Why “clown” is being discussed
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> We're a clown industry. Who's we? The issue is simple: YOU work for clowns who prioritize financial success above all else, including quality of output. You usually don't have…
by MisterTea · Nov 4, 2026
John Forester is globally recognized as a clown who's conclusions have never been supported by real world evidence. He was employed by DOTs to tell them what they wanted to hear…
by hamdingers · Nov 4, 2026
This is insane. The first engineer ran some curl bash, which gave the hackers access to his Slack, and then they set up an interview for him at a fake company and during that in…
by bethekidyouwant · Nov 4, 2026
As someone who went into electrical and computer engineering in the 90s and was noodling with toy neural nets in the 90s; yeah agreed with the joke/clown knowledge job Been…
by hocusPokeUs · Nov 4, 2026
If you think we are a clown industry, I would like to introduce you to.......gestures broadly across the horizon.
by jasondigitized · Nov 4, 2026
We had a clown running in our local election who had "no data centers" on their election signs. The area they were running to control is the last place you would ever want to pu…
by t1234s · Nov 4, 2026
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A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin. Read more on Wikipedia