One thought I have here is that seniors I know are saying that LLM output is inappropriate for juniors because the bugs are subtle. What if there’s a whole class of even subtler bugs that the /seniors/ dint pick up on?
December 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
One thought I have here is that seniors I know are saying that LLM output is inappropriate for juniors because the bugs are subtle. What if there’s a whole class of even subtler bugs that the /seniors/ dint pick up on?
Part of the problem here is that a lot of the Inherent Complexity looks gratuitous until you have a lot of experience and have had programs you wrote become unusable because of it. I think that's where a lot of the frustration is coming from on the part of experienced programmers.
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Part of the problem here is that a lot of the Inherent Complexity looks gratuitous until you have a lot of experience and have had programs you wrote become unusable because of it. I think that's where a lot of the frustration is coming from on the part of experienced programmers.
is somebody calling and threatening every CEO in the US if they don‘t push AI? I don’t think I’ve ever seen these fuckers in such perfect lock-step
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
is somebody calling and threatening every CEO in the US if they don‘t push AI? I don’t think I’ve ever seen these fuckers in such perfect lock-step
They exist, but the only people who can request hits have known them their entire lives. Mafia shit
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They exist, but the only people who can request hits have known them their entire lives. Mafia shit
It’s a beautifully done parallel construction that very precisely contrasts those two characters. Once I understood what was going on it became one of my favorite eps of the show
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It’s a beautifully done parallel construction that very precisely contrasts those two characters. Once I understood what was going on it became one of my favorite eps of the show
as though there’s an entire profession that needs as much training as the one they’re already skilled in
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
as though there’s an entire profession that needs as much training as the one they’re already skilled in
*spends 20 years without getting curious about the symbol forever inked on his chest*
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
*spends 20 years without getting curious about the symbol forever inked on his chest*
I mean, fitting in so you don’t get fired is legit!
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I mean, fitting in so you don’t get fired is legit!
*stops buying cattle feed because it’s a cost center*
*gets huge bonus *
*gets huge bonus *
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
*stops buying cattle feed because it’s a cost center*
*gets huge bonus *
*gets huge bonus *
Also very classy to replace workers with executives rather than researchers or similar
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Also very classy to replace workers with executives rather than researchers or similar
I'm talking specifically about LLMs as implemented by Google et al.
In any case, I get to reject tech that makes my life worse (if nothing else I'm going to complain about it), and I think that tech optimism is, at best, a dangerous trap.
In any case, I get to reject tech that makes my life worse (if nothing else I'm going to complain about it), and I think that tech optimism is, at best, a dangerous trap.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm talking specifically about LLMs as implemented by Google et al.
In any case, I get to reject tech that makes my life worse (if nothing else I'm going to complain about it), and I think that tech optimism is, at best, a dangerous trap.
In any case, I get to reject tech that makes my life worse (if nothing else I'm going to complain about it), and I think that tech optimism is, at best, a dangerous trap.
That's already true and already a problem with social media and others. It's just another BIG step towards centralization of control of society.
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
That's already true and already a problem with social media and others. It's just another BIG step towards centralization of control of society.
LLMs are being pushed so hard by big tech and finance due to specific properties they have as technology. They require enormous amounts of computational resources and tons of work categorizing and sorting through their input data. They're part of an attempt to centralize access to computer tech
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
LLMs are being pushed so hard by big tech and finance due to specific properties they have as technology. They require enormous amounts of computational resources and tons of work categorizing and sorting through their input data. They're part of an attempt to centralize access to computer tech
What made it really clear to me how dangerous this group is was learning that they don’t think sex with women is gay. They think that about specifically consensual sex.
It’s very fucked rape culture.
It’s very fucked rape culture.
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What made it really clear to me how dangerous this group is was learning that they don’t think sex with women is gay. They think that about specifically consensual sex.
It’s very fucked rape culture.
It’s very fucked rape culture.
except that virtually everyone else had similar problems that were mysteriously forgiven.
So now I'm even scared of making posts on social media due to concern about "taking up space." Which seems to be where a suspiciously large group of us end up.
So now I'm even scared of making posts on social media due to concern about "taking up space." Which seems to be where a suspiciously large group of us end up.
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
except that virtually everyone else had similar problems that were mysteriously forgiven.
So now I'm even scared of making posts on social media due to concern about "taking up space." Which seems to be where a suspiciously large group of us end up.
So now I'm even scared of making posts on social media due to concern about "taking up space." Which seems to be where a suspiciously large group of us end up.
Not the lesbian community, but my local festival community was totally accepting until I had a dr*g problem and acted weird once too often. Nobody ever said anything, they just all stopped talking to me and grey rocked like nobody's business. Which all would have been understandable…
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Not the lesbian community, but my local festival community was totally accepting until I had a dr*g problem and acted weird once too often. Nobody ever said anything, they just all stopped talking to me and grey rocked like nobody's business. Which all would have been understandable…
“Doors open and close by themselves. Not as a gimmick, as a statement. You allegedly can’t be bothered with doorknobs. The car becomes your valet.”
You burn to death, screaming and terrified. The witnesses deeply wish you *could* have been bothered with doorknobs.
You burn to death, screaming and terrified. The witnesses deeply wish you *could* have been bothered with doorknobs.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“Doors open and close by themselves. Not as a gimmick, as a statement. You allegedly can’t be bothered with doorknobs. The car becomes your valet.”
You burn to death, screaming and terrified. The witnesses deeply wish you *could* have been bothered with doorknobs.
You burn to death, screaming and terrified. The witnesses deeply wish you *could* have been bothered with doorknobs.
I appreciate hearing that.
Btw, you're doing good work, and I really want to see you and others like you continue with that (apologies if that is condescending of me :v )
Btw, you're doing good work, and I really want to see you and others like you continue with that (apologies if that is condescending of me :v )
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I appreciate hearing that.
Btw, you're doing good work, and I really want to see you and others like you continue with that (apologies if that is condescending of me :v )
Btw, you're doing good work, and I really want to see you and others like you continue with that (apologies if that is condescending of me :v )
Lastly, I get really angry about what is going on in CS jobs right now. All of the cavalier decisions to kill jobs in fields that people have been directed to for years, where I've seen women and other oppressed people make inroads lately.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Lastly, I get really angry about what is going on in CS jobs right now. All of the cavalier decisions to kill jobs in fields that people have been directed to for years, where I've seen women and other oppressed people make inroads lately.
2) LLMs are easily anthropomorphized black boxes. There's plenty of those running around already in terms of social media, etc. But this seems to be a particularly effective form.
Of course, I don't know that these considerations outweigh the comfort or other benefits people get out of them.
Of course, I don't know that these considerations outweigh the comfort or other benefits people get out of them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
2) LLMs are easily anthropomorphized black boxes. There's plenty of those running around already in terms of social media, etc. But this seems to be a particularly effective form.
Of course, I don't know that these considerations outweigh the comfort or other benefits people get out of them.
Of course, I don't know that these considerations outweigh the comfort or other benefits people get out of them.
My big worries about AI have two major drivers: 1) it's controlled (right now) by companies who have a very common pattern of getting people used to their product and then hiking the price to the moon.
Needed to make the investment make sense. It could really hurt anyone who's become reliant on LLMs
Needed to make the investment make sense. It could really hurt anyone who's become reliant on LLMs
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My big worries about AI have two major drivers: 1) it's controlled (right now) by companies who have a very common pattern of getting people used to their product and then hiking the price to the moon.
Needed to make the investment make sense. It could really hurt anyone who's become reliant on LLMs
Needed to make the investment make sense. It could really hurt anyone who's become reliant on LLMs
I‘ve gotten that message pervasively at various times in my life, so have slowly become close to nothing instead.
culture rules.
culture rules.
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I‘ve gotten that message pervasively at various times in my life, so have slowly become close to nothing instead.
culture rules.
culture rules.
When you think about it, whiteness is absolutely the color of this year
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
When you think about it, whiteness is absolutely the color of this year