December 6, 2021

Trashfuture (Re)Wrapped feat. Dan Boeckner

It's the free one!

Dan returns for another look at Spotify - in the last year have they paid artists more, or have they channeled excess profits into an investment in AI defence technology “for the defense of democracies” whatever that means. Also, a startup and a truly astounding article.

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Wolscott · December 17, 2021

Being a whistleblower and getting corporate murdered by a remotely driven car is a plot point in Upload, the dystopian capitalist afterlife sitcom by Greg Daniels. It's about there being a digital afterlife with microtransactions.

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Cate Kneale · December 9, 2021

Spotify using machine learning to distinguish weddings from terrorist training camps based on playlists so that someone three countries away can launch a drone attack for two dollars a day.

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Ross McWilliams · December 7, 2021

Alice is right, Netflix's Cowboy Bebop is terrible.

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Stephen R. · December 7, 2021

They didn't get the aesthetic anywhere near close or the general feeling. They should have just done an excellent remastering. Also Hologractor! What! Lmao!

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oranjest1 · December 7, 2021

adding James Acaster to the arsenal for his "let's CRACK ON!!" is pure comedic genius deployed @ Riley trying to stop an impression bit

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YukiNukem64x · December 7, 2021

Sadly, Alice is collateral damage in the bit. Hussein is going to have to step up and find a bit that annoys Milo, then Riley will have to find a bit that annoys Hussein. Like that all the bits cancel each other out, with one extra bit going towards annoying Riley. This is what the hogs want.

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oranjest1 · December 7, 2021

was waiting for someone to joke about the battlefield Clippy confusing a battlefield/kinetic scenario with shitting. "It seems like you're having a battle" or "turning someone into red mist" or "informational advantage"

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Andrew Davis · December 7, 2021

*Bernie Sanders voice* The millionaires and the billionaires are not the only ones who should have access to Milo impersonating me and talking about eating pussy. Thank you.

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Dave Clarke · December 7, 2021

you thought reinventing the bus was cool, well this weeks start up has reinvented the taxi just mind boggling how we're suppose to take this shit seriously

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Zero Gravitas · December 6, 2021

Y'all left out the space after feat. again lul

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Lawrence Watts · December 6, 2021

ITS THE FREEEEE ONEEEE HE'S BACK BAYBEEE

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Violet · December 6, 2021

The reason tech-people are all-in on the "creator economy" is because we're incredibly gullible, easily bored, and have remarkably short memories. I brought the idea of remote-driven cars up with other software devs and almost every one of them fell into one of two camps: "It's really cool to see technology pushing its limits!" and "It's an interesting problem, I guess. Not sure I'd willing ride in one of those, though..." Not one, "Wait, weren't the cars just supposed to be self-driving?" I leave the task of determining which of those groups actually writes decent unit tests as an exercise for the reader.

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etienne · December 6, 2021

cars should be forbidden

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YukiNukem64x · December 6, 2021

What happens when you hit a neural network with a hammer? Also, spoilers for the article at the end, columnist talks about a Facebook support group they found called "Losing Lionel" for adoptive parents who had to euthanize a child because they would often gore their hemophiliac husband.

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YukiNukem64x · December 6, 2021

Yayy what a gift, released like 3 hours before I went to bed. Thank you <3

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Ash Rose · December 6, 2021

I had a few weeks, blessed time, before i worked out that bitcoin people were not also doing a bit and laughing about what a terrible idea the modern money economy is, that they all really thought you could build a currency on top of a market that is also built on the currency. They have not stopped, and this ape bullshit is the latest reminder

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FishTank · December 6, 2021

You all know the old saying: if all you have is a Hologractor, everything looks like a line of schoolchildren at a crosswalk.

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FortressPlotter · December 6, 2021

Clearly, Brent Butt's writing staff from "Corner Gas" are behind the Bored Ape cartoons.