just adrienne

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"I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
- Eugene V. Debs
just adrienne5h ago
Show threadV6h ago
@glyph @snaums Unfortunately, rsync is both a thing maintained by volunteer labour & released free [in all senses]
... and also critical infrastructure for several entire ecosystems.
Like... if someone built a bridge, and opened it to public use - millions use it, it becomes the main way to cross that particula gap
The maintainer doesn't owe it to anyone to *not* pave over the bridge with shit instead of asphalt...
... but also, it you depend on it, you;re gonna be mad about the shitbridge.
just adrienne5h ago
Show threadGlyph7h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115839163441384816

@rmi My initial comparisons to substance abuse were somewhat tentative and reluctant, back in January. But these have gone from being a few troubling-but-subtle bits of hearsay and implication to a drumbeat of near-daily incidents and I wish I were not feeling so validated in this particular view

just adrienne5h ago
Show threadGlyph7h ago
Like this is a luminary in the field, mocking his critics for making a prediction he finds risible when that prediction HAS ALREADY COME TRUE. He did the thing, and it went badly, in the way that everyone who is mad at him was saying all along that it would go badly. But he still thinks that he's right! This is not an unrepentant dumb guy being dumb, this is one of the smartest engineers in the field BECOMING dumb right before our eyes. That ought to scare you!
just adrienne5h ago
Glyph7h ago

Sigh. OK. rsync discourse:

This is not a story about “vibe coding” or “slop” or regressions or even open source sustainability or whatever: it’s a story about mental health.

The timeline of Tridge’s response in particular can be broke down like so:

1. AI skeptics say "LLMs create difficult-to-evaluate defects, even if you're careful"
2. Tridge introduces defects even though he was careful
3. he gets yelled at
4. His response is to say "you dinosaurs don't appreciate how *careful* I was!"

Show threadjust adrienne11h ago
@worik @meltedcheese There are many issues with generative "AI". the IP issues are well-covered. There are also labor issues, environment issues, information issues, and cognitive issues. I'm absolutely not required to restrict my complaints to the thing you want to talk about.
just adrienne16h ago
Mike Sheward1d ago
it may look cute but the boeing 787 only does this when distressed
just adrienne17h ago
Entitas23h ago
"We can do whatever we want and if we break your shit that's your fault for relying on us" is cool when it's open source doing it, apparently.
just adrienne1d ago
AnarchoNinaWrites1d ago
We have achieved peak 4Chan America - Trump called the leader of Iran gay.
just adrienne1d ago
Jessamyn3d ago

Happy Pride Month. If you know a young person (age 13-26) in the US who is getting their access to queer library books restricted because of local small-minded policies or laws, please refer them to the Books Unbanned program where they can get digital access to banned or restricted books thanks to the cooperation of larger libraries in more open-minded locations.

It's a great program that more people should know about.

#pride #libraries

https://booksunbanned.com/card

Books Unbanned - Get a Card

Show threadjust adrienne1d ago
@kimcrawley Yup! I already know about it! <3