Show thread🌸 Vårgubben5d ago

@nixCraft What I fear is that this practice is so common that companies that where previously doing fairly well (like where I work) are now jumping on the band wagon due to fear of missing out.

#cargocult #slop #tech

Hublai (charismatic megafauna)May 10
#2026midterms is #onepartystate after another forming in a #CargoCult like emulation of technology, culture and diplomacy winner #CommunistPartyOfChina. Helps #USMayors and #USGovernors peacefully #endAmerica if legislatures are so rigged they lose legitimacy as policy forums. #XiJinpingthought

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mj5h6johygkjaoo3dg5q23lm/post/3mlgx37a4x22a
Stéphane KleinMay 7

« Enlever des couches : mon chemin de Make vers de simples scripts Bash »

https://notes.sklein.xyz/2026-05-07_1213/zen/

#DevKit #Mise #Makefile #Bash #Lean #CargoCult

jordanMar 15

*taps the sign*

#twitter #technology #cargocult #tapsSign

XenofactMar 1

Cultural Cargo Cults Ethics and Taoism

https://www.xenofact.com/2026/03/01/cultural-cargo-cults-ethics-and-taoism/
Cultural Cargo Cults Ethics and Taoism – Xenofact.com

Bob the TravelerFeb 15
The cargo cult on the island of Tanna in the New Hebridies says their messiah John Frum will return on February 15th, but the year remains unknown https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #CargoCult #Apocalypse #prophecy
Toilets of Faith — Toilets of the World

Toilets in churches, in monasteries, at religious sites, and toilet regulations of various religions. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.

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Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Jan 20

@dmoonfire @fribbledom

This is why I basically call all modern #UIDesign a #CargoCult.

Tactile considerations were precisely what went into UI Design 40 years ago.

Now, it's all about surface-level aesthetics, and it has broken so many fundamental things, argh.

R.L. Dane    🍵 Jan 17

@mms

#CargoCult, man. #Apple is just a multi-trillion-dollar cargo cult at this point. :(

All of the people who understood why things were done a certain way have either (sadly) died or (gladly) retired, or just moved on.

C.Dec 29

The so-called #audiophile community is famous for the amount of #woo that passes for knowledge or expertise.

When you look at the DIY audio community - building things up from #electronic components or modules - you add in the cargo-cult processes used by people with no basic electronics knowledge building these things, and the false-but-confident beliefs of those with some knowledge but more assurance of their own intelligence 🙄 - and you get some real doozies in discussion threads [1] on audio/electronics fora.

I just came across one that will stick with me:

A: I saw some people are doing <X> to increase the bass from this little amp. Should I do it?

B (actually knowledgeable): Depends on the design. If it's lacking <Y>, it can help the subjective bass response of the amp.

C (overly confident): BS! OBJECTIVELY (!) you get more and better boom.
Boom-boom, you know? Your guts will tell you the objective truth.

... that is LITERALLY the definition of "subjective". 🤣

[1] A.K.A. arguments on the instalment plan.

#literally #argument #discussion #thread #forum #fora #electronics #audio #hobby #DIY #DunningKrueger #knowledge #experience #objective #subjective #CargoCult

FusselwurmDec 8

Die #AfD steht für #cargocult - #Politik

Der dazu passende Gedankengang:

Was haben wir gemacht, als wir in Deutschland das letzte Mal Zukunftsglauben hatten? Richtig! #Braunkohle , #Kernkraft, absolutes Primat des #PKW , und die Ausländer hießen noch Gastarbeiter statt potenzielle Neubürger zu sein.

Sonnenklare Argumentation für vernünftige #normale Leute:
das machen wir wieder genauso, dann wird alles gut.

#duschgedanken