gerikson

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago

ffs Andrew Lee's Joseon has a space on soj.ooo

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago

jfc

Thanks for taking the time to expand

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting to note that apparently Anduril is very bad at their job. Their shit doesnt even work properly.

doesn't matter if you can grift USGOV for money

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 17 points 2 weeks ago

suckless is what opened the door to an entire subculture of fascist racist FOSS enjoyers to me, a door I sincerely wished had stayed closed

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

ok plz explain what "waffles" means in this context

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

what fresh hell is this

Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar stable coin (HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45471573)

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago

One of the many annoying traits of rationalists is their tendency to backproject classic pieces of literature onto their chosen worldview.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Guys according to LW you’re reading Omelas all wrong (just like LeGuin was wrong)

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/n83HssLfFicx3JnKT/omelas-is-perfectly-misread

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

Always fun trawling thru comments

Government banning GPUs: absolutely neccessary: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452400

Government banning ICE vehicles - eh, a step too far: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45440664

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago

Let's not forget the perennial favorite "humans are just stochastic parrots too durr" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452238

to be scrupulously fair, the submission is flagged, and most of the explicit rat comments are downvoted

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago

This is the dumbest timeline.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Some Rat content got shared on HN, and the rats there are surprised and outraged not everyone shares their deathly fear of the AI god:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45451971

"Stop bringing up Roko's Basilisk!!!" they sputter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452426

"The usual suspects are very very worried!!!" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452348 (username 'reducesuffering checks out!)

``Think for at least 5 seconds before typing.'' - on the subject of pulling the plug on a hostile AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452743

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