John

@semanticist
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I still make and fix internet things. I continue to live on the internet, which makes for a short commute. Cat Ops. Exiled to Fife.
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Reading the rsync guy’s post about the details of why he was using Claude to rewrite tests and how it’s not as bad as it was reported I took away one thing, and it wasn’t that using LLM code generation is actually okay.

It was: Jesus fuck, rsync needs a new maintainer. Not because this guy is _bad_ or anything, but that he’s retired and we should leave him the fuck alone to enjoy his retirement without having to rearchitecture tests to help with increased security reports!

We don't need no education
We don't need no source control
No code examples in the classroom
Hackers, leave them bits alone

All in all, you're just another line in the -Wall

computers were originally called "Cradles of Regret" before marketing got involved
fat acceptance means accepting it's none of your business what people eat, which INCLUDES PICKY EATING. jfc, stop mocking people for not being ~adventurous~ and stop virtue signaling through consuming "ethnic" cuisine.

A sentence I have typed today:

"Also, my underwear is in Dunfermline."

Am I activating a sleeper cell, or getting some new boxer shorts? You'll never know until it's too late.

I promise this was not intentional. He walked over my daughter's freshly painted rainbow, and now I have a furry LGBTQ+ icon cat.

#catsofmastodon

SAM CARTER:
Try to remember: people have rights. Don't just shoot everything that moves.

My bank emailed me "AI is changing check fraud. Here's what you can do to protect yourself."

Nonono, Mr. Banky-bank. Tell me what YOU are doing to protect me against check fraud. This is a you problem, caused by a system you designed and run. How about you don't externalize that cost onto me?

I have, since the 1980s, DESPISED any excuse like "oh sorry we got a new computer system" or "we can't do X anymore because of the computer". How you do business isn't my fucking problem. Don't give me excuses for not having your shit together.

This is the same as "we are experiencing unexpectedly high call volume." Well, that's pretty fucking poor planning on your part, then, innit? Hold times aren't long because of the forces of nature, they are because you're too fucking cheap to pay sufficient staff.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@semanticist/116667097686598370

Last chance to have an opinion about moon rock vs big boats!