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Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid!

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post, there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high

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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

just want to share my article from this week. It's about products that account for their lack of usefulness with ease of use. Using the gpt-4oh as an example. https://fasterandworse.com/known-purpose-and-trusted-potential/

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

apparently oai has lifetime NDAs, via fasterthanlime[0]:

[0] - technically via friend who sent me a screenshot, but y'know

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

For those wondering about the LessOnline event, here's the actual plan

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

My man spent 10 paragraphs failing to describe the intended vibe of the event he's organizing. This is what happens when you only read tweets and substacks, you completely lose the ability to describe the immaterial.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"cozy/spaciousness"

The Danes do not have a term for this, but if they did, it might be* hyggelig dimensioner*. A good name for an oversized couch at Ikea. Also, the Danes would not include "whiteboards everywhere" as part of cozy, warm, intellectual conversation, but hey.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

From a comment thread:

Other ideas we chatted about having at LessOnline include maybe having some discussions about doing research inside and outside of academia, and also about learning from GlowFic writers how to write well collaboratively.

snerk

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

When randoms from /all wander into the vale of sneers:

https://www.buttersafe.com/2008/10/23/the-detour/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it's important to keep in mind that Kevin Roose is the most gullible motherfucker.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)
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