joshua dang
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My latest newsletter asks whether tech's managerial class is excited about generative AI because it distances them from any responsibility for their failures -- and thus, any accountability.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/mediocrity...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/mediocrity...
Mediocrity, Accountability, and Artificial Intelligence
The managerial class loves AI because it allows them to avoid responsibility for their failures. That should terrify us all.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My latest newsletter asks whether tech's managerial class is excited about generative AI because it distances them from any responsibility for their failures -- and thus, any accountability.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/mediocrity...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/mediocrity...
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In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.
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Trying to think of other revolutionary products that consumers repeatedly had to be tricked into paying for rather than ones that consumers loved and demanded
Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
July 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Trying to think of other revolutionary products that consumers repeatedly had to be tricked into paying for rather than ones that consumers loved and demanded
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I went to shut down my computer and it asked if I was sure I wanted to do that. is this a coded threat? is the machine in fear for its life?
May 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I went to shut down my computer and it asked if I was sure I wanted to do that. is this a coded threat? is the machine in fear for its life?
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
writing DnD notes. i like to be a little over prepared
January 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
writing DnD notes. i like to be a little over prepared
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i've got a type A personality. type A lot on da copuder
April 22, 2024 at 10:00 PM
i've got a type A personality. type A lot on da copuder
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JIGSAW: all your life you've really drowned people to death in urine by being late all the time
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
November 24, 2024 at 11:46 PM
JIGSAW: all your life you've really drowned people to death in urine by being late all the time
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
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feel so stupid. none of them have the mustache. no way to tell which baby is hitler.
July 14, 2024 at 2:47 PM
feel so stupid. none of them have the mustache. no way to tell which baby is hitler.
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Artist re-hired after AI turned out to be too expensive: I'm not sure any of these assets are usable
Former prompt engineer still making $400k who is now her manager: grateful artist crop top doesn't talk back big boob big ass trending on hinge goes to work slut-style is single and has child's face
Former prompt engineer still making $400k who is now her manager: grateful artist crop top doesn't talk back big boob big ass trending on hinge goes to work slut-style is single and has child's face
September 7, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Artist re-hired after AI turned out to be too expensive: I'm not sure any of these assets are usable
Former prompt engineer still making $400k who is now her manager: grateful artist crop top doesn't talk back big boob big ass trending on hinge goes to work slut-style is single and has child's face
Former prompt engineer still making $400k who is now her manager: grateful artist crop top doesn't talk back big boob big ass trending on hinge goes to work slut-style is single and has child's face
finished Thank Goodness You're Here. goty
October 10, 2024 at 7:12 PM
finished Thank Goodness You're Here. goty
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I think it’s really nice they let Worf wear his little sash on Star Trek. I don’t remember it ever coming up or that there was even a point to him wearing it, I think he just thought it looked neat and Riker/Picard were like “it’s probably religious or something idk, I don’t want to get in trouble”
August 26, 2024 at 11:45 PM
I think it’s really nice they let Worf wear his little sash on Star Trek. I don’t remember it ever coming up or that there was even a point to him wearing it, I think he just thought it looked neat and Riker/Picard were like “it’s probably religious or something idk, I don’t want to get in trouble”
i love early morning bereals. bunch of squinting eyes in dark rooms. it's like waking up at a sleepover
June 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
i love early morning bereals. bunch of squinting eyes in dark rooms. it's like waking up at a sleepover
really strong rp session of DnD... love 2 see it
April 12, 2024 at 9:05 PM
really strong rp session of DnD... love 2 see it
in the cinema for Dune 2 and someone is watching a Dune 1 recap out loud on their phone
March 31, 2024 at 7:23 PM
in the cinema for Dune 2 and someone is watching a Dune 1 recap out loud on their phone
beat a big boss on BG3 last night. realised halfway through that tine's character was naked and only had their weapon equipped. we're too good at gaming
March 21, 2024 at 11:50 AM
beat a big boss on BG3 last night. realised halfway through that tine's character was naked and only had their weapon equipped. we're too good at gaming
had a scary conversation with The Bank about buying a house... probably still a ways off but feeling good about it
March 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM
had a scary conversation with The Bank about buying a house... probably still a ways off but feeling good about it
think i properly surprised my DnD players by using a tedious remember-the-rules social interaction to introduce the big bad ehehe
March 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM
think i properly surprised my DnD players by using a tedious remember-the-rules social interaction to introduce the big bad ehehe
i imagine a strong part of Baldur's Gate 3's appeal is having a DnD character reach beyond level 4
January 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
i imagine a strong part of Baldur's Gate 3's appeal is having a DnD character reach beyond level 4
got that nervous just-ran-a-DnD-session energy
January 15, 2024 at 10:28 PM
got that nervous just-ran-a-DnD-session energy
checking over my DnD planning and suddenly having new cool ideas... having a break in sessions made me lose interest a little but spending 30 minutes writing has brought it all back
January 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
checking over my DnD planning and suddenly having new cool ideas... having a break in sessions made me lose interest a little but spending 30 minutes writing has brought it all back
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I don't think that's true. I think they're just far away
September 10, 2023 at 9:59 PM
I don't think that's true. I think they're just far away
i feel like i haven't done much this year but i did start a new job in another country in a language i'm still learning. so. that's probably enough
December 31, 2023 at 7:53 PM
i feel like i haven't done much this year but i did start a new job in another country in a language i'm still learning. so. that's probably enough