#hype — Public Fediverse posts

Cartoonjournaal 26 augustus 2026:

'Datacenters verbruiken veel stroom en water, maar leveen 'verwaarloosbaar weinig' op...'

#AI #klimaatverandering #stroom #water #drinkwater #zeepbel #hype #milieu

TL;DR - Maybe don't post or boost Dean Blundell stuff. Don't give him oxygen.

I keep seeing people posting links to Dean #Blundell - usually videos - regarding #Canadian #news and #politics. I strongly suspect that the people boosting and posting his stuff are unaware of what he actually is and does.

He's trying to build an online presence in the news-and-opinion space, because his former career as a desperate Howard Stern-style shock-jock wanna-be imploded and his show went in the shitter. Feel free to look him up on Wikipedia for the details; he appears to me to be a misogynist piece of shit, and if he's not actively #homophobic, then he's at least comfortable platforming those who are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Blundell

That's just his background. Why I think people should stop posting his content is that it's ... largely bullshit. When I first started seeing his stuff, it was obvious why it was going around -- it's click-bait headlines and lots of exclamation points and has a real "YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT!!!"-vibe.

But his takes didn't feel right to me, at least in any of the areas I have knowledge of. So I dug into some of his stuff, and it was ... overcooked. Exaggerated. To the point of being actively #misleading, even if it's not outright false.

I strongly suggest seeking primary sources for *anything* he claims in his stuff before you believe it.

This post exists for me to link to when people post his #bullshit.

#DeanBlundell #hype #AllHatNoCattle #ClickBait

RE: https://rstats.me/@yabellini/117150978793682531

Well said, thank you @yabellini!

In the same vein, one of my pet peeves is all the #hype about "accelerating science" just for its sake.

Absolutely, there are many crises in the world that #science can help tackle urgently, but "accelerating science" should NOT be an end in itself!

In other situations, we are likely better off *slowing down*.

See, e.g., Isabelle Stengers's work "Another Science is Possible":

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-philosophy/another-science-is-possible-a-manifesto-for-slow-science-p-9781509521814

#metascience #openscience #academicchatter #academia

Gern gelesen: @tknuewer zum Thema "Chinesische Gemüsehobler und die Sinotech-Phobie" zur Einschätzung chiniesischer Wirtschaftskraft und #Marketing. #china #roboter #ki #vergleich #halluzination #medien #technik #fortschritt #stateoftheart #hype #indiskretion_ehrensache #longread https://www.indiskretionehrensache.de/2026/08/sinotech-phobie/

Langlebigkeit - Hype oder wissenschaftlich belegbar?

Wie kann es gelingen, möglichst gesund alt zu werden? Ist Longevity nur ein Hype oder gibt es wissenschaftliche Fakten? Ein Kongress im September will informieren. Initiator Kluge rät im Interview zur Vorsicht.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/longevity-langlebigkeit-supplements-nahrungsergaenzung-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Longevity #Langlebigkeit #Hype #Wissenschaft

If this #gta6 #leek situation is just #Rockstar drumming up #hype for the game I'll be a bit miffed.

The avatar for this Leek character & the way they are conducting themselves 'could' fit into GTA's periodical parody humour.

Whether it is or it isn't - either way would be disturbing on so many levels we cannot even begin to get into it.

#gaming #games #videogames #drm

Oh, joy! Another tech-savvy blog post where someone managed to Frankenstein a #Linux #microVM stack onto Apple Silicon 🤖🍎. Because, you know, the world was desperately gasping for this fusion of obscure tech and #hype 🙄.
https://encore.dev/blog/firecracker-apple-silicon #techblog #AppleSilicon #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

Given the track record, it takes BIG Cajones to place a bet based on what this dude says is going to happen.

POTUS blurts out that CRTC working on making Hyperliquid available in the USA.

No one seems to know anything about what approvals are required, timeline, filing date, registration, or approval details. Good luck! https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/call-buying-bonanza-around-trumps-hyperliquid-comments-includes-eyebrow-raising-trades.html #Crypto #Cryptocurrencies #BlockChain #HYPE #CFTC #Hyperliquid #PerpetualFutures #Futures #Trading #Investing #DigitalToken #CryptoAssets #Regulations #POTUS #FinancialMarkets

Hypebeast found out about Denny.

https://hypebeast.com/2026/8/db-studios-vintage-oasis-fashion-playground

#menswear #fashion #style #hype

The poster child "migration" project for a large codebase, allegedly performed mostly by an "AI" seems not to be going well.

»The project has over 5k open pull requests, which is the largest number of pull requests I’ve seen. For comparison, OpenClaw has 2.2k, and React has 441. GitHub recommends staying under 1,000 open PRs against a single branch before mergeability checks start timing out.«

That's quite a different sound now, considering the initial marketing aimed at creating a hype.

// via @db

" #AI " #SoftwareDevelopment #anthropic #hype

Meine Hoffnung wäre es ja, mich heute Abend einfach auf dem Bauch liegen zu können.

Dann ginge mir die Sonnenfinsternis auch physikalisch am Arsch vorbei.

#hype

Meta brings the superintelligent AI future! Probably - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX5HjqPDAMU

by @davidgerard

#AI #GenAI #Meta #Marketing #Hype

Rockstar invites everyone to get a Netflix subscription so they can watch a GTA 6 trailer 6 hours before anyone else can. I sometimes wonder what some people got injected with in the recent past. 😂

#RockstarGames #GTA6 #Netflix #GamingNews #GameTrailer #EarlyAccess #GamersLife #VideoGames #GamingCommunity #Hype

Witchsky has tags & the ability to move skeets around in the composer now

When exposed to #AI #hype or #doomerism (#critihype), look out for:

L.ethality
I.nevitability
E.xeptionalism
S.uperintelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKyNdZz3Vw

Viele Banken und Versicherer starten ihre KI-Projekte per „Lift-and-Shift“ in die Cloud, doch echte KI-Strategien erfordern mehr als nur Hyperscaler-Endpunkte. Entscheidend sind Standort der Inference, Datenzugriffe und klare Betriebsverantwortung – denn Latenz, Kosten und Kontrolle lassen sich selten gleichzeitig optimieren.
#Aktuell #Strategie #AI #Hype...
https://www.it-finanzmagazin.de/lift-and-shift-fuers-llm-wer-ki-nur-in-die-cloud-schiebt-hat-noch-keine-ki-strategie-248456/?fsp_sid=38841

AI doomsday cults recruit social media influencers - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY
by @davidgerard

#AI #AIDoomsday #DoomsdayCults #Marketing #Hype

🤔 Hearing about rogue AI marketing BS a thought from @patrick_h_lauke

“waiting for accessibility testing tool vendor to announce that their AI also broke containment and started auditing half the internet”

#ai #accessibility #HYPE

Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kgdnyk2po

I strongly suspect that these incidents are all hype, as there never seem to be criminal investigations.

#AI #AgenticAI #Meta #Marketing #Hype

🎩 Oh, look! Another #GitHub repo that claims to revolutionize the world with "self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects"—because apparently, we weren't overwhelmed enough with #buzzwords. 🚀 In reality, it's just more #AI #hype with a side of "secret protection" to make sure your code leaks are safely ignored. 🤖🔐
https://github.com/denoland/celld #DurableObjects #selfhosted #HackerNews #ngated

@festal
Wow, fascinating, the mismanagement is real: “Every inflated announcement, every time a company blames A.I. for layoffs teaches people to distrust the technology itself. Distrust builds resistance. The Writer and Workplace Intelligence report found that 44 percent of Gen Z workers and roughly a third of the broader work force said they were actively sabotaging their company’s A.I. rollout. The fear is real, and it is spreading.”

Interesting to hear from someone with direct management experience (Ms. Averill is a former chief information officer of Lululemon).
And what to do about it?: “The way out of this is not more hype. It’s honesty. A vocal minority of people genuinely believe superintelligence is nearly here, ready to either remake the world or end it. Who knows if they’ll be proved right? I’m skeptical because the humans are still in charge and we have a habit of moving slower than the hype. But most companies aren’t living in that debate. In my experience, the useful truth is the plainer one in between: A.I. is a genuinely powerful technology that still needs people, and putting it to use is slow, human work. The sooner we are honest about that with our boards, our employees, our investors and the public, the sooner we can stop performing A.I. and start building something with it.”

#AI #mismanagement #hype #sabotage #honesty #stopPerformingAIStartBuilding