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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 31st May 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 26th April 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

If it's this easy to coerce the Magic Eight Ball, what chance do the rest of us have against DOOM?!?

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 26th April 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/23/chatgpt-ai-false-confession-interrogation-crime/

“If ChatGPT can be induced into a false confession, then who isn’t vulnerable?”

I don't have words for how stupid this is.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 22nd March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Topic adjacent, jazz musician/music theory youtuber Adam Neely has an 1hr30 video eviscerating Suno/AI music. Very high quality sneering with some wonderful Ben Levin animations.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

why, the unlucky stiff

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I haven't been feeling great about having to nod vigorously and feign enthusiasm for slop on every damn cover letter and interview I've had recently. The best I've managed is saying I only use it in professional capacity and try to emphasize the personal learning angle as a defense.

It's brutal out there and I'm losing hope. I wish I had another industry I could pivot to await the passing of the bubble that gives me the flexibility to be a musician like remote work programming does.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

I really wish this was my average experience trying to land another software gig in the past year...

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I regret reading that in full. Really, read the opener summary, stop at "What if pee pee was poo poo" and you will be wiser and happier.

Insane that people got paid large sums to write this.

Commented [97]: if we simply imagine something that didn't happen,

"Intelligence Displacement" indeed.

How have you made art with code? in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Also, these are more targeted at beginners to programming, but Daniel Shiffman has a youtube channel and a free book about creative coding with p5 (The Nature of Code) that is very good. Depending on your background, it may contain a lot of remedial material, but there's some really great ideas on how to think about designing dynamic systems that make cool images and interactive art in there, especially in the later chapters if you skip around.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 22nd February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I need a shower.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 22nd February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I grow increasingly frustrated every time one of these ponderous essays fails to mention the gutter racist and eugenicist beliefs of these people. This dilution of what 'far right' means only serves their interests, and it's malpractice to not mention that the racism is foundational to their origin and organization as a movement.

I expect better of the New Yorker; it's disappointing to see their writers following the path of the New York Times.

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Umarell (en.wikipedia.org)
 

Umarell (Italian spelling of the Bolognese Emilian word umarèl, Emilian pronunciation: [umaˈrɛːl]; plural umarî) are men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unrequested advice to the workers.[1] Its literal meaning is "little man" (also umaréin).[2] The term is employed as lighthearted mockery or self-deprecation.

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Squigonometry (en.wikipedia.org)
 

Analogous to Trigonometry on the unit squircle.

You can use squines, cosquines, and tanquents to find the volume of Supereggs. It has also been used to design squround packaging for ice cream.

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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (en.wikipedia.org)
 

Hubert Blaine Wolfe + 666, German-born American typesetter

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Oliver Cromwell's head (en.wikipedia.org)
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What's the best Matrix client? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I've never used Matrix, and I'm overwhelmed at all the options and feature criteria on the project website.

I'd prefer a native app over electron/similar, but ideally would like something that works on most desktop platforms (windows, mac, linux), although I'm open to it if it is truly superior.

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