Fox Rainbow (She/Her)Feb 24
Alex von Kitchen

Project maintainer: "we're struggling to review all this slop-code"

AI bro: "have you tried using a slop generator to review code? I'm very smart"

I am fucking sick of these wank puffins

Feb 23 at 10:46amWeb
Show threadDread Pirate (Tom) RobertsFeb 23
@Dangerous_beans I would like to use the phrase 'wank puffin' at my work, if that's ok.
Show threadAlex von KitchenFeb 23
@troberts I don't mind, I got it from someone who reported some wank puffin once
Show threadThe ol' tealeg 🐡Feb 23
@Dangerous_beans @troberts adding it to my official lexicon. Thanks.
Show threadBiggles 20X6!Feb 23
@tealeg @Dangerous_beans @troberts I am partial to the insults 'feltchweasel' and 'Jizzmuppet' when I need something stronger than wank puffim, but not as damning as 'Absolute tinned plum'
Show threadAlex von KitchenFeb 23
@Taco_lad @tealeg @troberts ooh, those are good
Show threadBiggles 20X6!Feb 23
@Dangerous_beans @tealeg @troberts they can be mix-matched too! 'Jizzweasel' and 'feltchmuppet' also work for someone not a complete tin of plums
Show threadThe ol' tealeg 🐡Feb 23
@Taco_lad @Dangerous_beans @troberts “cock womble” has become a stock phrase for this middle ground.
Show threadBiggles 20X6!Feb 23
@tealeg @Dangerous_beans @troberts I also use 'Clunge Huffer' if I'm feeling like I've overused cockwomble.
Show threadThe ol' tealeg 🐡Feb 23
@Taco_lad @Dangerous_beans @troberts A nice one from Germany: Arschgeiger (Arse violinist)
Show threadAlisonFeb 23
@tealeg
May I offer this matrix of potential compound curses from Reddit?
http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/compound-curse-words
@Taco_lad @Dangerous_beans @troberts
Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from <i>buttface</i> to <i>wankpuffin</i>

What can Reddit comment data tell us about the rules governing the formation of insulting compound words like 'fartface', 'scumwad', or 'assgoblin'?

Show threadThe ol' tealeg 🐡Feb 23
@BritishKoalaTea @Taco_lad @Dangerous_beans @troberts a fine and scholarly work!
Show threadBenFeb 23
@troberts @Dangerous_beans it’s one of my favourite shitgibbon compounds
Show threadThe Penguin of EvilFeb 23
@Dangerous_beans don't pick on puffins like that. Puffins don't deserve the association
Show threadarielsFeb 23
@Dangerous_beans The vibe I often get is that we have a constitutional right to slop, and "the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a slop generator is a good guy with a slop generator." In practice, though, this often means a good guy with an entire colluding *network* of slop generators.
Show threadRusty ShacklefordFeb 23

@Dangerous_beans @wordshaper

Code goes in the Claude hole

Show threadWoke Leftist TrashFeb 23
@Dangerous_beans just use generate your tests with the slop generator, easy peasy. </sarcasm>
Show threadFrank HeijkampFeb 24
@agentultra
The ai powered bug fixer will remove all the slop for you.
@Dangerous_beans
Show threadCap YbarraFeb 23
@Dangerous_beans and it's like bad news bro, the only thing they are worse at than generating code is understanding it
Show threadDamien (TIG BUSINESS)Feb 23

@Dangerous_beans watched a short presentation from a colleague where he tried to use an LLM to achieve a task that had a 5000 line output. It did ok first pass, oh but a couple things wrong, then he tried to fix those and it just completely stuffed the task. Maybe if I do X and Y, oh no, its still not right. I'll start again, and got a different answer

my conclusion: this tool does not work they way you want it to work.
his conclusion: we need to keep trying different things to see how to make it work

Show threadTim 🛥️🌈Feb 24
@aeduna @Dangerous_beans They keep pulling the slot machine lever hoping to win millions as the flashing lights entrance them.
Show threadDamien (TIG BUSINESS)Feb 24
@spodlife @Dangerous_beans I think its more like horse or greyhound racing ("I have a system!") but yeah, its exactly the irregular dopamine reward that gambling gives.
Show threadÖlbaumFeb 27
@Dangerous_beans Please, stay respectful towards the birds.