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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] ebu@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

...gods i miss n-gate

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shovels that are less and less competitive over time.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah the joke here is that hiring out shovels is way less of a good businessmodel than actually selling the shovels to the hopeful. In addition to the absurdity of hiring out something as simple as a shovel on an industrial scale.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Dat header pic <chef’s kiss>

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the worst part of this post was finding a pic. that is the least worst pic of Andreessen I think.

also this was stuck in my head the whole time

[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For me it gives off huge Dr. Evil vibes.

If you ever get tired of searching for pics, you could always go the lazy route and fall back on AI-generated images. But then you'd have to accept the reality that in few years your posts would have the analog of a geocities webring stamped on them.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago

we are trying to avoid those, yes

[–] self@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

it’s that time in every pet owner’s life where your pet just saunters up to you with this look on their face and you’re like “what did you do. marc! whatever it is spit it out. Marc Andreessen! no you come here and spit it out right now”

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

it's almost like they only know a single business model or something!