As an enjoyer of delightfully bad graphic design, found on most Czech village center cork boards, I’m sad to see the stolen clipart and badly cropped watermarked stock images, gradually replaced with AI slop.
This is far from a serious rant, but generating images of my kind being telepathically hit with sharp rocks, surely gives me a right to complain.
So far these seem the most prominent slop categories, seem to be…
Architecture slop:
- find a sketch of what an old building looked like
- generate an AI version, without correcting any of the perspective errors - this one is diagonally levitating
- generate a recreation of the buildings demise - after going through the AI, for the second time, it is now a completely different building
Moralizing slop:
History slop:
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I recon I might be still missing your point. I see it more like a semi-organised ramble, than a rant. LOL. Sooooorryyyyy!
Another AI rant:
One of the “key features” of LLMs is that you can use “natural language”, because that is supposed to be easier than having to learn a programming language. So, when someone says to me, “I automated this process using AI!”, what they mean is: They have written a very, very large Markdown document. In this document, they list what the AI is supposed to do.
In prose.
This is a complete disaster.
Programming and programming languages have one crucial property: They follow a well-defined structure and every word has a well-defined meaning. That is absolutely brilliant, because I can read this and I can follow the program in my head. I can build a mental model. I can debug this, down to the precise instructions that the CPU executes. This all follows well-defined patterns that you can reason about.
But with these Markdown files, I am completely lost. We lose all these important properties! No debugging, no reasoning about program flow, nothing. It’s all gone. It’s a magic black box now, literally randomized, that may or may not do what you wanted, in some order.
People now throw these Markdown files at me … and … am I supposed to read this? Why? It’s completely random and fuzzy.
Sadly, these AI tools are good enough to be able to mostly grasp the authors intentions. Hence people don’t see the harm they cause, because “it works”.
We already have a ton of automations like this at work: Tickets get piped through an LLM and these Markdown files / prompts determine what will happen with the ticket, and maybe they trigger additional actions as well, like account creation or granting permissions. All based on fuzzy natural language – that no two humans will ever properly agree on.
Jesus Christ, we’re now INTENTIONALLY bringing the ambiguity of legal texts and lawyers into programming.
Using natural language is NOT easier than using a programming language. It is HARDER. Have you people never read a legal contract? And that stuff can STILL be debated in a court room.
I can’t begin to comprehend why we, tech folks, push this so hard. What is wrong with you? Or me?
(And, once again, we’re ignoring other factors here. LLMs use a ton of energy and ressources, that we don’t have to spare. It’s expensive as fuck. It doesn’t even run locally on our servers, meaning we give all these credentials and permissions to some US company. It’s insane.)
talk next to nothing
I could rant about AI a bit and how it ruins every day at work, if that helps? 🤣
Why do people choose Discord (the closed forum tool) over Discourse (the open forum tool)?
[I know the feature set is different, and there are pros and cons, this is mostly a rant]
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Anyone interested in starting up the monthly social calls we used to have? 👋
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@prologic@twtxt.net built it (as in banner reminder, etc.) and I will come! Joke side, I will join for 30-45 minutes each month, sure! No main topic, no pre-conceived themes, just folks getting together to chat and rant, or whatever. Count me in!
RFK Jr. Ties Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol in Bonkers Rant
Farrah Tomazin , Political Correspondent - Daily Beast
_Stephan: US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy, Jr, is now the man overseeing your healthcare and medical wellbeing in the Trump Republican coup. This is his latest insanity that circumcision results in autism. Never forget that Kennedy was a heroin addict in high school and college, and does not have 30 minutes of medica … ⌘ Read more
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great! no chat control, for now!
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@prologic@twtxt.net Where do I stand on “Chat Control”? How long of a response/rant do you want? 😅 It’s a disaster. As I understand it, they want to spy on me directly on my devices before encryption even happens – jfc, no, fuck off. And since there are so many devices, they want to automate the scanning, which is the worst idea you could possibly have.
What #TheLEFT had to say about #vonderleyen ’s #SOTU speech?
There are several news stories going around saying that there are two no-confidence votes to Von Der Leyen about to be submitted, saying little to nothing about them, and even filing them together as if they both want or mean the same.
It might be useful to know exactly what the criticisms are, so here is a link to The Left’s comment to today’s speech. Read it in full, but here is my summary:
“acts as the guardian of the interests of the most powerful, at the expense of democracy, justice, and the future of the planet”;
Gaza: “The bare minimum is ending military cooperation and fully suspending the EU–Israel Association Agreement. This is genocide and we need to do everything to stop it”
pushing the MERCOSUR deal (they are actually light on their criticism of this treaty, but I’ll leave my rant about ot on a another toot)
the EU-US deal: “subjugation of European policy to the economic and military interests of the USA. You are sacrificing energy, digital policy, security, and climate protection on the altar of the hollow phrase of transatlantic partnership”
“Europeans’ living standards are falling, jobs are lost, authoritarianism grows, and social systems are under pressure”
On my blog: Go Nowhere Fast https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/15/go-nowhere-fast.html #harm #rant #politics #harm
On my blog: Generative AI Wish List https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/08/ai-wish-list.html #artificialintelligence #harm #rant
On my blog: One Fight https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/01/one-fight.html #harm #rant
On my blog: Copyright Thoughts https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/18/copyright-thoughts.html #copyright #freeculture #rant
Bloody WhatsApp, bloody chat apps on smartphones, I’m going nuts. If you want to TYPE, use a device WITH A KEYBOARD. Don’t send me useless undecipherable gibberish. FFS!
On my blog: Hegemon and the Masters of… 🚫 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/30/patriarchy.html #womenshistorymonth #harm #politics #rant
Firefox Fork LlibreWolf Declares Self “Very Woke”, Goes on Rant about “Far-Right”, Bans “Lunduke”
With Firefox now openly selling user data, many are looking to Firefox forks. ⌘ Read more
I am so, so, so fed up with the arrogance of people in tech. People think they know everything. Everything is easy and trivial. “Told you so!”, everywhere you look. And this bloody condescending tone, all the time. When I ask for an opinion, I don’t want to get a “well, duh, idiot”. For fuck’s sake.
It’s nothing new, it’s always been like that. Which makes it even worse.
This really makes me not want to work in this field anymore.
On my blog: Who Belongs https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/16/dei.html #blackhistorymonth #harm #politics #rant
On my blog: Stop Doing Their Work for Them https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/09/resist.html #harm #politics #rant
On my blog: Grappling with AI Usage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/19/ai-usage.html #artificialintelligence #harm #rant
On my blog: Devils, in Detail https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/15/devils-detail.html #ethics #harm #media #rant
U.S. gets poor grade for maternal, infant health care outcomes
Marina E. Franco, - Axios | March of Dimes
Stephan: Yet another miserable report about the inferiority of America’s illness profit system. While the two parties in Congress whine and rant about each other no one other than Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren seems to give a damn about the grim healthcare social outcome data that failed, yet so expensive, system produces year after year.
 Election Comments https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/27/project-2025.html #politics #rant
On my blog: Holding Universal Access to All Knowledge Hostage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/08/internet-archive.html #politics #rant
On my blog: Weird Enough? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/01/weird.html #harm #politics #rant
On my blog: Open Source Characters https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/11/open-source-characters.html #freeculture #licenses #rant
On my blog: Sleep, Addendum https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/14/sleep-2.html #sleep #advice #rant
On my blog: The Free Culture Movement https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/02/free-culture-movement.html #freeculture #rant
On my blog: An Army of Roger Cormans https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/05/26/corman.html #freeculture #indie #media #rant
On my blog: Topical Grab Bag https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/04/07/grab-bag.html #rant
On my blog: Ruining Chivalry and Other Fun Diversions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/03/17/chivalry.html #harm #quora #rant #sexism
On my blog: The Rise and (Likely) Fall of Anti-AI Licenses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/03/03/ai-licenses.html #art #harm #rant #technology
Klopp MASTERCLASS & Chelsea Fan *RANT*
Football Today Podcast - Episode 20, Monday February 26 - Klopp MASTERCLASS & Chelsea Fan RANT.
The Football Today Podcast debates their signature Yeah/Nah’s on if VAR is ruining the game and segments of performance, bellend, save and goal of the week in the EPL over the weekend.
The panel go through EPL Matchweek 26 match with the game of the weekend Arsenal vs Newcastle, Villa dominating and Fulham creating histor … ⌘ Read more
*RANT* Why Bazball is OVER! India domination continues!
Cricket Today Podcast - Episode 49, Friday February 23 - *RANT* Why Bazball is OVER! India domination continues!
Cricket Today wrap up a dominant Aussie vs New Zealand T20 series, with DLS and great bowling performances as well as a Yeah/Nah on Steve Smith being selected for the World Cup.
The panel then rant about the inconsistency of Bazball as England take on India, the rise of … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: AI Doom Sounds So Familiar https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/02/25/ai-doom.html #art #harm #rant #technology
On my blog: My Linux Story https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/02/18/linux.html #rant #linux
On my blog: SUREs — Silly Unsolicited Requests for Exposure https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/02/11/sure.html #rant #blog
On my blog: The Return of AI Antics https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/01/21/paid-ai.html #art #harm #rant #technology
On my blog: Diversifying the “Business” of Free Culture https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/01/14/diversify.html #philosophy #freeculture #rant
Ranting about Apple hardware… and glue - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - November 1st, 2023
Listen now (11 mins) | It needs to be done. Because it’s a day that ends in Y. More information on The Lunduke Journal (including Podcast RSS feeds, articles, exclusive videos, and more) : www.Lunduke.com ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Software as a Haunting (SaaH?) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/08/06/code-haunting.html #philosophy #programming #rant
On my blog: Affirmative Action in Gentle Terms https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/09/affirmative.html #harm #politics #quora #rant
On my blog: Why Care about Free Culture? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/25/free-culture.html #rant #freeculture #media
On my blog: Unraveling Universality https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/18/universality.html #rant #harm
On my blog: Why Federate? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/23/federation.html #rant #socialmedia #fediverse
On my blog: Great Ideas from Terrible Jobs https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/09/ideas.html #rant #career
On my blog: Modern Social Media Etiquette https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/26/etiquette.html #rant #socialmedia #harm
On my blog: Commenting Code https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/05/comments.html #rant #technology
On my blog: Five Phases of AI Grief https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/26/ai-grief.html #rant #technology
On my blog: Pejoratives and Specificity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/04/specificity.html #blog #harm #rant #terminology
On my blog: Things That Worked (and Didn’t Work) in 2022 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/11/27/worked.html #advice #rant
On the blog: Superheroes Behaving Badly https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/11/21/super.html #rant #superhero #ethics
On the blog: Women Deserve Better Than Roe, Anyway https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/05/roe.html #rant #harm
On the blog: Age Cohorts, Ruining Things, and Apocalypses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/14/typhoon2.html Generations in a Nutshell https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics
On the blog: The Need for Modern Web Application Frameworks https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/08/framework.html #programming #rant
On the blog: Attracting Job Candidates https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/27/hiring.html #rant #career
On the blog: Managing Priorities https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/13/priorities.html #rant #programming
On the blog: Do the Work https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/06/do-work.html #rant #personal #ally #harm
On the blog: Winning the Twenty-First Century https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/30/winning.html #rant #politics
On the blog: Explaining Cryptocurrency https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/16/crypto.html #rant #programming #money
On the blog: Belated FSF Discussion https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/09/fsf.html #rant #freesoftware
On the blog: Media Websites Wanted… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/02/wanted.html #rant #media
On the blog: Superheroes and Race https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/07/super.html #rant #superhero
On the blog: Explaining Gender to the Biased https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/28/genders.html #quora #rant #politics
On the blog: An Unexpected Case for Reparations https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/02/14/reparations.html #politics #rant #community
On the blog: Loving It and/or Leaving It and What “It” Might Be https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/15/love-leave.html #rant #politics #media
On the blog: Post-Election Reconciliation https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/08/reconciliation.html #politics #rant
On the blog: Politics in Art and Technology https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/18/stories.html #politics #art #software #rant
On the blog: Voting as a Communal Activity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/11/vote.html #politics #voting #rant
On the blog: Personal Pronouns, Revisited https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/20/pronoun.html #rant #pronouns #label #representation
On the blog: The Fight of the Century (and The Last Century) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/06/enlight.html #quora #freedom #philosophy #politics #rant
On the blog: Of Course Political Parties Don’t Reflect You! https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/30/parties.html #rant #politics
On the blog: Wanted — Ethical Media Consumption https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/02/ethmedia.html #media #license #ethics #rant
‘Boomer Rants in Woods’ series ⌘
Boomer rants in woods about koding these days ⌘
On the blog: Words Are Hard, I Guess… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/21/words.html #terminology #rant
On the blog: Sitting Is the New Blah, Blah, Blah https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/14/standing.html #update #rant
On the blog: Some Updates https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/07/updates.html #update #rant
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: I Have a Banana in My Ear! 🍌 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/15/banana.html #coronavirus #socialdistance #causality #safety #rant
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: We Are What We Do https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/08/are-do.html #label #ally #harm #representation #rant
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: On Electability and Complicity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/01/electability.html #politics #rant #voting
it’s really weird that my most popular medium post thus far this year is a rant about extensions to the gopher protocol
My unedited rant on slavery in isekai - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxG0tTIqbg
GitHub - TheBerkin/rant: Rant “ The all-purpose procedural text library https://github.com/TheBerkin/rant
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/
Rant of the Day: https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html
Rant of the Day: https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html
Did you enjoy the episode, @david@post.aldebaran.uberspace.de? Any good rants by Tim or Clemens? Was #twtxt mentioned? :)
Did you enjoy the episode, @david@post.aldebaran.uberspace.de? Any good rants by Tim or Clemens? Was #twtxt mentioned? :)