Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
@Soyweiser @BlueMonday1984 jesus. zero understanding. zero will to understand, only grandstanding.
Reading him downtalking over Mesa compiler core and Vulkan programmer Faith Ekstrand is one of the most infuriating things I’ve ever read. I had to stop before I started emanating cartoon fumes. I think this guy has invented a new low: the vibe-mansplaining, which leverages the inherently mansplainy nature of LLMs to put down an actual woman on her topic of expertise.
Maybe he doesn’t (can’t ?) understand who much of Software Development is filled with time-wasting, pursuing dead-ends. I’m not sure if there’s a good analogy for a law practice, pouring hours into trying to apply a legal code that is no longer in force?
He does seem very sure of his own rightousness, the problem is “Developer Burnout” not “Substandard Submissions”. What does he even envision when expressing a desire for more “Human-centric” development that incorporates “LLMs”? Is it just grandstanding word salad?
Going to apply the same level of respect he has for software dev on law. Lawyers bill by the hour, it’s completely the opposite of software development.
@zogwarg awful goose meme, but with the goose pursuing the dude and asking the question “so what are the reasons for developers’ burnout, lawyer dude? what are the reasons for developers’ burnout?”