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- Comment on Bill Gates Warns A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit 2 days ago:
During the nineties and early 00s he was a pretty maligned figure (exhibit 1) in most tech circles so, beyond his nerd-looking cutthroat COE figure he wasn't known at all.
Then he went into a huge massive PR campaign that turned his image into this billionaire messiah bound to fix the world with his impossibly smart brain and his bottomless wallet.
And suddenly, everyone considered him an ubergenius that "invented" MSDOS, and Excel, and Powerpoint and now he's using that force for Good™.
Meanwhile the old greybeards of yore remember how hated he was, how all these products were merely bought, and how terrible has been his true son (MS Word) all along. Because even though he had a 1590 SAT score and the fastest pancake sorting algorithm his accomplishments amount to being a shitty CEO.
But we can always thank him for Copilot™ (yep, he pushed hard for it).
- Comment on Anon is punished for his sins 6 days ago:
This is actually a crime in some west coast cities.
- Comment on Anon is punished for his sins 6 days ago:
Totally worth it. I hope he also helped you hook up with Jedi Outcast.
- Comment on Anon has a paranormal experience 1 week ago:
Or any brain-related condition might cause this eerie feeling of uneasiness, that there is someone in the room, auditive hallucinations, etc.
I would check with my doctor next day.
- Comment on Philips shouldn't exist. Torx plus is the best fight me 2 weeks ago:
Material matters, if you use poorly made screws that's when the head gets blunted.
- Comment on Philips shouldn't exist. Torx plus is the best fight me 2 weeks ago:
Use better screws, don't screw around.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
But he, like BP, he cares™.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It is simplistic but I think it was still in the sweet spot between simplicity and being a pick and play.
It worked well for coop. - Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Thoughts on Get Medieval?
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 4 weeks ago:
Easy Red II is both cheap, fun and easy to play.
- Comment on A simpler time 5 weeks ago:
Low-fiber diet I guess.
- Comment on A simpler time 5 weeks ago:
Tennis: Not even once.
- Comment on It really ties the universe together 5 weeks ago:
I'll say it's more like a bus seat.
- Comment on Day 744 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
I thought this was The Sims
- Comment on sent this to a friend when they tell you something you dont like 1 month ago:
Not in a boat, not in a tree, please let me be.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Aren't mean hashtags enough?
- Comment on How bad were the asylums that Reagan closed in his tenure? Were they really that bad? Did no one take a look at the staff and bed side manner? Or was it really like Born On The Fourth of July? 1 month ago:
there was anti-psychiatry movement at that time that continued build steam through the 1970s.
From which L. Ron Hubbard greatly benefited when pushing Scientology as an alternative.
- Comment on Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending 1 month ago:
Here I toast to the first of many!
- Comment on How old is the "world's oldest profession"? 1 month ago:
Only if they have the pelican cement mixer.
- Comment on How old is the "world's oldest profession"? 1 month ago:
Pointy rock delivery, clubbers, fine cave painting, sabertooth tiger removal service, the pelt emporium, bear-away, insurance against sun not coming out, cryogenics.
- Comment on Mike Johnson Accidentally Creates The Best DSA 1 month ago:
Yes to all.
- Comment on How come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe? 1 month ago:
Not sure if it's the autism, but I never understood how the next are insults:
- fuck you
- asshole
I mean one is pretty welcome if the right person joins in, and the latter is indispensable for survival. Yes it is a nasty job, but you wouldn't part of it willingly.
Cunt, however, I see it as a derogatory term for women so I was a bit abated for how common the equivalent is in Europe.
- Comment on Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50% 1 month ago:
I was working while I went through it and it was hell. Now that I have all this knowledge crammed in my tiny brain it is easy to take the higher road, but I do wonder if I had a chance to cheat, if I wouldn't rather do that than mixing sleep deprivation and stimulants to try to keep my Cs afloat.
- Comment on I must con(FeS₂), this sparked a laugh 1 month ago:
Quite ironic.
- Comment on I read somewhere a while back that most or at least half of California wildfires are cause by faulty electrical company equipment. Is this true? And how come no one has ever reported it? 2 months ago:
You're confusing wildfires with bushfires.
- Comment on Do your ears hang low 2 months ago:
As the Olympics should be.
- Comment on Caption this. 2 months ago:
Expand dong.
- Comment on Why is leadership valued so much over expertise? 2 months ago:
I the pre-Jack Welch America, it was very common to have highly-skilled, very senior technical people making almost as much (and in some cases, more) than the CEO or the company president. This included architects, lawyers, accountants, engineers and any person that was deemed invaluable to the company.
Fuck Jack Welch and fuck MBAs.
- Comment on I hate obscure tech issues! 2 months ago:
Worse are those comments that have an edit saying: "Never mind, I figured it out."
- Comment on 20 Jobs that people once thought were irreplaceable are now just memories 2 months ago:
I find it endearing: Cigar factory workers, mostly women, hired collectively someone to read to them to keep them entertained, and in some cases, educated. While I guess you can get a similar experience with audiobooks, if it was me, I would miss the sense of community and live performing.