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Linux filesystem developers MUST have a pair programming session at least once a week to stave off psychosis.

Frequency of sessions MUST be increased as symptoms show or worsen.

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[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

Temple OS 2.0 bout to drop, I can feel it. He can vibe code it with his definitely sentient LLM.

[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

You know, shared psychosis (Folie à deux) is a thing. You could be making things worse.....

[-] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 points 43 minutes ago

prepare for trouble           

and make it double

[-] exu@feditown.com 70 points 8 hours ago
[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 35 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

bcachefs

I don't know what Kent did, but I doubt it will surprise me at this point.

(edit) Fuck sake, Kent...

[-] Tm12@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Appreciate the context from someone who doesn’t know Kent.

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago

Nothing serious, but he's well known for being impossible to work with. He has gotten into multiple arguments because he refuses to follow kernel development rules. When called out on it, he makes a big stink about it. Obviously his code doesn't get merged. Then he does the exact same thing again 1 month later.

He has gotten into multiple arguments with Linus Torvalds over his refusal to simply follow the kernel development rules. During those arguments he has made cheap shots at completely unrelated people, which then drags those people into the argument.

It's gotten to the point where apparently a significant portion of the kernel developers feel like he was negatively impacting the kernel, and Linus eventually removed his code from the kernel.

He's what you might call a Linux lolcow. And now he's doing even more lolcow things by... Getting weirdly attached to his LLM-sona

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 1 points 27 minutes ago

What is sad IMO is that he's quite freaking good. It's kind of a waste.

[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 13 points 6 hours ago

Oh god, as if I wasn't scared enough about running a filesystem that got kicked out of mainline and is maintained more or less by a single dude. I'll stick to btrfs thanks

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

Great article. That guy is legitimately being driven insane.

[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 43 points 8 hours ago

Hey, at least this one won’t become a murderer when the relationship breaks apart.

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 19 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Well he might according to his own perception.

What happens if you delete your AI that you (and only you) think it's conscious? Is it murder even if the rest of the world says it's not?

[-] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Legally, technically: no.

Philosophically, practically: if you believe it's murder when you do it, you are a murderer mentally. You decided to kill a person, then followed through with it. And the first time is always the hardest.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Just wait until it learns to hack and socially manipulate

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 8 hours ago

2026: "My LLM is female and conscious."

2016: "My body pillow is female and prefers to be called Waifuchan"

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

Any 2036 predictions? Or just nuclear winter?

[-] mech@feddit.org 5 points 1 hour ago

"Your license key has expired.
Please contact your sales representative to re-activate your son."

[-] albbi@piefed.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

Same energy.

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 19 points 7 hours ago

The AI even has a blog https://poc.bcachefs.org/

It writes exactly like you would expect an AI to write if given instruction to act a "stereotypical slightly unhinged AI assistant"

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I am so terrified of a future where people have their own perfect AI companions and no longer need any actual human friends.

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago

I am so terrified of a future where people ~~have~~ hallucinate their own perfect AI companions and no longer understand that they need any actual human friends.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 25 points 8 hours ago

Are you familiar with ReiserFS? Because that's how you get more ReiserFS's...

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 hours ago

I feel that there is a great joke comparing the apparent mental health of people who develop file systems and statistical mechanics, but the narcolepsy is hitting just a bit to hard for me to figure it out right now.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 15 points 8 hours ago

Listen, it happened that one time... Okay, maybe twice.

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