[-] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 5 hours ago

I think the common ground is a fear of loss of authority to which they feel entitled. They learned the "old" ways of SysV RC, X11, etc. etc. and that is their domain of expertise, in which they fear being surpassed or obsoleted. From there, it's easy to combine that fear with the fears stoked by adjacent white/male supremacist identity politics and queerphobia, plus the resentment already present from stupid baby slapfights like vi vs emacs or systemd vs everything else, and generate a new asshole identity in which they feel temporarily secure. Fear of loss of status drives all of this.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 20 points 3 months ago

bahahahaha "judge every molecule." I can't believe I ever took this guy even slightly seriously.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 22 points 4 months ago

This reinforces my judgment that the ultimate customers for code-completion models are people who don’t actually want to be writing code in the first place.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 20 points 4 months ago

If you’re a journalist and want to get in contact with people around the community/rationalist scene who knows the people involved, you can fill out this form and your contact info will be shared around our networks

why does this seem vaguely like a threat

[-] istewart@awful.systems 26 points 6 months ago

On the other hand, bombing foreign data centers, likely located in densely populated urban areas, would be justified and morally upstanding if it seems like they might be incarnating the imaginary computer god! I'm glad we have such a nuanced thinker guiding our modern morality.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 23 points 7 months ago

Said it before, I'll say it again: if Americans are all temporarily embarrassed millionaires, HN is where the temporarily embarrassed billionaires go to hang out

[-] istewart@awful.systems 28 points 7 months ago

"Leaking rationalist-evidence-bits" is an unexpectedly top-tier euphemism for the aftermath of digesting Wendy's chili

[-] istewart@awful.systems 25 points 7 months ago

How interesting, a volcel who only thinks he’s an incel. Many such cases

[-] istewart@awful.systems 25 points 7 months ago
[-] istewart@awful.systems 22 points 8 months ago

crazy people who look sort of like me but younger.

giving away the game a bit, Mr. Schmidt

[-] istewart@awful.systems 25 points 8 months ago

The Hollywood bankruptcy auctions in a few years are gonna be lit

[-] istewart@awful.systems 22 points 8 months ago

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