[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Old: epistemic humility

Bold: epistemic humiliation

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 12 hours ago

Classic orange cat move

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Didn't steemit already fail horribly trying to do this?

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

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 23 hours ago

Why is Labour like this?

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TESCREAL is structurally an evangelical a-theist religion descended from the 19th century Russian Orthodox christianity of Nikolai Fyodorovitch Fyodorov and in my new book I will—

Hannu Rajaniemi beat us all to the punch all the way back in 2010, didn't he? The Sobornost are exactly who the Rationalists want to be when they grow up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quantum_Thief

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's something about how these weird ideologies grow and how people get trapped in them that reminds me of oncogenesis.

When a cancer forms, cell lines experience a typical progression where a lineage accumulates mutations which aren't that bad individually, but combine in the aggregate to cause havoc. The cells close themselves off from outside communication and lose all capacity for repairing genomic damage or heeding signals to slow out-of-control growth. Environmental factors like pollution and ionizing radiation can predictably push otherwise benign cells in that direction; the same cancer can develop in thousands or millions of people independently via convergent shit-evolution.

It rhymes, doesn't it?

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This has worked out so well for trains.

As a side note, it's inevitable that you're going to end up explaining all of this on all of my favorite disaster-adjacent podcasts one day

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Tired: Propaganda of the deed

Wired: Propaganda of the Sneer

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago

Also, cognitive dysentery

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If only Tombstone were here to help

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 4 days ago

Stands to reason

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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

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When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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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