maol

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[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do indeed. A bucket always seemed like pretty poor.protection from the end of the world, even if it was full of purified water and high protein MREs and whatever else. I suppose you could put it on your head and make like Ned Kelly

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Planning for securing food in a nuclear winter? What a great wheeze. If your advice isn't any good, nobody can tell until there's a nuclear winter, and if there is a nuclear winter they won't exactly be able to ask for their money back because they'll be too busy dying of radiation sickness.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Eurgh!

Musk seems like he's 1cm away from Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

Update: another acronym.

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I honestly don't know, and if anyone tries to find out he might delete his blog again. If he is on a Thiel sinecure or running his own business, he shouldn't be using the first person

[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think Scott Alexander is entitled to get annoyed about excessive anti-racism programmes in the workplace given that he is well known to be very racist.

Hell, maybe he has done an above-average number of unconscious bias trainings and DEI workshops and racism book clubs, but it's because he keeps talking about how black people are mentally inferior at work and making him do training is cheaper than firing him.

[–] maol@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

California just had a small one the other day, so maybe Scott Alexander's shitty opinions cause earthquakes.

[–] maol@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Noted sex pest Andrew Cuomo wants to run for Mayor in New York, and he might actually have a chance given the incumbent Democratic candidate is corruption magnet Eric Adams. Housing is a big issue in New York, so what's Cuomo's plan? Well, his plan is to use chat gpt to write his plan.

Angry New York Democrats were using the slogan DREAM meaning Don't Rank Eric Adams for Mayor. It was then amended to Don't Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor, and amended again to Don't Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just close your eyes and imagine a mediaeval yokel who has accused her sister's girlfriend of being a witch so she can take over her turnip patch. No need for a new monitor

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago

I think Ian Levine loves Doctor Who more than he loves disco. That's the only explanation for Doctor In Distress.

[–] maol@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

All I've learned from the most recent round of publicity is that herself has a new hat. It looks stupid

 

"Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

 

A video interview with the artist John Wild about AI, AGI, eugenics and Silicon Valley TESCREAL cultism. Posting without watching.

 

"AI for dummies" interview from Irish radio with Dr Abeba Birhane, who's on a UN advisory board about AI.

 

Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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