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[–] andioop@programming.dev 7 points 22 hours ago (16 children)

Is that what the weird extra width on some letters is, artifacts from some AI generating the post?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 35 points 22 hours ago (12 children)

No, the phrasing makes it clear someone wrote a fictional account of becoming self aware that the output of vibe coding isn't maintainable as it scales.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (11 children)

I'm entirely too trusting and would like to know what about the phrasing tips you off that it's fictional. Back on Reddit I remember so many claims about posts being fake and I was never able to tease out what distinguished the "omg fake! r/thathappened" posts from the ones that weren't accused of that, and I feel this is a skill I should be able to have on some level. Although taking an amusing post that wasn't real as real doesn't always have bad consequences.

But I mostly asked because I'm curious about the weird extra width on letters.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

r/thatHappened was the worst thing to happen to Reddit and I sincerely hate whoever created that sub

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