[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We should have an awful meet up next year to gloat over our victory

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Maybe you could paint the wall greenscreen, and hide it behind a tapestry when not in use. Then you wouldn't need a place to store or deploy the screen frame hardware.

edit: froztbyte has a good point! To clarify, I mean only an appropriate square of wall that is in view of the camera. Also, I'm a deranged person that consumes pivot via podcast, so I don't know the layout of the room. A more clever person than I would have checked on that before offering a potentially impractical suggestion.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 4 days ago

The lines weren't nearly as gnarly this year, but the mild weather and extra positivity surely helped!

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Common DragonCon W. The whole con was a lovely reprieve from the bullshit-industrial complex.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Unmonitored RSD is a real sonuvabitch

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

DragonCon drops the ban hammer on a slop slinger. There was much rejoicing.

https://old.reddit.com/r/dragoncon/comments/1n5r2eu/a_warm_heartfelt_goodbye_to_a10_the_ai_artist_who/

Btw, the vibes were absolutely marvelous this year.

Edit: a shrine was built to shame the perpetrator

https://old.reddit.com/r/dragoncon/comments/1n60s10/to_shame_that_ai_stand_in_artist_alley_people/

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Following proton's recent development has been like seeing a friend become way too interested in gas station drugs

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 33 points 1 month ago

Turkey has a big opportunity here to corner the market for non-mechanical turks

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 50 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Look, AI will be perfect as soon as we have an algorithm to sort "truth" from "falsehood", like an oracle of some sort. They'll probably have that in GPT-5, right?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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.

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Absolutely delusional wishcasting on the part of our very good friends.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems

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.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/freeasm@awful.systems

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

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

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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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/freeasm@awful.systems

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.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 38 points 10 months ago

self-dodging bullet

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I use subscription services to get the best letters of the alphabet.

For example, I use WinnrWinnrChicknDinnr to get access to the letter W (upper AND lower case!) for only $69 a month!

No idea why they needed my SSN, but look I'm not some pleb that uses free letters.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 44 points 1 year ago

Fyre Festival as a Service

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When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by o7___o7@awful.systems to c/buttcoin@awful.systems

(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.

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