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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-10-05 10:31:06)
anti ai extremists running in to robots helping them write unix scripts

unix really has been awful about it.

:blobcat2: i spent 4 months figuring out how to make this script
:blobfoxangry: dumb idiot moron why didn't you just use this two liner
:blobcatsquee: sorry it wasn't apparent that fpptdzdk was the program that would do my tax returns
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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-10-05 10:33:52)
they still have not improved this. they just get mad at you for using the computer that will help you find out fpptdzkdk was the right program.

we COULD improve it with a little neural search tool on the shell though

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Tired Bunny :comf: @tiredbun@akko.wtf (2026-10-05 13:13:23)
@icedquinn 

Except LLMs have a tendency to outright lie and make shit up, which in shell could result from stuff just not working to fucking up everything you could reach.

The answer is better syntax (though even it cannot ever be as easy as natural language, and attempts at making it more like natural language can backfire badly) and better (incl. more discoverable) documentation/teaching material. Though yeah, that's not something to blame users for.