istewart

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[–] istewart@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is, sadly, pretty unsurprising, as carrying forward the anti-FDR/anti-New Deal movement was a foundational pillar of the libertarianism that Trump co-opted. Heavily promoted by the LewRockwell.com/Mises.org crowd.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But how are they going to awkwardly cram robots in everywhere, to follow up the overwhelming success of AI? Self-crashing cars are a gimme, but maybe a "sealed for your protection" Amazon locker with a robot arm that handles the package for you?

I was in LA this time a couple years ago, and some robot delivery startup had already left their little motorized shopping carts littering the sidewalks around Hollywood. I never saw them moving, they just sat there almost like they were abandoned.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago

I've seen conspiracy theories that a lot of the ad buys for stuff like this are a new avenue of money laundering, focusing on stuff like pirate sports streaming sites, sketchy torrent sites, etc. But a full scraped, SEOd Wikipedia clone also fits.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sajam deviated from fighting games to do over an hour on this game, if you'd like to feel your brain gently melting out your ears:

https://youtu.be/G9s3QmIbVg8

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh my god, the gacha anime-waifu horse racing phone game is real. Why did I have to find this out today, or ever. Better than 50% chance that Roko is a paypig for it

[–] istewart@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Over the last few years, I have fully gotten on board with the idea that the haunting vestige of the idea of people as property is one of the core weaknesses of American society, and the "western civilization" enthusiasts that promote its supremacy.

Of course, there are a lot of other people who have been on board with that point of view for centuries.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

They're doing it with cryptocurrency right now.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Or their cooling design stinks, or they/Nvidia are just telling the fab we don't care about yields, just send us everything that powers on and we'll figure out which ones are good in production

[–] istewart@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Very true. I think one of the possible low-key outcomes of the bubble is a rise both in open-source driver hacking and manufacture-on-demand PCBs to accommodate what would otherwise be high-dollar e-waste.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Somebody gotta adapt them to boards with actual video outputs tho

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What with all the rapid innovation surrounding small modular reactors, I still firmly believe that I will be able to bolt a nuclear reactor to a DeLorean in my garage

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