David Gerard
the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States
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David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish9·19 hours agosometimes a thread breaks containment, the “all” algorithm feeds it to even more people, and we see that Lemmy really does replace Reddit
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Shocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobEnglish8·19 hours agohere’s another version of the same sketch
a machine is constructed in the form of a pretty lady to present you with a magical answer and the answer is a lie too
and the hand is empty and the style is retro pop art of a comforting past that never existed
now what could the incredibly obvious symbolism here mean, why all these choices
hope our poster never goes to an art gallery, could be fatal
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Shocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobEnglish15·1 day agoNougat wants to fuck the robot and blames the robot for this
David Gerard@awful.systemsMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025English4·1 day agoI remind you that the original folk song is a fucking banger and nerds have only heard the worst version in the world
David Gerard@awful.systemsMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025English3·1 day agoIs that this one or a different instance of the same bug?
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish6·2 days agogood to see the quality posts from dbzero are back tho
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Christopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveEnglish7·2 days agoapparently came toward him shouting “I’M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS”
hence the family stressing what a good Christian he was
David Gerard@awful.systemsMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025English15·2 days agohttps://xcancel.com/GuiveAssadi/status/1920232405324955825
Steven Pinker: I’ve been part of some not so successful attempts to come up with secular humanist substitutes for religion.
Interviewer: What is the worst one you’ve been involved in?
Steven Pinker: Probably the rationalist solstice in Berkeley, which included hymns to the benefits of global supply chains. I mean, I actually completely endorse the lyrics of the song, but there’s something a bit cringe about the performance.
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTVJjmabaas which nobody should watch, obviously
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish4·2 days agoyeah looks like I’m thankfully wrong!
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish4·2 days agoreheated gaming moments
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish8·2 days agomost, Sony still has them
David Gerard@awful.systemsMto TechTakes@awful.systems•Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025English7·3 days agodoes anyone know who the company who did the AI video was? This reeks of PR.
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish14·3 days agoit’s the button for more RGB
saw a microphone with RGB and i’m like wtf is this thing supposed to do, flash disco lights when you’re on stream shouting slurs at your esteemed fellow gamers
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish5·3 days agooh really? I thought MS had demanded boot locking for the ARM laptops.
David Gerard@awful.systemsMto TechTakes@awful.systems•A report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:English7·3 days agoThe poster has been assigned the complete works of Umberto Eco and escorted to the egress.
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish6·3 days agothis post has been deleted as a prion
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish9·3 days agoNow it’s up to the Linux desktop environments for determining what to do if the new Copilot key is pressed.
launch ELIZA obv
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish14·3 days agoquite annoyed that the Snapdragon laptops are bootlocked cos they’d make great Linux boxes
David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMto TechTakes@awful.systems•AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careEnglish6·3 days agolist them, as far as I can tell NPUs are shitty cut-down GPUs with a few functions much slower
it’s very tired and shagged out after a long squawk. Just today I did [REDACTED] to alleviate the DDOS scraper bots and it’s ticking along nicely right now. Keeping an eye on things.