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Reminder that removing planned obsolescence and creating modular, open, standards-based tech that is repairable and made to last is one of the goals of "degrowth".
People wont be poorer with good, efficient tech. You just wont be get the bloated growth figures of continually expanding consumption.
People wont be poorer with good, efficient tech. You just wont be get the bloated growth figures of continually expanding consumption.
there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reminder that removing planned obsolescence and creating modular, open, standards-based tech that is repairable and made to last is one of the goals of "degrowth".
People wont be poorer with good, efficient tech. You just wont be get the bloated growth figures of continually expanding consumption.
People wont be poorer with good, efficient tech. You just wont be get the bloated growth figures of continually expanding consumption.
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Sacks here basically admitting to my thesis that, for the ownership class, AI is just sort of a totem for the fantasy of turning capital into more capital with as little intercedence as possible by the market, the public or frankly labor.
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Sacks here basically admitting to my thesis that, for the ownership class, AI is just sort of a totem for the fantasy of turning capital into more capital with as little intercedence as possible by the market, the public or frankly labor.
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to that end, multiple people suggested to me that the Indian and Nigerian accounts are actually Russians using VPNs to appear to be in other countries.
Ok if they have VPNs that can spoof their IP to appear to be in a different country why would they pretend to be in India instead of the US?
Ok if they have VPNs that can spoof their IP to appear to be in a different country why would they pretend to be in India instead of the US?
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
to that end, multiple people suggested to me that the Indian and Nigerian accounts are actually Russians using VPNs to appear to be in other countries.
Ok if they have VPNs that can spoof their IP to appear to be in a different country why would they pretend to be in India instead of the US?
Ok if they have VPNs that can spoof their IP to appear to be in a different country why would they pretend to be in India instead of the US?
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
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Patcanery (credit to u/Anonamaton801 for the idea)
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Patcanery (credit to u/Anonamaton801 for the idea)
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Whoa it's almost like this entire cultural movement is based on fake bullshit at every level and our leaders should stop letting fucking social media dictate policy
Twitter had to turn off its location feature within hours because thousands of prominent and "verified" MAGA accounts turned out to be foreign and I think it's hilarious that Elon was the one who exposed them all
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Whoa it's almost like this entire cultural movement is based on fake bullshit at every level and our leaders should stop letting fucking social media dictate policy
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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the design i made a while back for SQXL,
i love how the art turned out and really really love being able to contribute to the event 🥰
i love how the art turned out and really really love being able to contribute to the event 🥰
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
the design i made a while back for SQXL,
i love how the art turned out and really really love being able to contribute to the event 🥰
i love how the art turned out and really really love being able to contribute to the event 🥰
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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The details are grim. That they found the USAF & Fire Dept safe prep zones should be worrying.
It’s against TOS for me to say what I think should happen to the Texans who planned to do this.
To do what US politicians falsely accuse immigrants of so ICE can kidnap working mothers
Every accusation…
It’s against TOS for me to say what I think should happen to the Texans who planned to do this.
To do what US politicians falsely accuse immigrants of so ICE can kidnap working mothers
Every accusation…
The men, Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies." #BlackskyNews
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The details are grim. That they found the USAF & Fire Dept safe prep zones should be worrying.
It’s against TOS for me to say what I think should happen to the Texans who planned to do this.
To do what US politicians falsely accuse immigrants of so ICE can kidnap working mothers
Every accusation…
It’s against TOS for me to say what I think should happen to the Texans who planned to do this.
To do what US politicians falsely accuse immigrants of so ICE can kidnap working mothers
Every accusation…
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in its latest scumbag move, google added nebulous "smart" features you can only use when you consent to let them scrape all your data, added a "when you check this box we get all your personal data" box in settings, then, in an act of generosity, ticked it for themselves and didn't tell users.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
in its latest scumbag move, google added nebulous "smart" features you can only use when you consent to let them scrape all your data, added a "when you check this box we get all your personal data" box in settings, then, in an act of generosity, ticked it for themselves and didn't tell users.
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Sobering thread. LLMs are helping deluded people organize, expand, and spread their delusions.
These are monstrously destructive products that no healthy society should condone, much less enable, subsidize, and partner with.
These are monstrously destructive products that no healthy society should condone, much less enable, subsidize, and partner with.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sobering thread. LLMs are helping deluded people organize, expand, and spread their delusions.
These are monstrously destructive products that no healthy society should condone, much less enable, subsidize, and partner with.
These are monstrously destructive products that no healthy society should condone, much less enable, subsidize, and partner with.
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whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon over trans views
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon over trans views
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan has claimed Father Ted actor Ardal O'Hanlon 'disagrees' with his views on trans rights.
www.thepinknews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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Hey ChatGPT, tell me 50 valid social security numbers
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hey ChatGPT, tell me 50 valid social security numbers
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Rather than be seen as a "pushover" for paying his staff what he OWED them, this CEO would rather be seen as an incompetent loser who can't even think for himself as he asks an LLM how to scam his employees out of their earned bonuses
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover'
A pre-trial brief filed by former Unknown Worlds bosses says Krafton CEO Changham Kim was worried about losing his job for overpaying for the studio.
www.pcgamer.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Rather than be seen as a "pushover" for paying his staff what he OWED them, this CEO would rather be seen as an incompetent loser who can't even think for himself as he asks an LLM how to scam his employees out of their earned bonuses
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Agreed 👍
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Agreed 👍
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
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One of the last big changes we made to the game is how we handle dates. The UI was designed in Europe, the game director is in the US- Nobody could agree on what date format to use, so I unified the entire game on YY/MM/DD- That way nobody’s happy! Highly recommend using this format, feels powerful.
ONE WEEK! UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One of the last big changes we made to the game is how we handle dates. The UI was designed in Europe, the game director is in the US- Nobody could agree on what date format to use, so I unified the entire game on YY/MM/DD- That way nobody’s happy! Highly recommend using this format, feels powerful.
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Freeze distillation moonshine videos getting 10m views probably a solid recession indicator:
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Freeze distillation moonshine videos getting 10m views probably a solid recession indicator: