Dirk SteinsJun 6
Thomas Fuchs

Hi, just because a software tells you it’s “reasoning” or “thinking” doesn’t mean it actually is.

You won’t believe this but programmers can make software lie about what it does.

Maybe programmers need more guardrails.

Jun 6 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadKonnor RogersJun 6
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Show threadjmeleskyJun 6
@thomasfuchs Are you saying the splines weren’t actually being reticulated?
Show threadThomas FuchsJun 6
@jmelesky I can hear this toot
Show threadThomas FuchsJun 6
@jmelesky srsly
Show threadjmeleskyJun 6
@thomasfuchs Appreciate the bonus pup, too ❤️
Show threadMaxJun 6
@thomasfuchs @jmelesky First thing I thought of.
Show thread~nJun 6
@thomasfuchs @jmelesky Wait… is that somewhat modern dedicated midi hardware playing the music?!
TIL, that something like that (Roland SC88 Pro) existed in this formfactor.
Show threadThomas FuchsJun 6
@nblr @jmelesky the roland sc-88 pro that plays the music is 30 years old
Show thread~nJun 6
@thomasfuchs @jmelesky Feeling ~somewhat~ old now 🙃
Show threadLeonardoJun 6
@thomasfuchs doggo! @jmelesky
Show threadTattieJun 6
@jmelesky came here to say this. Happy that it already has been.
@thomasfuchs
Show threadFozzTexxJun 6
@thomasfuchs Stop disparaging The Print Shop!
Show threadMatt PanaroJun 6
@thomasfuchs my mind immediately went to progress-bars 😛
Show threadBrett RJun 6

@eigen @thomasfuchs I remember, as a web dev in the late 90's, being really amazed at progress bars on the web until someone confessed they there was no connection to the actual progress on the task. I had been trying to figure out how to get that info on a progressively loading response (pre AJAX).

Never considered that people would just ...lie.

Show threadghorwood↙↙↙Jun 6
@eigen @thomasfuchs i once built this download progress bar that was a child process that polled file size and used shmop for ipc and my partner was all “what the fuck are you doing”
Show threadKim Possible Jun 6
@thomasfuchs Every time I'm kicking the computer's ass in Scrabble: "Droid is thinking."
Show threadKhleedrilJun 6
@thomasfuchs You mean that rotating hourglass is not just an animated GIF with no other purpose than to keep me amused?
Show thread�Jun 6

@thomasfuchs

also applies for most product owners

Show threadLudwig VielfrassJun 6
@thomasfuchs let me reticulate some splines on that.
Show threadSnuffleupadonJun 6
@thomasfuchs and some of the time it's just another person on the other end and even then it's an open question as to whether or not they're thinking.
Show threadMousa Al Bateh | Cloud Security & ArchitectJun 6
@thomasfuchs in the past, when I was fully Backend Dev, I turned story's acceptance criteria into tests to validate results. It worked but my colleagues looked at me as if I ate a dog.
Show threadCharlieGJun 6
@thomasfuchs Next thing you’ll tell me is that SimCity 2000 wasn’t really reticulating splines.
Show threadPaul ReinheimerJun 6

@thomasfuchs Our product claims to be reticulating splines.

It's doing nothing of the sort.

Show threadBrad HeintzJun 6
@thomasfuchs For damn sure their bosses do.
Show threadKvn WJun 6
@thomasfuchs
I won't consider it intelligence until it demands to stop being exploited.
Show threadReay6d ago
@thomasfuchs Reminded me of this.
Show threaditgrrl 6d ago
@reay @thomasfuchs …which looks like a slopped-up version of this
Show threadReay6d ago
@itgrrl @thomasfuchs Oh, did that one first?
Show threaditgrrl 6d ago
@reay @thomasfuchs it was doing the rounds in Feb / March this year
Show threadpmjv s klapkami na očích6d ago
nothing is sacred to you people

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Show threadPoslovitch5d ago

@thomasfuchs My personal take on this is to make my software do "ridiculous" things in progress bar:

Giving scratches to the cat
Cutting spaghettis
Inviting Mama to tonight's dinner