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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this.)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (13 children)

You may have heard that Catturd doesn't have any fiber in his diet and was hospitalized for bowel blockage. (Best sneer I've seen so far: "can't turd.") Along similar lines, Srid isn't taking his statins for high cholesterol caused by a carnivore diet.

Meta: I'm kind of pissed that Catturd is WP notable but laughing my ass off at the page for carnivore diets. Life takes and gives.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

you could say that being full of shit finally caught up to him *rimshot*

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So that's how to translate "Yo, this diet is for chumps" into Wikipedian.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

this post from the guy who writes explainers about consumer financial structures hits different if you know he met and is exchanging tweets with noted race scientist Jordan Lasker (cremieux)

https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/chicago-casino-investment-offering/

maybe it's me but i'm hearing ultrasonic frequencies

probably nothing, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Every pasty-white blogger is inching towards becoming a March violet.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's term time again and I'm back in college. One professor has laid out his AI policy: you should not use an AI (presumably Chat GPT) to write your assignment, but you can use an AI to proofread your assignment. This must be mentioned in the acknowledgements. He said in class that in his experience AI does not produce good results and that when asked to write about his particular field it produces work with a lot of mistakes.

Me, I'm just wondering how you can tell the difference between material generated by AI then edited by a human, and material written by a human then edited by an AI.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This must be mentioned in the acknowledgements

wat

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