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[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We should have an awful meet up next year to gloat over our victory

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe you could paint the wall greenscreen, and hide it behind a tapestry when not in use. Then you wouldn't need a place to store or deploy the screen frame hardware.

edit: froztbyte has a good point! To clarify, I mean only an appropriate square of wall that is in view of the camera. Also, I'm a deranged person that consumes pivot via podcast, so I don't know the layout of the room. A more clever person than I would have checked on that before offering a potentially impractical suggestion.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The lines weren't nearly as gnarly this year, but the mild weather and extra positivity surely helped!

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Common DragonCon W. The whole con was a lovely reprieve from the bullshit-industrial complex.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unmonitored RSD is a real sonuvabitch

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

DragonCon drops the ban hammer on a slop slinger. There was much rejoicing.

https://old.reddit.com/r/dragoncon/comments/1n5r2eu/a_warm_heartfelt_goodbye_to_a10_the_ai_artist_who/

Btw, the vibes were absolutely marvelous this year.

Edit: a shrine was built to shame the perpetrator

https://old.reddit.com/r/dragoncon/comments/1n60s10/to_shame_that_ai_stand_in_artist_alley_people/

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"Simulacrum" is the perfect word for it. None of these posers making a fuss about a corporate logo have simmered a pot of of soup beans in their life.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago

Hell yeah,, thanks for doing this

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

First paragraph there is literally Hitler. o_O

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

really? Beyond parody.

Though, Yud sourcing that trash from an Omohundro did give me a particularly Nashville-coded chuckle

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

promise a cubit, give five to ten qubits

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Someone I know once pointed out that the kind of people who become fascists tend to be 100% about vibes, and I think this is a case of that.

I'm just spitballing here, but I'd bet that she doesn't like the aesthetics of being a right-wing shithead; she wants to be seen as a kind and empathetic person. Since she's completely incapable of introspection, she'll never take the actions that would make that true, so she's stuck pretending to be something she's not. A tragic case of misalignment.

Doing that in public is making her an easy target for rotten vegetables.

 

This is peak laziness. It seems that the reading list's author used autoplag to extrude the entire 60 page supplemental insert. The author also super-promises this has never happened before.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

 

When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

 

(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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