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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 23 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Good hustle Gerard, great job starting this chudstorm. I’m having a great time

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

this post has also broken containment in the wider world, the video's got thousands of views, I got 100+ subscribers on youtube and another $25/mo of patrons

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 1 hour ago

We love to see it

[–] veganes_hack@feddit.org 5 points 2 hours ago

they just can't help themselves, can they? they absolutely must evangelize

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 16 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

the prompt-related pivots really do bring all the chodes to the yard

and they're definitely like "mine's better than yours"

[–] scruiser@awful.systems 3 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago) (1 children)

The latest twist I'm seeing isn't blaming your prompting (although they're still eager to do that), it's blaming your choice of LLM.

"Oh, you're using shitGPT 4.1-4o-o3 mini _ro_plus for programming? You should clearly be using Gemini 3.5.07 pro-doubleplusgood, unless you need something locally run, then you should be using DeepSek_v2_r_1 on your 48 GB VRAM local server! Unless you need nice sounding prose, then you actually need Claude Limmerick 3.7.01. Clearly you just aren't trying the right models, so allow me to educate you with all my prompt fondling experience. You're trying to make some general point? Clearly you just need to try another model."

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 18 minutes ago

and here I was graciously giving the promptfuckers a choice

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Prompt-Pivots: Prime Sea-lion Siren Song! More at 8.

[–] scruiser@awful.systems 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Posts that explode like this are fun and yet also a reminder why the banhammer is needed.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 7 points 6 hours ago

Unlike the PHP hammer, the banhammer is very useful for a lot of things. Especially sealion clubbing.