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  • To start this spooky Stubsack off, there's signs Framework are being slow on the refunds:

    Just a heads up I haven't gotten a refund from my cancelled FW12 order. Framework seems to be having trouble figuring it out.

    I don't know why, maybe it is Canada or maybe it is a high volume of similar requests, but it is a sign I always find concerning in a company I am worried about the financial stability of.

    Could be nothing, but if you have been wavering on a cancellation I figured you might want a heads up.

    This comes two weeks after Framework's public fash turn, and just a few days after their latest double down. "Go fash, lose cash" proves itself again.

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd November 2025

  • For something lighter, here's an AI bro getting wowed by the shittiest "video game" I've ever seen (trust me, the screenshot doesn't do it justice):

    In lieu of sneering this shit, I'd like to argue that arts education should become mandatory for all students post-bubble, regardless of their profession. STEM, humanities, tech, doesn't matter - give them four years of art so they don't turn out like this guy.

  • Charities Using AI-Generated Photos of Starving Children to Raise Money

    Morally, attacking the poor and downtrodden through polluting the world with AI is abhorrent, and anyone doing this should be permanently barred from working at any charity.

    Practically, the sight of blatant AI-generated poverty porn is going to drive people away from giving to these charities, damaging their ability to do good.

  • I never understood what this damn distro is about.

    Omarchy's not a distro, its an open endorsement of fascism. Its getting pushed as hard as it is in an attempt to entrench fascists in Linux and the FOSS ecosystem at large.

  • New paper on LLMs just dropped, titled LLMs Can Get "Brain Rot"!

    Currently a novelty at this point, but could prove useful to make the likes of Iocaine and Nepenthes more effective - especially since the paper notes:

    the damage is multifaceted in changing the reasoning patterns and is persistent against large-scale post-hoc tuning.

    It does also suggest doing some actual quality control to prevent damage to the LLMs, but that sure ain't happening

  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 26th October 2025

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th October 2025

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th September 2025 - awful.systems

    NotAwfulTech @awful.systems

    Introducing the Forklift Certified License

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 21st September 2025

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 14th September 2025

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    The melancholy of history rhyming - Baldur Bjarnason on the fallout of AI

    MoreWrite @awful.systems

    QaD's: The Quantum Resistance

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 7th September 2025

    MoreWrite @awful.systems

    A Couple More Predictions about the Next AI Winter

    NotAwfulTech @awful.systems

    You no longer need JavaScript: a showcase of CSS's power

    MoreWrite @awful.systems

    Further rethinking how we teach people to code

    NotAwfulTech @awful.systems

    We should rethink how we teach people to code

    NotAwfulTech @awful.systems

    I designed my own ridiculously fast game streaming video codec – PyroWave

    TechTakes @awful.systems

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 31st August 2025 - awful.systems

    MoreWrite @awful.systems

    QaD's: The Next Tech Bubble

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 24th August 2025