leaflet in the Dublin Bay North constituency.
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st December 2024English13·8 months agoSome anti-AI propaganda via spellingmistakescostlives
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st December 2024English12·8 months agoAll
Coppers
Are
Bots
maol@awful.systemsto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st December 2024English4·8 months agoI’m scared of Big Ulster
All that cash Open AI gave to Labour was worth it, huh