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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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Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid!

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post, there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high

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)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] mii@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago

So apparently when you install Logitech's mouse driver software, it'll now come with Logi AI Prompt Builder.

Mastering prompt building enhances your efficiency and creativity.

Did you know that 9/10 promptfondlers use a mouse?

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If you were to print up all the posts in this thread and arrange them in a neat little pile, then you'd have a snubstack.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago

there's an "a miserable little pile of .." joke waiting to be found somewhere in there

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Tyler Cowen is onside with the AI doomsters, but suggests they perhaps get their arguments together coherently to academic standards or something.

(you'll be pleased to see that the commenters aren't putting up with that sort of nonsense for a second)

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 6 months ago

If only we had applied those same standards to the Book of Revelations!

They're making a good point but I doubt they realize it.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

3878 lolboxes

And they’re only calling it back because of the pedal as opposed to all other faults. At a guess, this is something they’re more open to regulatory consequences on than others?

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with US auto regulations but I do believe manufacturers have some regulatory pressure (as in if they don't fix a problem the car will be deemed not roadworthy), but the bigger perception is probably just what the public thinks. You won't sell many new cars and the used value will plummet if these issues persist.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago

You won’t sell many new cars

There's only under 4k of these painboxes out there so it's not like they're flying off the shelves as it is

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 6 months ago

it's deep downthread on that one hellthread but I want to put it here: a short semi-NSFW reflection on the state of the internet

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