[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's so dumb that I wonder if it's some sort of profile-raising stunt.

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[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Shang Tsung contracting anemia after devouring too many souls.md

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

CW: USA Politics

That suppressed Democratic National Committe 2024 "postmortem" report turns out to have been pure slop, with essentially no references and entirely made-up charts and plots while also missing entire sections. The author can produce exactly zero interview transcripts or source data. It also neglects interrogating failures in addressing trans rights, the genocide in Gaza, or the affordability crisis.

The podcast "It Could Happen Here" does a good job of analysis (disgusted), but long-time sneerers will feel the futility of getting into the weeds with an extruded textual artifact:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/whats-in-the-dncs-2024-autopsy-335696933/

Tl:dl the deeply institutionalist DNC chairman appointed his best buddy to the job with zero oversight, and this was the result.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Wew, that is a rich text...

...The 3.5 release will raise the bar enormously with regards to rsync security, but it is a huge change...

o no

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So here in Nashville, Elon and our state government have conspired to attempt a Tesla tunnel that starts at the state capitol, goes under the Cumberland River, and exits at our airport (BNA). They're doing it whether the city wants it or not. (It's "not").

Setting aside the race to determine whether a void in the local limestone fills with water or radon first, I wanted to help come up with a catchy title for the as yet unnamed car hole:

BNA Underground Transit Tunnel

Tourist Protip: Don't try the hot chicken before visiting the BUTT hole.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago

That's awful, losing a friend that way is like a death without a funeral.

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

I want to believe that's next-level trolling. It's too funny to be true.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, people and companies should step up.

No, the answer isn't replacing the test suite with nonfunctional slop and running it as root.

It's all so amateurish and bizzare that my first thought was that someone stole the maintainer's account. I guess nobody's immune to the siren call of the slot machine.

It's unjustifiable bullshit.

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This is like a human cell goofing up its p53 genes and deciding that being cancer is good actually.

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

h/t to Ed Zitron: https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mfxqjqoias2q

alt textWSJ PATRICK SISON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools. Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations. The administration and Anthropic have been feuding for months over how its AI models can be used by the Pentagon. Trump on Friday ordered agencies to stop working with the company and the Defense Department designated it a security threat and risk to its supply chain.

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

A Harpers contributer does the legwork and gets a head start on deflating the next dumb hype cycle.

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

404 Media develops a skeptical take on an unhinged conference presentation.

TLDR: IAEA appears to be cooked. Peak lunacy is on display.

The comments are full of quality sneers.

Edit: The whole presentation feels like the product of an extended manic episode, it's comoleyely ungrounded from the realities of operating a commercial nuclear power plant.

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 44 points 2 years ago

Fyre Festival as a Service

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When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

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