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Re:VTubing: How a Japanese Phenomenon Is Going Worldwide on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @08:59AM (#48991763)
Is this AI? That was the case like 5 years ago. Every big western vtuber right now started out as an indie using free models.
Re:Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @12:02PM (#48819685)
They were 100% working on the next game with idTech. Now the next release will for sure be delayed by a couple of years.

Fuck Microsoft.

Re:Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @11:57AM (#48819599)
Wolfenstein series and recent Indiana Jones game were made in IdTech.
Re:Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @11:52AM (#48819505)
No more DOOM games (((
No, it wouldn't. The goal of reviewing PRs is to mentor and find new maintainers who will eventually replace the current ones.

You just can't expect someone who isn't willing enough to write one good PR to be willing to become a good maintainer.

Re:Changing How We Develop Ladybird on Friday June 05, 2026 @04:37AM (#48409714)
Linux has WAY more maintainers, and many of them just reviewed other people's commits for years. They had a crazy amount of contributions even before AI.
Re:Changing How We Develop Ladybird on Friday June 05, 2026 @04:24AM (#48409600)
Stuff like this makes me wish AI had never happened.

An open-source projects losing the ability to find and mentor new maintainers is so disappointing.

Calling a couple million lines of ai written Rust "stable software" is a bold statement
The screenshots in the showcase look goofy
Re:Xiaomi MiMo-v2.5 price drops 99% – AI pricing war on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:35PM (#48288826)
They are? They give away thousands of dollars via subs.
Re:Xiaomi MiMo-v2.5 price drops 99% – AI pricing war on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:33PM (#48288795)
Chinese corporation would never lie
Yes, they released a canary version.
Re:Nerd: The First Programming Language Not Built for Humans on Thursday January 01, 2026 @04:38AM (#46452673)
Wait, you wrote the code? Why AI didn't do it if people are redundant.
Re:T-Ruby is Ruby with syntax for types on Friday December 26, 2025 @10:01PM (#46398670)
Don't show this to DHH
I don't
Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but I saw like 20 AI-made apps that started asking for a subscription after early adopters started actually using the app.
AI slop cashgrab