Grumpy Monoceros
@grumpymonoceros.bsky.social
Madisonian, software engineer, and general nerd. I don't know what I'm doing here
Helldivers has this problem. The community is filled with people who lose their minds when they struggle instead of just lowering the difficulty. It's infuriating
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Helldivers has this problem. The community is filled with people who lose their minds when they struggle instead of just lowering the difficulty. It's infuriating
Every time I reread this my soul dies a little more
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Every time I reread this my soul dies a little more
Are you just describing RAG or something else? It kinda does exist, it's just buried under a landslide of AGI hype and brainrot
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Are you just describing RAG or something else? It kinda does exist, it's just buried under a landslide of AGI hype and brainrot
All this to say - today, the most powerful models and infrastructure running most workloads are controlled by billionaires, but their stranglehold isn't as strong as one might think.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
All this to say - today, the most powerful models and infrastructure running most workloads are controlled by billionaires, but their stranglehold isn't as strong as one might think.
To an extent, but most of the research (& also many of the models) are actually freely available. The major innovation that enabled this stuff was a research paper from 2018 anyone can go read.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
To an extent, but most of the research (& also many of the models) are actually freely available. The major innovation that enabled this stuff was a research paper from 2018 anyone can go read.
I suspect the early Internet being filled with ad-supported free stuff caused this. People aren't used to paying for things they consume online in ways they pay for things in person.
Afaik no one ever complained about having to pay for a physical newspaper
Afaik no one ever complained about having to pay for a physical newspaper
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I suspect the early Internet being filled with ad-supported free stuff caused this. People aren't used to paying for things they consume online in ways they pay for things in person.
Afaik no one ever complained about having to pay for a physical newspaper
Afaik no one ever complained about having to pay for a physical newspaper
It's true. In theory modern tech should allow it to be a lot better at a lot more things. But this ad makes a strong argument that Amazon has absolutely no idea how to do that.
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's true. In theory modern tech should allow it to be a lot better at a lot more things. But this ad makes a strong argument that Amazon has absolutely no idea how to do that.
Incidentally, helps me explain to myself why I'm thoroughly unsatisfied by the gameplay of my current Witcher 3 playthrough (even if the story is good enough to carry it)
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Incidentally, helps me explain to myself why I'm thoroughly unsatisfied by the gameplay of my current Witcher 3 playthrough (even if the story is good enough to carry it)
I love this framing because it also addresses a common complaint about "difficult" games - just add an Easy Mode. Or the inverse - an "easy" game can be made better for an optimization-focused audience by just adding a hard mode that ratchets up numbers.
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I love this framing because it also addresses a common complaint about "difficult" games - just add an Easy Mode. Or the inverse - an "easy" game can be made better for an optimization-focused audience by just adding a hard mode that ratchets up numbers.
There's a lot of factors that go into literacy & historically a well-educated population is more the exception than the norm.
Which is to say, I sort of agree that we shouldn't attribute every problem to this three cueing but also that doesn't mean three cueing isn't a huge problem
Which is to say, I sort of agree that we shouldn't attribute every problem to this three cueing but also that doesn't mean three cueing isn't a huge problem
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There's a lot of factors that go into literacy & historically a well-educated population is more the exception than the norm.
Which is to say, I sort of agree that we shouldn't attribute every problem to this three cueing but also that doesn't mean three cueing isn't a huge problem
Which is to say, I sort of agree that we shouldn't attribute every problem to this three cueing but also that doesn't mean three cueing isn't a huge problem
I've never wished for an edit button more than now.
Anyway, yes, that is what I meant
Anyway, yes, that is what I meant
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've never wished for an edit button more than now.
Anyway, yes, that is what I meant
Anyway, yes, that is what I meant
"Where it is" imo depends a lot on which circles you hang out in. There's one One Conversation going on at any one time and that's fantastic.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Where it is" imo depends a lot on which circles you hang out in. There's one One Conversation going on at any one time and that's fantastic.
It wouldn't be a problem if someone made a community/group for AI cat videos and then everyone just posted their stuff there. But that's not what happens.
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It wouldn't be a problem if someone made a community/group for AI cat videos and then everyone just posted their stuff there. But that's not what happens.
Problem is the implicit lying. By default people will assume, unless it is incredibly obvious (& sometimes even then), that it's real. If people flood the zone with AI videos of a thing that used to be about people sharing the cute things their pets did, that's a much worse experience for everyone.
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Problem is the implicit lying. By default people will assume, unless it is incredibly obvious (& sometimes even then), that it's real. If people flood the zone with AI videos of a thing that used to be about people sharing the cute things their pets did, that's a much worse experience for everyone.
I don't even know if is this even a gen z thing.
Have young adults and 20somethings ever been, as a group, particularly responsible with money?
Have young adults and 20somethings ever been, as a group, particularly responsible with money?
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I don't even know if is this even a gen z thing.
Have young adults and 20somethings ever been, as a group, particularly responsible with money?
Have young adults and 20somethings ever been, as a group, particularly responsible with money?
there will be time for liking things when we've achieved a Star Trek utopia.
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
there will be time for liking things when we've achieved a Star Trek utopia.
If you think the job that tech workers do is valuable and good for the country, then you should be able to accept that more talented people coming here and doing it is good for everyone
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you think the job that tech workers do is valuable and good for the country, then you should be able to accept that more talented people coming here and doing it is good for everyone
It might drive down salaries some but it's not like tech people are struggling. Speaking as one, it strikes me as quite selfish to expect the government to protect what is by any reasonable measure an extremeley privleged profession
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It might drive down salaries some but it's not like tech people are struggling. Speaking as one, it strikes me as quite selfish to expect the government to protect what is by any reasonable measure an extremeley privleged profession
Yeah what. Did they miss the period just a few years ago where big tech was hiring anyone they could get their hands on?
There's tons of problems with the h1b visa program but "stealing American jobs" just isn't one of them.
There's tons of problems with the h1b visa program but "stealing American jobs" just isn't one of them.
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yeah what. Did they miss the period just a few years ago where big tech was hiring anyone they could get their hands on?
There's tons of problems with the h1b visa program but "stealing American jobs" just isn't one of them.
There's tons of problems with the h1b visa program but "stealing American jobs" just isn't one of them.
It's worth noting that the job market for developers is always much much worse for new grads than it is for experienced people. Imo it's more an indictment of how we train and get people into the field than anything else
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's worth noting that the job market for developers is always much much worse for new grads than it is for experienced people. Imo it's more an indictment of how we train and get people into the field than anything else
Unfortunately most of what people see is shitty AI slop because that's what the industry in aggregate seems to be pushing, and so this kind of backlash kinda makes sense.
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Unfortunately most of what people see is shitty AI slop because that's what the industry in aggregate seems to be pushing, and so this kind of backlash kinda makes sense.
You're correct that there's a lot of cool things you can do with "AI" (which isn't just genAI). AlphaStar, for example - the Starcraft 2 AI that can beat grandmasters - was created using a lot of the same techniques as are used in Sora or ChatGPT.
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You're correct that there's a lot of cool things you can do with "AI" (which isn't just genAI). AlphaStar, for example - the Starcraft 2 AI that can beat grandmasters - was created using a lot of the same techniques as are used in Sora or ChatGPT.
The main thing that defines this kind of AI slop isn't really the use of AI per se, but that it's fundamentally a low-effort shitty version of something we already have, created for no other reason than because it is cheaper to do it this way than the traditional way.
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The main thing that defines this kind of AI slop isn't really the use of AI per se, but that it's fundamentally a low-effort shitty version of something we already have, created for no other reason than because it is cheaper to do it this way than the traditional way.
Having spent too much time in communities for these games I am continually flabbergasted that there appears to be a significant number of people who will only play their one game and hate every minute of it.
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Having spent too much time in communities for these games I am continually flabbergasted that there appears to be a significant number of people who will only play their one game and hate every minute of it.