Blake C. Stacey18h ago
jonny (good kind)
It was only a matter of time before some AI-addled guy saw me quoting fucked up parts of the Claude code source, thought it was my code, and say it was just a skill issue and I just need to {prompting superstition} but it finally happened.
Apr 4 at 4:36amWeb
Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago

man what is going on.

edit: since this post is spreading a bit further than I'm used to my posts spreading, I feel obliged to add: we have suspended this person for below racist comment and you may want to as well, and I am leaving this post up for moderation receipts purposes for now, but please do not go harass/brigade him.

Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago
i usually try not to dunkpost but i also usually don't get called little buddy
Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago
i have not yet blocked because this guy is saying that claude code must have been written by hand because it has comments in it and i am utterly fascinated that kinds of guys like this can even exist
Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago
(suspended that guy for the racism ofc)
Show threadCap Ybarra1d ago
@jonny @theropologist i think this dude saying racist bs is on our server too
Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago
@cap_ybarra @theropologist yeah i sent a report your way
Show threadtxtx 🇪🇺1d ago

@jonny What's stopping execs at a bot company from unleashing waves of bots defending the quality of their AI code by claiming it's coded by humans?

(Just my theory. I can make up stories about AI, since they make up stories about humans all the time, right? It's only fair. )

Show threadLina1d ago

@jonny
well, that was a fun ride until the inevitable racism

"the code sucks, but the comments are suspiciously great" is such an amazing way to endorse the source

Show threadLina1d ago
@jonny
one of my first thoughts reading your big thread was that their only takeaway would be "well if claude is this amazing despite its superfund site of a codebase, imagine how amazing the next version will be!"
Show threadjonny (good kind)1d ago
@lina i have this fear too and that is one of the reasons i gotta write this up
Show threadLina1d ago

@jonny
maybe it'll dawn on them after the inevitable followup leak of an even more disastrous codebase...

or maybe the one after that.....

Show threadLina1d ago
@jonny
(not being cynical about the great and important work you're doing here, just joking about the human embodiments of gullibility)
Show threadLina1d ago
@jonny
self note: "number go up cult" doomy math rock band?
Show threadJeremy Kahn21h ago

@lina @jonny

I'm in. Can I play bass?

Show threadLina21h ago

@trochee
@jonny

hell yeah!

Show threadCondor Puma Serpiente1d ago
@jonny That's the most old man shit I've ever read lmfao
Show threadLuca Hammer1d ago
@brad @jonny he even does the double space after punctuation stuff.
Show threadCondor Puma Serpiente1d ago
@luca @jonny there's something about "Go stand with the dummies" that is so funny to me
Show threaddraNgNon1d ago
@luca HEY, now, that's an independent axis @brad @jonny
Show threadLuca Hammer1d ago
@draNgNon @brad @jonny Not sure if I correctly interpreted your comment. To me, using double spaces in the Fediverse in 2026 indicates unwillingness to change. Classic old man behavior.
Show threadZack Weinberg1d ago
@luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny I'm not claiming to not be an old man here, but two spaces after a period was the style when I learned to type so that's what my fingers do when I'm not thinking about it and it's such a trivial thing that I'm not going to put in the effort to rewire my fingers.
Show threadNick1d ago
@zwol Same, except I have actually tried to stop (just because it is unnecessary when not in physical print), but it's really hard; it's just deeply ingrained in my typing reflexes. @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny
Show threadZack Weinberg1d ago
@internic @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny There's actual research demonstrating that having a little extra space after sentence-ending punctuation does help readability, but the computer ought to be taking care of that for you (serious typesetting engines generally do, but browsers don't; this is one of the several typesetting-related things I *wanted* to tackle during my brief time at Mozilla but got nowhere with because I was unable to locate the code that would need to be changed).
Show threadNick1d ago
@zwol Right. On a computer my feeling is that I should indicate the semantics (a period followed by whitespace to indicate the end of the sentence), and then the layout should be determined separately (possibly with user-defined preferences in a browser). I know LaTeX will ignore multiple spaces after a period, and I actually thought HTML rendering generally ignored multiple spaces as well (unless you use the non-breaking space HTML entity or are inside a pre tag). @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny
Show thread2xfo57m ago
@internic @zwol @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny
I thought it would be hard but it took me less than a week to change to one space after a period. (It saves paper if you print things too)
Show threadZack Weinberg35m ago
@RnDanger @internic @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny that's nice for you. my brain does not work that way.
Show threadThe Doctor22h ago
@zwol @luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny Echo that. There's nothing wrong with it. We're well past the age of 166 kb disks.
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus Posey1h ago
@zwol Also, if people can write without punctuation, or capitalization, it means that any style is okay. If someone doesn't like it, tell them to go hopping sideways.
Show threadLog 🪵20h ago
@luca @draNgNon @brad @jonny I am not old man. I am old log. That's way different. You can pry those double spaces separating sentences out of my cold, dead mycelium, and you cannot kill me in any way that matters, so.... Aaaanyway, I think the other account was a bot--an *old* bot. (Note my use of two hyphens to make an em dash, just like we used to do on the typewriters!)
Show threadJørn18h ago
@luca Unwillingness to change.. what exactly? For text to be read in monospace I actually prefer it.
Show threadLuca Hammer10h ago
@jornane How many people use mono space clients?
Show threadJørn6h ago
@luca I don't know, does it matter?
Show threadBredroll1d ago
@brad @jonny is not "old man shit" its "old maga shit"
Show threadDave Rahardja1d ago
@brad As on old man, I don’t claim him.
Show threadCondor Puma Serpiente1d ago
@drahardja Old man is a state of mind
Show threadJeremy Kahn21h ago

@drahardja @brad

This right here.

Show threadjoriki1d ago

@jonny

ick

Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)1d ago

@jonny oh so he's racist as well as being brain-scrambled by bots.

Fun times!

Show threadNege 1d ago
@jonny "I know what will move my argument further: racism."
Show threadClaudius Link1d ago

@theynege @jonny
Sorry, dummy question I'm afraid to ask 😬
(non native speaker)?
What is that racism here? The short form term?
Or is it on another post?

Edit: Ok, found it 😬🤢

Show threadLykso1d ago
@jonny Well, using LLMs *has* been shown to have detrimental cognitive effects...
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.1d ago
@lykso @jonny Computer assisted dementia?
Show threadHedgewizard 🐈1d ago
@the_wub @lykso @jonny
I think they're calling it 'cognitive surrender'
Show threadtkissing1d ago
@lykso @jonny Pretty sure this dude was problematic before LLMs
Show threadThe Doctor22h ago
@lykso @jonny This.
Show threadCap Ybarra1d ago
@jonny i'd say this was sad but sad was in our rear view an hour ago
Show threadRob Ricci1d ago
@jonny there are more kinds of guys, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
Show threadwohali1d ago
@jonny wow he thinks you wrote it?! what a nimrod.
Show threadSolarbird 1d ago

@jonny DRUNK POST IS BEST POST

for someone

maybe not the poster

but someone

xD

Show threadThe Witch of Crow Briar1d ago
@moira @jonny Posting With A Closed Head Injury: The Motion Picture
Show threadThommy1d ago
@jonny that exchange was very baffling. He must be incredulous that you really have access to the client's code, but it's kind of a bad sign if you're missing an important news story about a tool you decided to stan.
Show threadThe Witch of Crow Briar1d ago
@jonny Skipperrrrr!!
Show threadsport of sacred spherical cows1d ago

@crowbriarhexe @jonny

Was just gonna comment that reply dude was using the catch phrase of someone who couldn't even pilot a three-hour boat tour without getting hopelessly lost at sea.

Show threadnerd teacher 🦇1d ago
@jonny Did... he run your thread through Claude to summarise it or...? That is the only explanation I can think of for his refusal to understand that this isn't yours, lmao.
Show threadThankful Machine1d ago

@jonny Either:

- It's not a human
- It's a human, and they were ignoring your statements to troll you

Simple as. There is just no way in hell it's anything other than those two things

Show threadThankful Machine1d ago
@jonny Also, damn. Sorry : [
Show threadClaudius Link1d ago

@thankfulmachine @jonny
The profile has a really strange vibe

There is an alt on another server
They claim to post in a suspicious number of languages EN/DE/SP/FR/JP
SP isn't even an official language code
In the other profile they claim to have been called "el gato" for 40 years but they neither speak Spanish nor lived in a Spanish speaking country (according to their biography)

Show threadPēteris Krišjānis1d ago
@thankfulmachine @jonny it feels bot to me or just marketing account. Either way, I don't believe that guy.
Show threadRomain Pouclet1d ago
@jonny the fact that he called you “little buddy” as well is pretty amazing.
Show threadSnoopJ1d ago
@jonny another L for statistics