sc_griffith @ sc_griffith @awful.systems Posts 10Comments 203Joined 2 yr. ago
they're almost identical. biggest difference is that barris is less charismatic (not being RDJ), creepier and more clearly a crypto nazi in the original. I don't think you're missing anything by sticking with the movie
I AM A GOD OF THE INTERNET five seconds later HELP MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY IT SELF
I reread (listened to actually) that book last week. it's probably qualified as "uncomfortably prescient" at every point since idk the bush administration. in particular barris is exactly the sort of psycho this moment was made for, there's not that much difference between him and musk
I do like bugs and spam!
I will write them in the box.
I will help you boost our stocks.
Thank you, Sam-I-am,
for letting me write bugs and spam!
I hope it goes without saying but none of this is posted approvingly
I agree. you've got a community built around a right wing coded topic, using the same sources and with the same delusions as their parent community, but they're mixing and matching bits of ideology and cooking up a left wing variant. it's incoherent but that doesn't seem to bother them
I always find this sort of wild swing across the spectrum fascinating. for example a lot of hardcore TERFs still think of themselves as genuine feminists even though anyone in those circles has for some time now been building the fourth reich. or the fact that there's a left wing GameStop cult subreddit. when I see these things I have to conclude that no ideology makes you immune to any other ideology
stumbled across an ai doomer subreddit, /r/controlproblem. small by reddit standards, 32k subscribers which I think translates to less activity than here.
if you haven't looked at it lately, reddit is still mostly pretty lib with rabid far right pockets. but after luigi and the trump inauguration it seems to have swung left significantly, and in particular the site is boiling over with hatred for billionaires.
the interesting bit about this subreddit is that it follows this trend. for example
or the comments under this
or the comments on a post about how elon has turned out to be a huge piece of shit because he's a ketamine addict
mostly though they're engaging in the traditional rationalist pastime of giving each other anxiety
the cherries metaphor hinges on him willingly having eaten shit covered ice cream
about 3 in 100 americans are in prison, on parole, etc. so if that's the definition of a criminal, you would get 97% accuracy by just guessing not criminal every time
he supposedly posted in a reddit ama many years ago that civ is one of his favorite games. since (1) it was a reddit ama and (2) i can't find any other time he's mentioned civ, i doubt it was him
there's got to be a better name. bogocoding?
excellent method, compatible with all worst practices and suitable for posting on hackernews as well
was discussing a miserable AI related gig job I tried out with my therapist. doomerism came up, I was forced to explain rationalism to him. I would prefer that all topics I have ever talked to any of you about be irrelevant to my therapy sessions
fascism also embraced fascism and is doing well, so by that logic the left needs to embrace fascism
ok so on the one hand fuck solitary confinement on the other hand
this is so embarrassing. "you say Claude is less capable than a typical six year old? yeah well what if the six year old is notably stupid? did you think of that?"
State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/state-department-ai-revoke-foreign-student-visas-hamas
buddy,
the answer is yes
ok I looked up the transcript and these were the most spicy bits, which in my memory had come to dominate the whole episode
EDIT: her shtick does not seem to have been confined to this interview