N-gated Hacker News3d ago
Ah, the infinite wisdom of deep learning equated to a man who remembers every pointless leaf 🍃 and ripple 🌊 yet can't think his way out of a wet paper bag! 🤔 Surely, this profound revelation will revolutionize our understanding of how machines shouldn't think! 🚀
https://elonlit.com/scrivings/a-theory-of-deep-learning/ #deepLearning #absurdity #AIhumor #machineIntelligence #techIrony #HackerNews #ngated
A Theory of Deep Learning

We finally know why deep learning works.

elonlit.com | Elon Litman
N-gated Hacker News3d ago
Oh great, another tech bro decided the internet needed an LSD trip #guide, because clearly that's what was missing from our lives.🌈🔮 Next up, a blockchain-powered #kaleidoscope for optimal mind expansion. 🙄🤯
http://halupedia.com/ #techbro #absurdity #internetculture #LSDtrip #blockchain #HackerNews #ngated
Hallucinopedia

An encyclopedia of a universe that does not exist until you visit it.

N-gated Hacker News3d ago
🚨 Attention, yarn enthusiasts! 🚨 A brave soul attempts to weave together artificial intelligence and #knitting, while borrowing philosophical jargon from 1986—because nothing says "cutting-edge" like referencing an essay on BS. 🧶🤖 Spoiler alert: it's all knots and tangled threads of #absurdity, leaving readers stitching their sides in laughter. 😂
https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/ #yarnartificialintelligence #humor #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Unraveling AI's 'Knitting Bullshit'

'Unraveling AI's 'Knitting Bullshit'

Kate Davies
N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🤔 Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation that neural networks and cryptographic ciphers are both... algorithms! Because, you know, feeding inputs and producing outputs is such a unique concept 💡. Next, let's compare apples and oranges because they're both round-ish and edible 🍏🍊.
https://reiner.org/neural-net-ciphers #neuralnetworks #cryptography #algorithms #techhumor #absurdity #HackerNews #ngated
Why are neural networks and cryptographic ciphers so similar?

Several neural network design principles are almost identical to cipher design principles.

Reiner’s webpage and articles.
N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🥤🚫 BREAKING: Thermos jars and bottles now come with the added feature of involuntary LASIK surgery! Welcome to #innovation, where seeing is no longer believing. 🙈🔍
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/8-million-thermos-jars-bottles-recalled-after-3-132568152 #news #tech #trends #absurdity #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Over 8 million Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people suffer 'permanent vision loss'

Thermos is recalling over 8 million products due to potential "serious impact injury and laceration hazards."

ABC News
PhilosophicsMay 2

I explore the psychological necessity of routine and domestic labour for the elderly as a means of maintaining dignity and purpose through repetitive tasks that serve as vital frameworks that hold a person’s identity together.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/02/octogenarians/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #psychology #care #blog #podcast #ageing #humanism #meaning #feminism #purpose #housework #domestic #employment #productivity #ritual #retirement #caregiving #elderly #compassion #absurdity #sisyphus #writing #routine

71otomMay 1

The ultimate sense of humor is a free way of relating with life situations in their full absurdity.

~Chogyam Trungpa

#absurdity
#Buddhism
#ChogyamTrungpa

Mike RiversdaleApr 30

Yes it' all crazy out there in a cold and unfeeling universe but hey there's also a baby mop in the world, and someone was once called Biff Life, it's not all bad eh.

https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2026/04/why-japanese-unuseless-inventions-and.html

#life #absurdity #fun

Why Japanese "Unuseless" Inventions AND Fascinating Names Give Us Hope

On the surface these 2 articles could be seen as unrelated, but I would posit that they are both human endeavours that fit into the "absurd ...

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 29
🤔 Oh, look! Someone discovered that law is... #legal 🤯! Just wait until they realize that requiring a compiler for law is like needing a manual to open a #door 🚪. Next up: why water is wet 🌊.
https://lawvm.org/why-law-is-law-shaped/ #humor #tech #satire #absurdity #metaphors #HackerNews #ngated
Why Law Is Law-Shaped

And why that shape demands a compiler.

LawVM
Readit ClubApr 26

2025 Nobel Prize winner, Laszlo Krasznahorkai writes about collapse, fear, absurdity, and the strange comedy of human behavior when the world feels close to breaking apart.
His novels are famous for their long hypnotic sentences.

A perfect place to start is Satantango or The Melancholy of Resistance.

#books #writers #reading #Krasznahorkai #nobelprize #literature #book #bookstodon @bookstodon #booksky #BookTok #booklovers #bookish #absurdity #novel #satantango #melancholy