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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 4th August 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 5 points 3 days ago

@froztbyte @dgerard

This pull request is big! We're only showing the most recent 250 commits JFC

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 27th July 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT: LWer tries to talk fellow LWers down in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
Are EA billionaire philanthropists actually effective in their 'altruism'? (spoilers: no) in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

@SmoothOperator OK, how do you feel about the statement "technology is politically neutral"?

Are EA billionaire philanthropists actually effective in their 'altruism'? (spoilers: no) in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

@SmoothOperator @mountainriver

What's your position on Codes Of Conduct for free software projects? Just trying to confirm some prejudices here

Are EA billionaire philanthropists actually effective in their 'altruism'? (spoilers: no) in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@swlabr @SmoothOperator

Didn't he sing Little Boxes?

Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 13th July 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@swlabr @BlueMonday1984

Wait wtf I once built a blockchain called equestreum *as a joke* https://github.com/hat-festival/equestreum I need to step away from the lathe

Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 6th July 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 7 points 4 weeks ago

@Architeuthis @gerikson

The man outside Stratford station yelling through a megaphone about Jesus makes more sense than this

Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 6th July 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

@gerikson @BlueMonday1984

"biological civilization is about to create artificial superintelligence" is it though?

‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 1 points 1 month ago

@Honytawk @sturger it's all hallucination, sometimes it's incidentally correct

Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 29th June 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Verizon’s new AI chatbot — customer disservice in c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Started following @techtakes <https://awful.systems/c/techtakes> and there sure are some Opinions in the replies (mastodon.me.uk)
 

Started following @techtakes and there sure are some Opinions in the replies

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