JohnBierce

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Urbit Assembly Lisboa trip report: paranoid hallucinations, logorrhea in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

Oh gross

Urbit Assembly Lisboa trip report: paranoid hallucinations, logorrhea in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

As a non-tech person who has zero idea what Urbit is, this is still deeply funny to me.

I'm guessing there's probably a libertarian bent to this whole thing, somehow?

our new piece on SBF gets stuck into the rationalists in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

Seldom have I seen anyone who has drunk their own kool-aid deeper than SBF.

Dan Olson back at it with another banger. HN responds about as you'd expect. in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

Oh heck yeah new Dan Olson

Croatia shutters a libertarian paradise, orange site readers have a sad in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

The full book is well worth the read, imho.

Croatia shutters a libertarian paradise, orange site readers have a sad in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You should check out the book A Libertarian Walks into a Bear for another great example, if you haven't already!

Super casual conversation about Eugenics in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago

Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

good cyberpunk: Hypnospace Outlaw in c/notawfultech@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago

Huh a friend of mine recommended this to me recently, I should check it out

does anyone use or want the Photon alternative lemmy UI? in c/servernews@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago

I... actually like it a lot, and wouldn't mind switching to it? But also, if I'm the only one who'd be interested, I don't want to be a bother, I can use the current format just fine.

The rise of the new tech right in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago

Oooh, Quinn Slobodian! Just read his book Crack-Up Capitalism, good stuff.

Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

Solid post, already shared this a few times.

If you've made it here from the outer reaches, comment and say hi in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago

I'll check it out!