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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

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[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

She seems to think Urbit became crappy, when in fact it was crappy from the start. It's what you get when you throw a handful of D-tier engineers at a shitty idea promoted by a fascist loon who loves the smell of his own farts.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 3 days ago

Hey, urbit was good when it wasn’t conceptualised yet

[–] sue_me_please@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago

You're giving me flashbacks to my old gig

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"“What’s mine is mine, right?” reads the headline of an advertising graphic designed by Tlon employee Romina Malta, whose aesthetic direction has shaped Urbit’s brand identity. "

Malta's commission work is pretty much what my friend PK was doing in Chicago in the 90s. Not saying she's copying, just that it's not terribly fresh.

https://chicagographicdesign.club/articles/the-world-of-chicago-typographer-patric-king/

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago

Asterisk, Vox Future Perfect, and Astral Codex Ten are all LessWrong projects and none of them liked Yud's new book either. Always remember that your political opponents are riven by factions too.

The reviewer mentions the heavy Ritalin (proscription stimulant) use by someone in her old social circle.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago

the centre of this piece is her explicitly saying for several paragraphs that she takes bribes lol

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/articles/user-error-angel-investors-on-holy-land-march-2023

here's the author's previous ramble mentioning urbit

reads like she was angling for Dimes Square funding and didn't get it

EDIT: and her earlier one much more about Urbit https://spikeartmagazine.com/articles/user-error-a-more-beautiful-computer

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago

That ramble fails to note the obvious: that the stills from Every Angel is Terrifying are Evangelion on ketamine.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

"The roadmap assures that they have retained a “world renowned architect (to be announced)” to design the city"

$5 says they claim to be using an AI-simulated Frank Gehry.

[–] erlend_sh@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I’m confused. This reads to me like a pretty clear criticism of Urbit and Curtis Yarvin. The author is perhaps a bit more explicit about that here: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/why-urbit-failed-with-adina-glickstein/

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago

yes, it's Urbit failing to reach its target

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is Blockchain Socialism like the National variety?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago

Part of the late 2010s blockchain-academic-industrial complex