I used to work for a clickbait factory, so I’m familiar with the hallmarks.

Business Insider articles are generally trash content. They choose provocative headlines and hot-button issues to boost engagement, but once you’re on the site, there’s not actually that much to engage with.

I almost clicked the link until I saw the domain name.

The arms race inherent in the world of computer gaming is reaching a point of unsustainability. I started thinking that way back when I could donate cpu time on my ps3 to protein folding simulation.

And, like most of our field, it’s a ratchet that only goes up. Efficiency and clever engineering to create an accessible experience is almost always lower down the list of priorities for these big corporate AAA publishers .

They’re more interested in swinging their dick further than the other guy. A lot of the time this doesn’t actually buy something more fun, popular, or playable. But the mind of an exec beholden to shareholders is obligated to invest in bloat. meanwhile I’m having a delightful time running clever little indie games on my steam deck.

See, the problem with this is there’s no objective standard for validating whether somebody is telling the truth or not. So we can impose conventions that say you must tag something as being generated in a certain way, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to actually be forthcoming with the community.

This is a problem that we’re going to have to deal with not just when we’re talking about our self hosted builds, but almost anything that is mediated through a screen. So, if we can figure it out for here, I’d suggest that we tell everybody shortly thereafter; about it because it‘ll solve a lot of problems, in a lot of different places.

Bonus points if whatever we come up with can actually be self hosted.

Fucking terrifying.

No need to make it all official. Just withdraw all opportunity, community, and support for your troublesome minority of choice. Then, call it freedom; they’ll die on their own, eventually, and you can blame them for not being sufficiently resourceful.

Since when was the UK government interested in truth?

A company who isn’t Apple and probably can’t afford a throw-it-against-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks product launch.

So it begins.

The Internet inherently routes around malfunctioning network segments.

Any law like those mentioned will be used to legitimize selective enforcement, only against those who upset the wrong important person.

Stay anonymous and locked down, don’t comment from your point of origin. Don’t use corporate services.

Huh, I’m not an attorney but that sure seems actionable if the intended use was documented in a contract.

She’s gonna get a share of the lease revenue on that, right?

…right?

You can tell this article is bullshit, because the link contains businessinsider.com.

I’ve used Claude and Codex, and while both are based on untenable economics, I can at least attest that my use of Codex has yielded some productive results. Claude, so far, has delivered fuck all that’s useful to me.

“Won’t somebody please do something about these troublesome whistleblowers?"

We can’t all live like Richard Stallman.

It’s like being an anti-capitalist in the USA. You’ll never see progress if you just live in a commune in the forest. You must participate.

The needs of employees are now considered externalities.

Okay. I’m sure, eventually, somebody will build something you’re comfortable sitting in and complaining about.

You should check out the American manufacturer Slate, they’re building an EV that’s almost exactly what you’re describing.