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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yes that's the guy does nobody remember The Nightfly

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago

in this case it was some dickhead, but I've had this shit from editors too

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

that's what got me: this guy was pissed off someone referenced Fagin at all, the crime of making the bozo feel uncomfortable at missing something by not reading

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

glasses are a fine kink! i guess those ones are a specialist taste

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago (21 children)

one of the most annoying things about writing for a US audience is they're fucking illiterate and alluding to books confuses them

wanna grab editors by the throat and go "JUST WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU PEOPLE EVEN DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL"

actual example from today: "who the hell is Fagin never heard of him"

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

as you know, there is one pronatalist couple

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

I am delighted to hear that Veppers was literally based on Musk

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

Michel is great and you should follow him if you enjoy crypto shenanigans

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

ah, was that Copilot or was it Copilot? It's MS's favourite name right now for its bad LLM initiatlves

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Pivot to AI: Amy is retiring! Probably! yes my cowriter has heard the call of revolution and will be having full and frank debates in the marketplace of ideas. WIth sweet reason.

 

Ed Zitron, Robert Evans, Edward Ongweso Jr. and Gare Davis turn CES into a British panel discussion show.

There are probably other links for it than Apple, I'm sure you can find them if that's an issue.

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