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Ziz update thread, started 19 February in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2 March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

looks like tomorrow's Pivot

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2 March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i am presuming his lawyers, and a special crypto bro pardon

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yep that's the stuff. they HINT HINTed what they wanted the LLM to do.

Ziz update thread, started 19 February in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Wired: The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians (archive)

Evan Ratliff has apparently been tracking the Ziz cult since 2022 and when it blew up into mainstream news, he was ready

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

crayon either way

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Has the study itself shown up?

EDIT: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13295

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

that gives me questions about China

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

that's tomorrow's Pivot

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

Chris Kluwe vs Gamergate is an example of the jocks as the good guys up against the nerds as the bad guys

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

IQ is a farce multiplier. Elon is a High IQ Individual which means he wreaks 1000x the havoc of a regular dumbass. IQ stands for Idiot Quickly

Ziz update thread, started 19 February in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

BBC summary of the story of Ziz

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did scoot at one time have the mask on, cos if so that must be the distant past (awful.systems)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Lynn's National IQ Estimates

Isn't It Super-Racist To Say That People In Sub-Saharan African Countries Have IQs Equivalent To Intellectually Disabled People?

No. In fact, it would be super-racist not to say this!

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-learn-to

archive: https://archive.ph/BJ6bd

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There are probably other links for it than Apple, I'm sure you can find them if that's an issue.

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