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Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by Bluestein on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @09:56AM (#42502287)
> The root cause is that LLMs are a damage multiplier for fuckwits.

Reminds me of Eco's quote about giving the "village idiot" a megaphone. But, transposed to the age of AI.-

Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by hyhconito on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @09:59AM (#42502311)
It's much worse than that. It's giving the village idiot something which turns their insane ramblings into something that is incredibly verbose and sounds credible but inherits both the original idiot's poor communication and the subtle ramblings of an electronic crackhead in it.

Bring back the days of "because it's got electrolytes" because I can easily ignore those ones.

Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by fakedang on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @10:10AM (#42502366)
To quote another frontpage article, it transforms the village idiot into a "Julius".
Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by hyhconito on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @10:18AM (#42502413)
Oh shit I just read that and am utterly horrified because I've been through that and am going through it. I have instantly decided to optimise myself to retire as quickly as possible.
Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by fakedang on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @10:18AM (#42502415)
Don't worry, you're not alone. I'm in the same boat. :)
Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by Izkata on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @04:40PM (#42505124)
For others since it's about to fall off the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42494090
Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by jgalt212 on Thursday December 26, 2024 @07:17AM (#42514770)
The culture is been driven by village idiots.
Re:Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports ... by Bluestein on Thursday December 26, 2024 @02:18PM (#42517103)
Since ...

... at least when villages were prevalent. Or, earlier ... :)