Concurring with everyone else that this is a 10/10 read. This article lays out a very reasonable theory that explains why tech maniacs are the way that they are.
Woke: pile driving AI advocates
Bespoke: pounding prediction market peddlers
Apparently Jan Marsalek worked for the GRU. Trashfuture is going to feast:
Is it praxis when you put theory into inaction?
Something you said got me thinking:
I don’t think I’ve heard of a story that does the deeper elements of storytelling without doing the basics of English writing.
Narrative predated literacy by quite a lot, so I could see that working! Conversely, ai slop is unsettling because it is literate without narrative.
Small domino: being passive aggressive at a guy named Norbert
Big domino: resurgent fascism and widespread economic collapse in the 21st century
checks the news
Well shit
This guy is a real self-licking ice cream cone (flavor: pralines and dick)
Don't make tap the sign:
Don't feed the bears!
There should be a weekly periodical called Business Idiot.
as if a mere child could criticize the Imperial Wardrobe
--Kevin, probably
Me, a Nashvillian: I would like one bonaroo please
God: sorry I'm fresh out of bonaroo, have some weird nazis instead
If tptacek weren't a chicken he'd go ask Ed directly. Ain't like he's hard to find.
Copilot is the olestra of software
He complains about feeling dumb, but like is it any wonder when you’re attaching your reasoning to an llm like you’re a male angler fish.
Magnificent sneer
Funny thing, the sawzall vanished right before his catalytic converter went missing
They say that you can't destroy the master's house with the master's tools, but what about hammers?
The basilisk we have at home
At first I was like:
But then I was like:
Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books with real author names.
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.
Absolutely delusional wishcasting on the part of our very good friends.
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.
Attached: 1 image Good move from the mods at rpg.net! Even more relevant today than when it happened in 2018. #uspol #ttrpg #rpg #gaming #resist #humanity #GoodVsEvil
From the Uplifting News Department, an event that was brought to our attention by Wandering.shop member David Croyle. Specifically, that time that the administrators of rpg.net bluntly declared that their website is officially a No Nazis Bar.
There were no follow-up questions: https://wandering.shop/@croyle/113980700961699526
Posted in r/nashville by u/Crafty_Barracuda7720 • 195 points and 55 comments
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
Rojava has built what seems like a robust, equitable, bullshit-resistant mutual aid system in the face of incredible resistance. The idea of a system that can be an autonomous administration in some areas while operating--possibly legally--in parallel with a nation-state government in others is something I find very appealing.
I'm having a hard time understanding how the underlying system works in detail. I think this is largely due to a language barrier.
Any recommendations for Bookchin/Öcalan type reading for beginners? I've procrastinated on it because I hate reading theory (and it's always embarrassing to need hand holding at my age), but needs must. I haven't had much luck turning up English language stuff that lays out how the system works in a way I could share with a casual observer.
"Let me get this straight," he said. "You're hosting a 'future of AI' event in a city that has failed humanity so miserably?"
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.
In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser.
When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!
(Found by way of @cstross@wandering.shop)
Tweet 1 - Oct 19, 2023:
I'm sorry but if you're paying $200k for a smart contract engineer you're ngmi
"no, the smart contract needs to be perfect and audited" bro hit $100k in daily volume then worry about it being perfect
Tweet 2 - Jun 5, 2024:
tldr; got $40k drained just now
i was submitting OP retro grants app. had to make github repo public for a sec. forgot i had my secret key in there (cuz i'm quite literally retarded, my IQ is 26). got drained of everything.
o7___o7 @awful.systems [redacted] enthusiast, robot combat enjoyer, distressingly Appalachian, father of ninjas