Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th November 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The orange site is an easy target, but the lack of solidarity in the comments about the NYT Tech Guild strike fills me with dread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42040795

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

https://xcancel.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1834641370486915417

Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

Did ABC get AI credits to air this? Are they going to use said AI to justify laying off staff? Then use that money to pay Oprah?

The Paul Graham vs Nigerian Twitter Saga; Lexical racism and language bias masked as ChatGPT hysteria in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

TIL Paul Graham has never read a book.

These are the same people who want to remove the humanities from education.

AI influencer bots: my sexy robot is just too horny in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 22 points 4 months ago

And if you're not paying to chat with an LLM, you're paying some guy with utter contempt for you https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 30 June 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
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PaulG on his failing scams (twitter.com)
submitted 7 months ago by HotGarbage@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Context: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-against-coding-boot-camp-bloomtech-and-ceo-austen-allred-for-deceiving-students-and-hiding-loan-costs/

Surely the CFPB has ulterior motives when they set their sights on this "school" whose Wikipedia page is 2/3 controversies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Institute_of_Technology

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John Gruber now has to cope with U.S. v Apple (daringfireball.net)
submitted 8 months ago by HotGarbage@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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After so much seething over the EU and the DMA, how will he continue to defend his favorite megacorp?

Without having read the actual lawsuit yet

Says it all

HotGarbage

joined 8 months ago