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(DIR) Post #AwMuG5alXqPvdzWRai by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-07-21T19:58:31.019084Z
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@dalias @mhoye Plus cloud storage and other SaaS doesn't magically means version control and backups, you can still accidentally delete your stuff forever or end up with one of your peers deleting it directly or indirectly either by accident or purposefully.
(DIR) Post #AwNHK4N6K273xlzukK by mhoye@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T13:17:56Z
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https://xcancel.com/jasonlk/status/1945840482019623082#Our children have no lived memory of catastrophic dataloss.They’ve always had autosave, web sync, version control, undo. They’ve never lost hours or worse to ctrl-a+s or scoured a drive for ~$*.doc, never heard the click of death or sat in silence as photorec or ddrescue ran, hoping for a miracle.They've lived without entropy's teeth at their necks. But we didn't teach them how hard it was to cast out that monster, and why. And now the beast has learned flattery.
(DIR) Post #AwNHK5gHSD361XykHQ by mhoye@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T13:58:19Z
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I think this speaks powerfully to the idea that an important part of the software exercise is in the oral and cultural traditions, something that's so often undermined by rented hardware, skill-commodifying FooBarOps interfaces and anything provided As A Service. Hard-won knowledge is so often siloed by rentier commodification in a way that isolates us, denying collective wisdom and perpetuating inequity. This field need stories. Not "war stories" or "lessons", no. Fables, parables, koans.
(DIR) Post #AwNHK6lzOTD3PXeooi by mhoye@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T15:27:22Z
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That said it is absolutely wild watching somebody proud of How Good They Are At Computer happily according a whole-ass theory of mind to an over-revved spreadsheet as soon as it says something subservient or flattering.“I asked it to write an apology letter” what the fuck do you think is actually happening here, how do you think any of this shit works.“I can tell it’s thinking because it told me I’m very smart” God, listen to yourself. Is this really who you wanted to be?
(DIR) Post #AwNHK7UIjiefcyOCsy by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-07-22T00:17:01Z
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@mhoye Some people just can't accept that language != intelligence, knowledge, whatever. LLMs have created a new and very complicated kind of stupid.
(DIR) Post #AwNIzvHkawm3to13rc by jackcole@mstdn.social
2025-07-22T00:35:48Z
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@tomjennings @mhoye Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. #TerryPrachett
(DIR) Post #AwPTXTkkqwu6DH8r68 by Wildduck@mamot.fr
2025-07-21T20:07:04Z
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@mhoye I have a hard time believing this shitshow is actually a story of real events lived by an actual adult in a leading position.This is a gun in a toddler hands 😭😭
(DIR) Post #AwPTXV6loa6mPqRx3I by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-07-23T01:43:17Z
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@Wildduck > I have a hard time believing this shitshow is actually a story of real events lived by an actual adult in a leading positionPlease tell me that thread is a fictional cautionary tale, not a real account by someone doing this in real life 😳@mhoye
(DIR) Post #AwPYp2PhjsJmP8UJNo by jrrickerson@fosstodon.org
2025-07-23T02:42:33Z
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@tomjennings @mhoye I remember when we had these in the late 90s, but instead of LLMs we called them "middle managers."
(DIR) Post #AwPZ7HkjRm9tBs1ZgG by jae@darkdork.dev
2025-07-23T02:45:51.027223Z
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@jrrickerson @tomjennings @mhoye i think all of the 90s era polo shirts just started walking on their own.
(DIR) Post #AwPc9zPgOBFx2i9yEq by pernia@schizophreniabunker.vip
2025-07-23T03:19:55Z
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That thread is too funny