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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦rysiek
Mar 12, 2026, 11:26 AM
@richlv
Q: What is it: does not glow and does not fit in one's arse?
A: Soviet device to glow inside an arse.
But I think @montar's point was more about how stuff produced in those factories was at least ostensibly useful.
As in: a washing machine is a useful thing in general, even if a particular washing machine happens to be broken.
Which is not really the case with "AI" tokens.
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Rihards Olupsrichlv@mastodon.social
Mar 12, 2026, 11:27 AM
@rysiek @montar Haha yeah, had forgotten about that one :D
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Rihards Olupsrichlv@mastodon.social
Mar 12, 2026, 11:32 AM
@rysiek @montar Regarding the edit - yeah, there could be a difference in different meanings of "useful" there.
Anyway, found another joke :)
Q: What is three stories tall, consumes 20 gallons of diesel an hour, and cuts an apple into three pieces?
A: A soviet machine designed to cut an apple into four pieces.
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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦rysiek
Mar 12, 2026, 2:55 PM
@richlv @montar yeah, that one was used in the Chernobyl series (great series btw)
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Anton GerasimovOytis@mastodon.social
Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 PM
@richlv @rysiek @montar That's a perfect description of any GenAI tool. USSR was ahead of its time!
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David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.run
Mar 12, 2026, 5:12 PM
@richlv @rysiek @montar gonna repurpose that one for AI, fits perfectly
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chiasmchiasm@mastodon.online
Mar 12, 2026, 11:32 PM
@richlv @rysiek @montar I remember a friend of mine who served in the Hungarian army in the 80's telling us about how they all wanted to be assigned to march in FRONT of the Soviet tanks, because they always misfired, but they'd kill the soldiers behind them with backfiring... 😳
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theM0ntarCann0nmontar@kolektiva.social
Mar 13, 2026, 9:16 AM
@chiasm @richlv@mastodon.social @rysiek That's scary.
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theM0ntarCann0nmontar@kolektiva.social
Mar 12, 2026, 11:41 AM
@rysiek @richlv@mastodon.social indeed
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zbrownzbrown@floss.social
Mar 12, 2026, 11:54 AM
@rysiek @richlv @montar yeah it tends towards moot but I think it's still fair/important point that soviet output was theoretically useful, however much it was hammered screws in practice, as opposed to silicon valley which just sorts fails at every level, and can't even be used for parts or scrap.
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