blakestacey

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

So, you're fine with psychologically torturing Black people because software manuals are too dry.

Good to know.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The biggest, if rarely used, use case is education - they’re an infinitely patient tutor that can explain things in many ways and give you endless examples.

No. They're not.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Previously discussed here

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 1 year ago

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

Calvin and Hobbes, 8 November 1989

"They say the pollutants we dump in the air are trapping the Sun's heat and it's going to melt the polar ice caps! Sure, you'll be gone when it happens, but I won't! Nice planet you're leaving me!"

Calvin and Hobbes, 23 July 1987

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 16 points 1 year ago

"And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings, and every one was a good dog before the Lord, Bront"

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reject modernity (wrong number of fingers), embrace tradition (SPIRAL EYE-HOLES ARE WATCHING YOU)

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago

Dare I say... womp womp?

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

The thermodynamic god is a kind of in-joke for e/acc; a reference to the laws of physics

But apparently asking a physicist whether these people are all full of shit is too much.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 19 points 1 year ago

So, if anyone is keeping score, the promise of Artificial Intelligence has descended from "the computers on Star Trek" to "spicy ticket-booking".

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