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this is the start of everything falling apart, i can feel it (thelemmy.club)
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image saying "at least the important software isn't being vibe cod-" (cut off) and showing a graph of em dashes in the linux kernel over time with a sharp rise the past few years
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[–] 60 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Man, I miss when Linux felt like a refuge. It's always been flawed of course but now it feels like everyone in positions of influence are embracing the awful

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  • [–] 30 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    It’s getting harder to justify the inconvenience of going off the beaten path if that path is turning into the same slop as the commercial ones.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    The Linux Foundation has unfortunately become a commercial shithole, run by a clusterfuck of Silicon Valley VCs. When I see the kinds of garbage AI projects that are being shoveled into it every day, I lose more and more respect for it.

    Look for yourselves: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects

    And it's sad to see Linus falling into their lock and step. I respect him for a lot of things, but when it comes to AI, he's sadly just wrong.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    The beaten path is sloppifying a lot faster than the alternatives and where management gets angry if you don't use AI.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago

    True, and for most things you get a choice, in contrast to Windows/MacOS. But if the kernel itself slides down this path there's not a lot you can do unless you're willing to sacrifice enormous amounts of time and effort.

    I'm kind of done with this passion, I'll be investing more of my time into yard maintenance and my boat.

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