Re:Raspberry Pi Pico W as USB Wi-Fi Adapter
by JSR_FDED on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @12:48AM
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Love the way the author labels each of his diagrams as “AI Slop”!
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It's one of the neat features of the AsciiDoc language. The user is able to change captions mid document, in this case :figure-caption:. AsciiDoc and Antora are things I've invested a lot of my time into
I'm kind of fascinated by the first diagram on the page. It sits so firmly in the uncanny valley for me and I can't put my finger on why. By itself every part looks ok and normal, but as a whole it just screams AI to me. I don't know if its the color choices or the composition or something else. It all just feels that little bit off.
I mean, I know its AI, the page says so itself, no one is trying to hide it. But it also just gives me AI vibes on such a subliminal level that I can't figure out why.
Re:Raspberry Pi Pico W as USB Wi-Fi Adapter
by Tepix on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:39AM
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It's the amount of little icons and bold text. And then phrases like "No NAT, No Port-forwards"
Also details like the light blue boxes being swapped.
Re:Raspberry Pi Pico W as USB Wi-Fi Adapter
by kalleboo on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:27AM
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To me there's something about the "AI Slop Font" where it instantly triggers that uncanny valley. I guess since it's kind of an average of a bunch of fonts so it's somehow familiar but also unfamiliar at the same time.
Re:Raspberry Pi Pico W as USB Wi-Fi Adapter
by mhl47 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:31AM
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Absolutely can relate. Thats why I would say: Do your own diagrams! At least the text and formatting.
Where I do think it ads value is "AI slop 2". This is somehow even better comprehensible than an average photo.