Douglas Adams once identified these guys as a class of prostitute, then cleverly wrote it in a funny book so that no one would get mad at him.
[redacted] enthusiast, robot combat enjoyer, distressingly Appalachian, father of ninjas
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- o7___o7@awful.systemstoSneerClub@awful.systemsā¢Steven Pinker in race-science podcast shockerEnglish11Ā·2 days ago
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English4Ā·2 days ago
Off topic: really enjoying Mike Duncanās Revolutions podcast at the moment. Listened to the French Revolution and am now in the midst of the July Revolution.
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English3Ā·4 days ago
heās going on an all-psyker diet
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Generative AI runs on gambling addiction ā just one more prompt, bro!English6Ā·5 days ago
In my experience, stimulants mean more self-control!
ADHD is a broad church, but most of us generally show reduced dopaminergic activity around the frontal lobe, which can manifest, as an example, executive dysfunction. The right stimulant medication at the proper dosage helps balance that out. My unmedicated brother can drink a latte and go to sleep immediately.
Gambling, browsing, etc feel good for the same reason, and I will never touch casinos, cocaine or street meth because I suspect that itād ruin me.
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Generative AI runs on gambling addiction ā just one more prompt, bro!English7Ā·5 days ago
Curious what a study on relative AI uptake by Parkinsonās patients and my fellow adhdāers looks like. The same dopaminergic systems whose underperformance drives symptoms also makes us more likely to get hooked on gambling than average.
Edit: also, AI-to-cocaine is the new cloud-to-butt
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English8Ā·5 days ago
Tired: brain rot
Wired: brain soap
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Washington Post goes AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-edsEnglish5Ā·5 days ago
Ha, glad to hear that the Onion is making it!
Sorry about my poorly specified post! My complaint was aimed more at Jeff Bezoās bizzare idea that people who go out of their way to pay money to to a legacy media newspaper want ai slop rather than human-curated investigative journalism.
Google gives out slop for free. Why pay for it?
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Lionsgate: "The AI movies are coming, we swear, they're just stuck in Canada"English14Ā·5 days ago
Do studio executives universally suffer from aphantasia or what?
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Washington Post goes AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-edsEnglish6Ā·5 days ago
Why do they think people buy newspapers in 2025? Good god
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English8Ā·6 days ago
MATHLAB CODE
Oof ow my heart
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English6Ā·6 days ago
The only thing gen ai is good for is being a stick to threaten labor with.
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoSneerClub@awful.systemsā¢Jim Miller puts the cart FAR before the horseEnglish8Ā·7 days ago
Theyāll do anything to avoid giving away extra guac, wonāt they?
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English9Ā·7 days ago
Curtis Yarvin is just an internet age Julius Evola for the type of people who are somehow also impressed by Julius Evola.
Quality sneer!
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English13Ā·7 days ago
Fr, eschewing the command line is the cs guy version of not being able to change a flat tire
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English9Ā·7 days ago
I bet youāre right on the money.
Edit: someone deep in the thread dared him to post a video of one of his coding speedruns if itās so good, which tickled me
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English12Ā·7 days ago
hackernews enthusiast tpacek is filled with incredulity when some friends wonāt join his new religious movement. This of course has triggered a 1200 reply long thread:
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoSneerClub@awful.systemsā¢Jim Miller puts the cart FAR before the horseEnglish4Ā·7 days ago
Rukiaās Basilisk would explain how Bleach just kept right on going forever like that
- o7___o7@awful.systemstoTechTakes@awful.systemsā¢Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th June 2025English5Ā·7 days ago
First we mine, then we craft hey does anyoune else smell burnt toast?
Some AI company waving a big donation outside of the spotlight? Dorks trying to burnish their resumes?
Ya gotta think itās going to lead to a rebellion.