For those unaware, Linus Torvalds this year has deeply cast his lot with the hyperscale LLMs for development of Linux code, dismissing arguments that this is an abdication of responsibility over that code base.

There appears to be a few bad actors in the Lemmy community spreading ragebait for personal gain

In fact, the same mechanisms added at the beginning to catch bad human written code are the exact same that catch bad AI code

1. No, the Linux kernel DOES NOT use AI to automatically approve code for inclusion. As far as I can tell, there are no plans to do so
2. The Kernel actually has a huge number of maintainers. As part of the process, all patches are reviewed by a human who provide feedback as part of the process, and patches get bounced back and forth multiple time.
3. Patches don't just magically go straight to master. The maintainers generally have their own branches where it goes to, then it goes to staging trees like Linux-Next. It goes through many eyes, and many tests by the end. The idea that AI code is overrunning the kernel is rediculous
4. Maintainers also check that the code meets coding guidelines and is written properly, and solves the problem they are trying to solve. Yes, they also ensure the code isn't slop
5. LLM's though might be used to identify obvious problems with the code (which they are VERY good at), or even identify code that doesn't follow coding guidelines.
6. The only thing that matters is the human who submitted the code, as they should be checking the code submitted anyway (including LLM generated code)

Writing bad code isn't something new, and isn't unique to LLM's. Coders (and it seems some "journalists") have been writing slop since computers were invented.

The process hasn't gotten less stringent (probably even MORE stringent as there is an additional set of robotic eyes that can also check), and the same mechanisms that were put in place to catch badly written code 10 years ago, are still there now.. With no changes.

Had to evict a big ass spider from my room today and was reminded of this meme template. At least it's easier to evict spiders than cats, the latter don't fit in measuring cups.

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From Allrecipes:

Mix:

• 215g AP flour (1-1/2c)
• 15g granulated sugar (1T)
• 2t baking powder
• 1/2t salt

Add and mix:

• 163g milk (I used Oatley full fat) (2/3c)
• 2 eggs
• 1T vegetable oil (I actually forgot this and they came out fine)

Fry in:

• 2 large apples, cored, peeled, and sliced (3c, 325g)

Fry in 375⁰F (190⁰C) oil for 6 minutes. At 5 minutes, some larger ones were still a little raw in the middle. Shallowly fill a cooking spoon, maybe 1/4c each.

When fresh from the oil, roll in:

• 1/2c granulated sugar
• 2T cinnamon

Very easy to make and delicious. Pretty filling too, I mixed up a double recipe but only cooked half which made 10, and three of us are two apiece and were full.

The only question is, do I file them under "muffins", "fruit bread", "cake & pie", or "cookies"?

Robert Picardo as Doctor Revell in The Golden Girls s1e18 "The Operation"

Washington (United States) (AFP) – White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was pushed out Friday after less than a week in the high-profile job, following a series of blunders that added to distractions for her embattled boss President Donald Trump.

"Can confirm," a White House official told AFP, after Fox News reported that Zacharia, 41, was "transitioning out."

The writing was on the wall earlier when Trump made clear he was ready to see his newly minted spokeswoman go amid criticism that she had pretended to be a lawyer and over her one, much-mocked press briefing.

"I said, 'Katie, is this for you?,'" Trump told reporters. "I said, 'Katie, you don't have to do this'... I said to her, 'Honestly if I were you I'd reconsider.'"

Zacharia only began her job five days ago, taking over from the combative Karoline Leavitt, who helped Trump reshape White House coverage by bringing in more friendly outlets and fiercely attacking critical media.

Zacharia had got off to a rocky start with her debut press room briefing Tuesday morning.

It lasted less than 15 minutes, beginning with a remarkably slow reading out of what she said were Trump's many accomplishments -- then taking just three questions from journalists.

She then was plunged into controversy when it emerged that her previous claims to be a lawyer were not true.

The kerfuffle is a distraction for 80-year-old Trump as he flies around the country trying to boost Republican candidates ahead of the November 3 congressional midterm elections, with polls predicting a drubbing.

The Republican leader himself also faces ever-lower polls as Americans sour over the war against Iran, inflation and perceptions of corruption.

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Brasília (AFP) – Brazil's left has mounted a political fightback ahead of the October 25 presidential runoff, rallying supporters in the streets, overhauling its social media campaign and pushing through a landmark labor reform.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, was jolted when he finished behind right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro -- son of former president Jair Bolsonaro -- by 47 percent to 45 percent in the October 4 first round.

But a Datafolha poll published Thursday showed Bolsonaro's lead in the runoff narrowing from four percentage points to two, putting the rivals in a statistical tie.

Bolsonaro was on 51 percent of valid votes against Lula's 49 percent, within the survey's two-point margin of error.

Seeking a fourth term, Lula is now targeting the 33.4 million Brazilians who stayed away from the first round -- more than one in five eligible voters.

"Lula is still in the race, and the election is far from decided -- despite what many of us thought after the first round," political scientist Eduardo Grin of the Getulio Vargas Foundation told AFP.

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“I call him Mohamed Al Fayed. And uhhhh— His name is— Abdul, but I think I— call him Mohamed Abdul Al-Sayed.”

This fucking idiot can’t even get the GOP’s infantile smear campaign right. El-Sayed’s full name is ‘Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed,’ and Republicans use that full name as often as possible, because I guess that’s supposed to make him sound more like a terrorist — you know, like that other famous terrorist, Barack Hussein Obama.

But Donny’s too demented to get it right. The name his collapsed cortex shits out instead is ‘Mohamed Al Fayed.’ 

If that name’s familiar, it’s because Mohamed Al Fayed was a billionaire who, during his life, had over one hundred credible rape accusations made against him, his youngest victim being 13 years old at the time. Great guy, right? Well, there was one person who actually thought Al Fayed was a ‘great guy.’

You’ll never guess who it was: Preznit Fuckwit.

Donald Trump gushes over ‘great guy’ Mohamed Al-Fayed’ in resurfaced interview

You know, most of us manage to go through life without having even one dead pedo bestie. Dear Leader has at least two and counting. What a strange coincidence, am I right? Every time we turn around with this guy, new shit comes to light.

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