jonhendry

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[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Has he never heard of a humidifier? Good lord.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago

will automate millions of jobs if it works, might kneecap the economy

will kneecap the economy if it works, too. Because companies certainly aren't going to keep people employed in those millions of jobs.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago

Rice and beans, not eggs.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 4 months ago

Merriam-Webster says "marked by a wild irrational staring of the eyes"

Which sounds a bit more accurate than a mere physical quirk.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

Weird that a young lesbian couple would be so anti-gay.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 8 months ago

Doh! Should have read the full Wikipedia article.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Pfft. Real hoopy froods play Heroclix.

I do not play Heroclix but I bought some about 20 years ago.

Jesus christ 20 years? Huh. Also I didn't notice but it was discontinued in 2008.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah that was my read of the game from my first exposure to it. "You have to buy cards sight-unseen hoping to get good ones? That's a scam."

It's like they looked at Dungeons and Dragons product churn and thought "No, that's not shitty enough"

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 2 points 9 months ago

The Auryn project has a sub-project called North Star, founded by a VC partner, and a Bain Capital veteran, among others.

The whole thing gives me the ick.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Books would be really boring if the protagonists were all just the author speaking as themself but using various funny voices.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shovels that are less and less competitive over time.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago

Perhaps that's part of why so many SV types are backing Trump. Grifting off Trump may be their fallback after the AI bubble collapses.

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