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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 26th January 2025 - awful.systems - awful.systems
  • hackernews: We're going to build utopia on Mars, reinvent money, and construct god.

    also hackernews: moving off facebook is too hard :( :( :(

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42779776

  • Dress for the job
  • LGB-Trillionaires?

  • Dress for the job
  • All I can figure is that they want to build a hydraulic empire but are too lazy to work through the practical difficulties of plumbing.

  • Ed Zitron: The Slop Society
  • I've been seeing Ed references in the wild lately. May the wave continue to build!

  • did scoot at one time have the mask on, cos if so that must be the *distant* past
  • When you encounter a situation where Abort, Retry, and Fail are all solid options.

  • UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details
  • Keir Starmer methodically applies clown makeup, ultimately transforming into a fully-realized Rishi Sunak

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th January 2025 - awful.systems
  • Read a rumor that zuck's marriage is falling apart, which scans.

    A second divorced man is about to hit the tower.

  • Better Offline CES 2025: Day 1 (podcast)
  • Day 3 is solid gold.

  • CES 2025 brings the gratuitous bolted-on AI
  • SV uses LLMs the same way that Orks use red paint

  • at last, OpenAI's official definition of "AGI"! Can you guess what it is?
  • Is this the leaked script for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money?

  • Nashville Developer Makes RealPage, but for Renters

    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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    The System is Borked, We Need an Upgrade

    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.

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    Salesforce invites a horse into the hospital

    sfstandard.com Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

    "Let me get this straight," he said. "You're hosting a 'future of AI' event in a city that has failed humanity so miserably?"

    Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

    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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    gizmodo.com Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets

    In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser.

    Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets

    When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

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    A Story in Two Pictures, Or Solidity? Why Worry!

    wandering.shop memes (@[email protected])

    Attached: 2 images a story in two pics

    memes (@memes@wetdry.world)

    (Found by way of @[email protected])

    !

    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.

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