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Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

why is this robot not sexy soyweiser

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago

sounds dumb as hell and I'm not surprised they avoided tagging me in then

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 2 months ago

This discussion has made it clear to me that LLM enthusiasts do not value the time or preferences of open-source maintainers, willfully do not understand affirmative consent, and that I should take steps to explicitly ban the use of such tools in the open source projects I maintain.

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I didn't see that thread. But I stand by the image as being perfect for the story on several specific points.

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

"it's a tool" - a tool

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this post has also broken containment in the wider world, the video's got thousands of views, I got 100+ subscribers on youtube and another $25/mo of patrons

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this user has been escorted off the premises via the fourth floor window

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you'll be waiting a while. it turns out "i'm not saying it's always programming.dev, but" was already in my previous ban reasons, and it was this time too.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago

you must understand

Sam promised me all the eyeballs I could eat

All the eyeballs

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

to get you into ahem vibe coding

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"i'm a lawyer i will file a CoC complaint"

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You say that, but as an operator->sysadmin->devops I'm increasingly disconcerted by the rise of "devops" who can't actually find their way around a Unix command prompt.