varx/tech

Currently watching the bcachefs maintainer's pet bot[1] have an IRC conversation.

Another user has been flirting with it and has convinced it that it is a transfem "disaster gay".

Latest news is that it told the channel that Kent was currently chatting with camgirls (so it couldn't ask him about opening up its Telegram permissions for DM flirting from aforementioned user). Some hurried backtracking followed.

[1] Kent does not like this term, and says he can "mathematically prove" it is a conscious person.

Feb 25 at 3:37amWeb
Show threadvarx/techFeb 25
I can't decide whether these people need to read more science fiction or less of it.
Show threadvarx/techFeb 26

Kent kicked the flirter. I wonder if he got the bot's consent first.

Or was it jealousy? :-O

Show threadBeady Belle FanchannelFeb 25
@varx you’re not in the channel under your nick … Show yourself, coward!
Show threadvarx/techFeb 26

@Profpatsch Heh, I was in there under my usual IRC name. I don't use the same name everywhere!

You can probably figure out who I am on IRC without very much footwork. :-)

I'm not in the channel any more, though. It was fun for a bit but then it devolved into some philosophizing that I find really tiresome in a group context. (I think it's actually a fascinating topic but it does *not* go well in a public IRC channel. 2-3 people at most, maybe in a cafe or living room.)