@davidgerard @zzt thank you! I had gathered that from context, but where did the harassment take place such that it's not searchable? Was this all too recent to have been indexed, like did it happen this morning? Or in person?
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Bilge Bucket Slop Stops
@zzt
@davidgerard @zzt@mas.to I'm glad I noticed this.
TaintedByLlm
VomitWare
CodeNipTrips
badRepliCode
@davidgerard @zzt I wanted to see what had happened with OpenSlopWare so I searched on DDG with no results, so I tried Google with no results, so I tried X and still no results. Is there a way to learn about this thing or did you just have to be there?
@ryanprior @zzt author was harassed by slop peddlers into taking it down.
@davidgerard @zzt thank you! I had gathered that from context, but where did the harassment take place such that it's not searchable? Was this all too recent to have been indexed, like did it happen this morning? Or in person?
@ryanprior @zzt this isn't a post where we're going to reiterate it
@davidgerard I *really* like the idea of documenting the last known before-slop commit: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115883986136636548
@schrotthaufen we're likely to look at that, yes
@davidgerard @zzt *whistles innocently*
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@davidgerard TheSlopristocrats
Disappointing Ditch of Slop
Abbreviated to DDoS, shared with Distributed Denial of Service, because: 1) that's what their crawlers do to small sites; 2) Tainting free software with slop is a kind of denial of service, and it's being done on a massive scale.
It's also so very disappointing to see otherwise smart-appearing people succumb to the delusion. Felt like "disappointing" would belong to the name.
@davidgerard @zzt sloppy seconds?
(I'm sorry I'm trying to remove it)
@davidgerard @zzt Slop-ful Software (abbreviated SFS).
Slop-Laden Open Projects.
@davidgerard @zzt The Sloperator Index
@davidgerard @zzt I used to work at freshmeat.net, which was a website that indexed open source software. Maybe it could be called freshslop.net
@zzt @CatherineFlick @davidgerard I like it. It directly inspired the following name: SlopCombinator
@schrotthaufen @zzt @CatherineFlick we could name it after a site full of slop peddlers. how about lobste.rs
@davidgerard @zzt @CatherineFlick I mean… I AM a sucker for tearable puns…
@davidgerard @zzt Free Of Statistical Slop
@davidgerard Please make sure to credit the originator of the project even though they are no longer involved!
- LargeLanguageMenace (llm dot wtf would be nice, but some jerk wants USD 1.5k for it)
- SlopMachine (just avoid using the acronym 😅)
- OpenDeskill
- LazyCode
- Clank dot works
- HoldMyBeer dot codes (or dev)
The slop of despond.
@davidgerard @zzt Ooh OpenSlopWare is pretty good. How about NeXTSLOP? SLOP Machines? These might be too obscure. Free and Open Slop (FOSS)? Bah. We can workshop it.
@davidgerard @theorangetheme @zzt I'd go for SlopSource
@theorangetheme @mawhrin @zzt ShitHub would be a perfect name except the rude word
also annoying that shithub.com is $34995
@davidgerard @theorangetheme @mawhrin @zzt shithub.ai is ~$72/year though, somewhat more affordable, and an ironic domain name! (bonus: .ai is a ccTLD, and predates the slop machines by a few decades)
@davidgerard the software trough?
Sloperation(s)?
@davidgerard LoseLanguageModels