HotGarbage

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 13th April 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 1 day ago

This one has anus in the name https://manus.im/

Google ScreenAI: make your Chromebook melt down in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most support reflashing the UEFI, but Linux or Windows support is better on some than others. Biggest problem now is disabling write-protect on the flash: used to just be a screw, now you have to use a special USB cable: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/firmware/supported-devices.html#firmware-and-os-support

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2 March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

idk what the bluesky equivalent of a tweet is

"Skeet" if only to spite Jay Graber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky?wprov=sfti1#Features

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23 February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown

lol, lmao

edit: I've ragged on John Gruber in the past, but he's really lighting them up 🔥

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/18/hp-buys-humane

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd February 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

After fondling ChatGPT to generate naughty things, man has meltdown when he learns no one cares.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/time-bandit-chatgpt-jailbreak-bypasses-safeguards-on-sensitive-topics/

Horror. Dismay. Disbelief. For weeks, it felt like I was physically being crushed to death.

I hurt all the time, every part of my body. The urge to make someone who could do something listen and look at the evidence was so overwhelming.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th January 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 3 months ago (6 children)

https://xcancel.com/altryne/status/1872090523420229780#m

The whole thread is terrible; controlling and borderline abusive behavior.

Data centers are driving up your power bills — and it’s only going to get worse in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Love how the Sun Times completely fails to explain why residential customers are bearing any of the cost.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th November 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

The orange site is an easy target, but the lack of solidarity in the comments about the NYT Tech Guild strike fills me with dread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42040795

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

https://xcancel.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1834641370486915417

Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 7 months ago

Did ABC get AI credits to air this? Are they going to use said AI to justify laying off staff? Then use that money to pay Oprah?

The Paul Graham vs Nigerian Twitter Saga; Lexical racism and language bias masked as ChatGPT hysteria in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

TIL Paul Graham has never read a book.

These are the same people who want to remove humanities from curriculums.

AI influencer bots: my sexy robot is just too horny in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

And if you're not paying to chat with an LLM, you're paying some guy with utter contempt for you https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/

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My Dinner With Andreessen (prospect.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by HotGarbage@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
13 comments fedilink
 

Historian sneers at billionaire while HN trip over each other to lick boot.

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PaulG on his failing scams (twitter.com)
 

Context: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-against-coding-boot-camp-bloomtech-and-ceo-austen-allred-for-deceiving-students-and-hiding-loan-costs/

Surely the CFPB has ulterior motives when they set their sights on this "school" whose Wikipedia page is 2/3 controversies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Institute_of_Technology

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John Gruber now has to cope with U.S. v Apple (daringfireball.net)
 

After so much seething over the EU and the DMA, how will he continue to defend his favorite megacorp?

Without having read the actual lawsuit yet

Says it all

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