29John Gruber now has to cope with U.S. v Apple daringfireball.netc/techtakes · by HotGarbage@awful.systems · 2y · 15 comments
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th July 2026 · c/techtakes · 8 pts · 35dThe Atlantic is now defending AI. Or maybe they have for a while and I hadn't noticed until this article got my blood pressure up: https://archive.is/qvbJZ Author is a chud who used to write for The Free Press: https://muckrack.com/elias-wachtel/articles
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th April 2026 · c/techtakes · 6 pts · 114dFugly tech-bro shoe company pivots to AI, juicing failing stock. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/allbirds-soars-373-after-sneaker-firm-rebrands-as-ai-stock/
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th October 2025 - awful.systems · c/techtakes · 7 pts · 312dDisappointed this wasn't Beavis & Butt-head/King of the Hill/Office Space/Idiocracy/Silicon Valley Mike Judge
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 21st September 2025 · c/techtakes · 7 pts · 325dhttps://www.kqed.org/arts/13981240/nvidia-california-college-of-the-arts-partnership Clove cigarettes to be replaced with vapes.
on Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th August 2025 · c/techtakes · 3 pts · 362dThey get mad at any DNS server that strips/doesn't include EDNS subnet info (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDNS_Client_Subnet) NextDNS was another that would give me endless captchas.
on Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 6th July 2025 · c/techtakes · 2 pts · 1yUnethical though?
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 20th April 2025 · c/techtakes · 5 pts · 1yComrade Workwear did the same: https://www.shadowbannedmagazine.com/ceosmostwanted/ Even without home/office addresses, NYPD seized the cards: https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=41adb4be5bcdf57e710e21504&id=24bc152009
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 13th April 2025 · c/techtakes · 8 pts · 1yThis one has anus in the name https://manus.im/
on Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down · c/techtakes · 6 pts · 1yMost support reflashing the UEFI, but Linux or Windows support is better on some than others. Biggest problem now is disabling write-protect on the flash: used to just be a screw, now you have to use a special USB cable: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/firmware/supported-devices.html#firmware-and-os-support
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2 March 2025 · c/techtakes · 7 pts · 1y idk what the bluesky equivalent of a tweet is "Skeet" if only to spite Jay Graber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky?wprov=sfti1#Features
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 · c/techtakes · 8 pts · 1yhttps://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown lol, lmao edit: I've ragged on John Gruber in the past, but he's really lighting them up 🔥 https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/18/hp-buys-humane
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd February 2025 · c/techtakes · 13 pts · 1yAfter fondling ChatGPT to generate naughty things, man has meltdown when he learns no one cares. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/time-bandit-chatgpt-jailbreak-bypasses-safeguards-on-sensitive-topics/ Horror. Dismay. Disbelief. For weeks, it felt like I was physically being crushed to death. I hurt all the time, every part of my body. The urge to make someone who could do something listen and look at the evidence was so overwhelming.
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th January 2025 · c/techtakes · 12 pts · 1yhttps://xcancel.com/altryne/status/1872090523420229780#m The whole thread is terrible; controlling and borderline abusive behavior.
on Data centers are driving up your power bills — and it’s only going to get worse · c/techtakes · 11 pts · 1yLove how the Sun Times completely fails to explain why residential customers are bearing any of the cost.
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th November 2024 · c/techtakes · 19 pts · 1yThe 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
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 · c/techtakes · 13 pts · 1yDo not taunt Happy Fun Ball https://xcancel.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1834641370486915417
on Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo · c/techtakes · 7 pts · 1yDid 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?
on The Paul Graham vs Nigerian Twitter Saga; Lexical racism and language bias masked as ChatGPT hysteria · c/techtakes · 17 pts · 1yTIL Paul Graham has never read a book. These are the same people who want to remove the humanities from education.
on AI influencer bots: my sexy robot is just too horny · c/techtakes · 23 pts · 2yAnd 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/
on Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 30 June 2024 · c/techtakes · 12 pts · 2yIts former* superfund glory. *Oh wait https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232/
The Atlantic is now defending AI. Or maybe they have for a while and I hadn't noticed until this article got my blood pressure up: https://archive.is/qvbJZ
Author is a chud who used to write for The Free Press: https://muckrack.com/elias-wachtel/articles
Fugly tech-bro shoe company pivots to AI, juicing failing stock.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/allbirds-soars-373-after-sneaker-firm-rebrands-as-ai-stock/
Disappointed this wasn't Beavis & Butt-head/King of the Hill/Office Space/Idiocracy/Silicon Valley Mike Judge
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981240/nvidia-california-college-of-the-arts-partnership
Clove cigarettes to be replaced with vapes.
They get mad at any DNS server that strips/doesn't include EDNS subnet info (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDNS_Client_Subnet)
NextDNS was another that would give me endless captchas.
Unethical though?
Comrade Workwear did the same: https://www.shadowbannedmagazine.com/ceosmostwanted/
Even without home/office addresses, NYPD seized the cards: https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=41adb4be5bcdf57e710e21504&id=24bc152009
This one has anus in the name https://manus.im/
Most support reflashing the UEFI, but Linux or Windows support is better on some than others. Biggest problem now is disabling write-protect on the flash: used to just be a screw, now you have to use a special USB cable: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/firmware/supported-devices.html#firmware-and-os-support
"Skeet" if only to spite Jay Graber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky?wprov=sfti1#Features
https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown
lol, lmao
edit: I've ragged on John Gruber in the past, but he's really lighting them up 🔥
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/18/hp-buys-humane
After fondling ChatGPT to generate naughty things, man has meltdown when he learns no one cares.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/time-bandit-chatgpt-jailbreak-bypasses-safeguards-on-sensitive-topics/
https://xcancel.com/altryne/status/1872090523420229780#m
The whole thread is terrible; controlling and borderline abusive behavior.
Love how the Sun Times completely fails to explain why residential customers are bearing any of the cost.
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
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball
https://xcancel.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1834641370486915417
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?
TIL Paul Graham has never read a book.
These are the same people who want to remove the humanities from education.
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/
Its former* superfund glory.
*Oh wait https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232/