this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL Burning Man has a fucking airport. USA, man.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@gerikson It’s all about experiencing the beauty of nature and appreciating the fragility of our planet by driving thousands of miles in air-conditioned gas guzzlers before burning even more fossil fuels and a small rainforest of wood you get there. But it’s okay because you have to take your trash home with you.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit, I spent 5 hours this morning experiencing the beauty of nature. It's right outside.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ah, but did you approach it with a startup mindset

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

sorry reminds me of this particular billboard ad that ran in Sydney. Just couldn’t make my brain interpret the “how did I get here?” in the positive sense they intended. Even the look on the girls face… it’s like sadness in her eyes. Anyway, there you go gym billboard photo of girl at burning man with tagline “how did I get here?”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Same as it ever was.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Imagine the smell.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Hope the VCs are ready for a wave of survivalist tech product pitches

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Fyre Island II: The Enshittenning

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Nothing makes my heart quiver quite like tech bros, mud and a sea of overflowing porta-potties.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if the shrimp in the playa are flesh eating?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

They've been playing the long game. It's all been building up to this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think this belongs over in TechTakes rather than SneerClub; it doesn't seem TREACLES-focused.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it possible to move posts if you mod both?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

it seems like it isn’t possible, unfortunately. it looks like the lemmy devs are finally starting to work on more mod tooling, so we may see some improvement here soon; if not, it can go on my queue as I get back into modifying our version of lemmy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

D'oh you're right. I will do better in the future.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

advanced supermudtelligence

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

brown goo scenario

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apparently now "a death is being investigated", which is a form of passive voice I have not yet encountered.

Also, "shelter in place" is one of those examples of American English that I really don't get. I suppose it's something from school shootings? Or hurricanes?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@gerikson Police state is coeming. Shelter in place citizen and await the civility drones.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In Texas, it certainly does not mean the police state is coming. If anything, maybe a come of hicks with badges to stand around for 15 minutes, but usually just means "stay were you are because we don't know wtf to do and aren't funded to do anything anyway."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Pity bout ya! I hope your private plane sinks in the mud