istewart

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[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 18 hours 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 3 days ago

Once again, the Yuddites pine for MODOK

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 3 days 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 3 days 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 7 points 3 days ago

If we're casting eugenics warriors, at least Ricardo Montalban had some bodacious pecs

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 4 days 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 4 days ago (10 children)

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

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 5 days 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (6 children)

#include BidenThoughts.h

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