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‘guys, i’m under attack’ — ‘vibe coding’ in the wild in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

coding with vibes

ChatGPT as the Sybian of coding

The broken search bar is symbiotic with the bullshitting chatbot in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago

because they sell that! e.g. Kagi resells Google's actual-search-results API

OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'm an "is it art?" maximalist. But I think it's the wrong question about generative AI. The right question is the corporate incentives.

OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago

especiall when it goes into mangled, uncanny-valley territory

GPT-2 was the peak of LLMs, because it was interestingly broken shit

Draft post on my youtubing set up, seeking comment in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I did today's video at 1080p and ehh, I might as well keep doing that.

Main annoyance is that YouTube takes extra time to render a 720p version as well before it will take your video live.

OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 16th March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 3 weeks ago

an old phone without a SIM and with wifi switched off

Draft post on my youtubing set up, seeking comment in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago

so sound is actually almost more important than the visuals, and actually more important a lot of the time. There's a reason sound is a whole job in AV ...

The USB mics are fine these days, yeah

Draft post on my youtubing set up, seeking comment in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i mean. Sometimes you just spend the fuckin' money and it solves so many problems. YMMV.

I'd do the video at 360p if I thought I could get away with it.

Draft post on my youtubing set up, seeking comment in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

oops yes, it's on the other left - fixed!

yeah, better sound is the next thing. Røde make a mic specifically to plug into phones! Comes with a big fluffball outdoor-grade wind protector too.

The broken search bar is symbiotic with the bullshitting chatbot in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago

It was a Jimmy Wales personal project, not an official WIkimedia project, and no, it didn't go anywhere

Kevin Roose is not beating the "ChatGPT with a spray-on beard" allegations in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 3 weeks ago

I believe in the necessity of wallet inspection, because the experts - the inspectors of wallets - tell me that wallet quality control is the future and is vital to society

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