Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youāll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
it happened again, I Posted. dash of thread to it too. some of yāall may enjoy
and yes that capital P is load bearing
I have some thoughts about this goober (Simon Willison) that I need to get out of my head:
First the positives:
But, by his own admission:
Tl;dr: an experienced dev who uses clankers to churn out tons of technically functional hobby software and thinks this gives him right to speak for all software engineers.
Heās also found a lucrative niche being the āseriousā AI booster. No doubt he gets something from it, if nothing else consulting work.
I think heās just a true believer (or very good at lying).
i havenāt tried to spend thought on the why of his posting (I have better thoughts I can waste time on), but if youāre right about the points you guess on then I argue his position and actions are even more fucking dangerous (because those wonāt shine through easily to those of lesser experience unless very specifically be made to show with care and forethought)
either way, he remains muted in my feed. for being interminably tiresome and annoying as fuck.
Me too. Unfortunately I donāt get to pick my intrusive thoughts.
Heh
thereās one for the comeback vault