Mastodawn

GitHub Copilot AI token charges to go up 10×–100×

GitHub Copilot AI token charges to go up 10×–100× - awful.systems

how Enterprise Software as a Service works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9FjHGcFWg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9FjHGcFWg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260518-github-copilot-ai-token-charges-go-up-10x-100x [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260518-github-copilot-ai-token-charges-go-up-10x-100x] - podcast time: 7 min 33 sec

vitonsky 1d ago

Do not remove my spam

https://programming.dev/post/50583372

Do not remove my spam - programming.dev

Lemmy

BlueMonday1984 1d ago

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 24th May 2026

https://awful.systems/post/8347316

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 24th May 2026 - awful.systems

Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid. Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret. Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no. If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high. > The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be) > > Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them. (Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

David Gerard 3d ago

arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers

https://awful.systems/post/8323121

arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers - awful.systems

the hit AI dogs holler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers] - podcast time: 8 min 39 sec

David Gerard 4d ago

Kevin O’Leary’s giant Utah data centre: will it happen?

https://awful.systems/post/8312148

Kevin O’Leary’s giant Utah data centre: will it happen? - awful.systems

Mr Wonderless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen] - podcast time: 8 min 27 sec

diz 5d ago

Google unveils the number of remote Waymo operators

https://awful.systems/post/8309044

David Gerard 6d ago

Google replaces your PC mouse with yelling at Gemini

https://awful.systems/post/8299808

Google replaces your PC mouse with yelling at Gemini - awful.systems

‘reimagining’ the mouse pointer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini] - podcast time: 5 min 38 sec

froztbyte 6d ago

what the everLLM-ing fuck is going on

https://awful.systems/post/8293548

what the everLLM-ing fuck is going on - awful.systems

as seen here [https://join.piefed.social/2026/05/04/ai-assisted-moderation-in-the-fediverse-is-happening-now-what/] and here [https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/116518887925988112], some instances are feeding posts wholesale to prompts, for what seem like extremely unsound reasons to me any of you run into this shit yet?

David Gerard May 12

GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9%

https://awful.systems/post/8287198

GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9% - awful.systems

seize the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9] - podcast time: 4 min 53 sec

David Gerard May 11

Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs

https://awful.systems/post/8275866

Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs - awful.systems

party like it’s 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs] - podcast time: 5 min 40 sec