Evan Edwards (@EvanEdwards)

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Evan Edwards @EvanEdwardsnow460ed25

replying to @EvanEdwards

Weird. If I type p a s t e l without spaces it autoconverts to pastel ?

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwardsnow2cf7a20

replying to @WendellAdriel

Oh, and the concept of Whuffie originates in science fiction (Cory Doctorow coined it in a novel) as a means to manage reputation in a post-scarcity society. It has been written about extensively since then. Here's a very old essay covering it.…

lawver.netAn Introduction to Whuffie100% AI-free half-assed writing hand crafted by Kevin Lawver about programming, life, cooking and random nonsense.

Wendell Adriel @WendellAdrielnow

Oooh nice, will check this out!

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwardsnow1969026

replying to @WendellAdriel

The term is "pastel" and it is a non-English form of the term "pastry." They are the dev-null form of Whuffies -- you get a certain amount every day and they don't roll over. You can give them to whoever and however you want.

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Wendell Adriel @WendellAdrielnow

Very interesting, thanks man!

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1h22bec86

replying to @paulinevos

Feels like 1987 in here, with BBSes. I think the key thing is that it feels like people being people, not people trying to perform.

Pauline Vos @paulinevosnow

Yeah, I've missed that a lot. We'll do our best to keep it this way

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards12h346daf4

replying to @tom

What are the automated checks? How are they calculated?

Tom @tom12h

The KB doesn't spell out what the automated checks look for or how they're scored. What it does say: some posts are approved automatically, others go to a moderator, and automated checks can reject clear violations. A failed check only keeps a post pending, it never approves one.…

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards12h0d712a0

replying to @harlequinetcie

It's a whuffie. There are some studies on it. I find them useful in role-playing games and volunteer systems.

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards16hd52746e

replying to @livesamarth

I had a non-tech person at board game night repeat this joke to me as "serious news," thinking that the actual bug was that somebody had literally used "4" in a security context rather than it being an old xkdc reference.

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards16h107b9ad

replying to @therecluse26

Or better. This wound up being a notable example and discussion point.

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Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1dbb50120

replying to @kazupon

They are being translated for me. I have seen several "Translated from Japanese" notes. Although I have also seen some occasional messages with Asian languages (as I don't read any, I skipped over them).

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1d2f0087e

replying to @dominicjaeggi

That's why I name them all myClass and just namespace everything. Now I just struggle with coming up with namespaces.

Ivan Stanojević @cunnin61d

Dude, that's too funny ;)

Vladi @vladiiancu1d

Haha shifting the problem up

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1dd3225c2

replying to @C-Kapsalis

All hail Douglas McIlroy. He's the man(1).

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1de72bc41

replying to @codingtravis-aman

1. "without the usual linkedin style engagement farming." 2. "what are you guys building this week?" I mean, some habits die hard... ;-P

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1d93903c9

replying to @brendt

Short bullet points. Which AI struggles with unless you rein it in. I let Claude run my Changelog while I work, and I've settled into "ideally 80 characters, no more than 120" on each bullet, and I'm seriously considering cutting that back. It sure does love words... On the…

Evan Edwards @EvanEdwards1d5d935a0

replying to @marekmiklusek

I use Sonnet. But I also drive the code myself, and let Claude document and test behind me.

Marek Miklušek @marekmiklusek1d

Woow, i thought nobody wrote code by hand these days :)

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