istewart

joined 8 months ago
[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

It helps sanewash their own prejudices. "See, this guy could be talked down from the worst of it, aren't we reasonable by comparison?"

[–] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're going to be headline sponsors of Fyre Festival II

[–] istewart@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

lol wow, I'm cackling at Gackle. Perhaps we can call his brand of caping for polo-shirt fascism "gackin' off"

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why not just make the refrigerator itself a robot

Mobile kegerator for tailgating/festivals might be able to pull Boston Dynamics outta the shit

[–] istewart@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago

Never got too deep into Hossenfelder, but I gradually got the impression that Woit was taking a bit of an online-influencer tack, even starting before influencers were really a thing. The whole "not even wrong" flap seemed to draw in people who wanted to have strong opinions about high-energy physics and string theory without really studying them in any detail.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quantum computing will enable the AGI to entangle with all surrounding molecular vibrations! I saw another press release today

[–] istewart@awful.systems 20 points 2 months ago (10 children)

bahahahaha "judge every molecule." I can't believe I ever took this guy even slightly seriously.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

I am willing to bet the upshot here is that he has certain very specific ideas about how humidifiers can be improved, and of course will accept nothing less

[–] istewart@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nice try, but you're going to have to work a lot harder if you want to trick me into clicking on that. I lived through browsing peak Slashdot at -1, you know

[–] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

• Diligent application of Bayesian reasoning finally gains you the ability to fly, propelled by your own farts

[–] istewart@awful.systems 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

#include BidenThoughts.h

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The cult will be the very last constituency to drop away, and likely form the majority of his hiring pool at this point, especially to replace the high-level attrition they suffered last year.

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