[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 5 months ago

After @daphnelawless.com on bsky

Nice morning chuckle

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

read the study yourself

  • > ask the commenter if it's a study or a self-interested blog post
  • > they don't understand
  • > pull out illustrated diagram explaining that something hosted exclusively on the website of the for-profit business all authors are affiliated with is not the same as a peer-reviewed study published in a real venue
  • > they laugh and say "it's a good study sir"
  • > click the link
  • > it's a blog post
[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 9 months ago

I just want to harp on this one:

“Existing methods for testing are often very technical and not very attractive, neither for developers nor for users.”

Wtf, can you imagine saying something like this about literally any other profession than software engineering? "Existing methods for checking brake pressure are often very technical and not very attractive, neither for mechanics nor for users". "Existing methods for sterilising surgical equipment are often very technical and not very attractive, neither for surgeons nor for patients". "Existing methods for checking voltage are often very technical and not very attractive, neither for electricians nor for users".

The lack of any fucking standards that devs are held to is insane, so the excuse for accessibility in the web being shit is that it's TOO TECHNICAL and kinda annoying for web devs??? Again, can you fucking imagine saying this about anything else, "ye, cars kinda suck because making sure they don't is all technical and kinda boring for mechanics to do".

It's YOUR JOB. Literally YOUR PROFESSION. PROFESSIONALS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE STANDARDS you fucking piece of shit, have you no honour, not a single care in the world for your craft, you fucking babies. "Oh but it's very technical" YOU'RE A TECH SPECIALIST. THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU GET YOUR SALARY FOR????

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 11 months ago

(Preface: I work in AI)

Are they a serious researcher in ML with insights into some of the most interesting and complicated intersections of computer science and analytical mathematics, or a promptfondler that earns 3x the former's salary for a nebulous AI startup that will never create anything of value to society? Read on to find out!

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 1 year ago

wallpapers are in a publicly accessible s3 bucket

How are we still doing this, how

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 24 points 1 year ago

I also had some extremely cringeworthy and not-even-wrong opinions 23 years ago, but at least I was 3yo then.

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 24 points 1 year ago

MDMA, however, is meth; it’s literally its name: thre-four-methylene-deoxy-methamphetamine

Rust, however, is iron; it's literally in the name iron oxide

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 24 points 1 year ago

It only shows it like that to you because it's your password.

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 1 year ago

To have the confidence of a white CS undergrad...

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 1 year ago

From my experience, most software corpo employees are just tired parents with mortgages. Like the vast, vast majority. The higher up the pyramid you look the more cultish the vibes, though.

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 25 points 1 year ago

Ok folks, serious question. I know rats love excessively long word salad stream-of-unconsciousness essays. I understand how somehow can be so high on their own farts that they think this is an acceptable way of presenting their "thoughts". But...

There's no way rats actually read those longforms, right? Like, no one has enough time on their hands to read and engage with something of this length and this boring on a day-to-day basis, right? Same goes for those LessWrong posts, they must be banking on others not reading through the 10,000 words of nonsense, right?

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 24 points 1 year ago

Turns Out That Extremely Impressive Sora Demo

Impressive to whom, exactly? Play a game and pause that video at any random spot and tell me it looks like a movie shot.

Even after editing that scene with the fountain has completely random shadows and this... just whatever the fuck this even is

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