bitofhope

joined 2 years ago
[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

We have a protocol droid at home, it's called curl.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe one day self-righteous computer crackers will get over the V for Vendetta, apocalypse cult, latin chanting, hooded robes, "we are anonymoos we are a legionella we do not frogger" aesthetic and I can stop cringing about it.

Fucking goofy ahh KKK shit.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

I think in this case the crankery is wanting to solve a problem that doesn't even exist, i.e. "how to make sure the machine god is not evil"

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Training my militia of revolutionary freedom fighters to attack homeless shelters, soup kitchens, nature preserves, libraries, and children's playgrounds.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

I was going to suggest Vitalik Buterin for the Fake Nobel of Economics as a bit, but the coiners already beat me to it.

So my next choices for the award would be SBF or Bored Ape Yacht Club.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Will the rectum monitor keep track of the duration of my nocturnal erections? I need to find out if I can hit 179 minutes to flex on 18-year olds.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know what's really good for mental health? Work that makes you feel guilty and politics you don't have any influence over.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Welcome to the club. They say a shared suffering is only half the suffering.

This was discussed in last week's Stubsack, but I don't think we mind talking about talking the same thing twice. I, for one, do not look forward to browsing Wikipedia exclusively through pre-2024 archived versions, so I hope (with some pessimism) their disapponintingly milquetoast stance works out.

Reading a bit of the old Reddit sneerclub can help understand some of the Awful vernacular, but otherwise it's as much of a lurkmoar as any other online circlejerk. The old guard keep referencing cringe techbros and TESCREALs I've never heard of while I still can't remember which Scott A we're talking about in which thread.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

I'd like to believe some of them have, but it's easier or more productive to keep giving the benefit of the doubt (or at at least pretend to) than argue the point.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Alignment? Well, of course it depends on your organization's style guide but if you're using TensorFlow or PyTorch in Python, I recommend following PEP-8, which specifies four spaces per indent level and…

Wait, you're not working in AI the what are you even asking for?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago

The AI climate change

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

Wow. Congratulations to Rosalind Lee for her colleague and husband's nobel. I can only dream of one day having my spouse be recognized with such prestigious accolade for something we have done.

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