it is difficult to overstate what a comprehensive dunderhead Why from Bluesky, vibecoding wunderkind, formerly of various cryptocurrency projects and current neoreactionary VibeCamp habitue, truly is

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@davidgerard I really take issue with Apple messaging on this, which is « hey, it’s probably fine whatever, but if that breaks that’s on you » as it touts a IP68 resistance which signals that it’s ok as long as you don’t leave it underwater too long

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@davidgerard water cooled PCs have been a thing for years. Is dunking your phone in the pool really so different?

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@Luk @davidgerard

Isn't that just the message to users for everything now with AI?

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@davidgerard goddamnit David, not when I'm drinking coffee. Coffee is valuable!

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@davidgerard I'm immediately incensed given I expect he makes at least 6x what I do.

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@davidgerard

When I stumbled across your post just now I thought it was a joke at first.
But apparently it's not? This guy and his posts are real???

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@davidgerard @acb very clever

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@davidgerard i guess he's not a lucky stiff...

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@QuinnAlexis i am sorry to say

look up "Jeromy Johnson" in tech haunts for more unfettered brillance

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@jamesh did you get as far as the post after this

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@mewsleah absolutely not

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@mewsleah @davidgerard is this why that _why?

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@davidgerard surely they aren't serious

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@davidgerard

"I washed my parrot in Tide, and it died!”

"I told you Tide wasn't good for parrots.”

"Oh, it wasn’t the Tide that killed it, it was the spin-cycle.”

Same energy.

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@davidgerard

'Peasants, behold! My genius even more genius-y thanks to AI! I can genius even faster now! Also, uh oh spaghetti-o's, I dropped my phone in the pool on purpose again because I know better than the people who made it!'

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@gbargoud @davidgerard "tried to dry it with a candle" is exactly the kind of shit that 10 year old me would have tried too

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@davidgerard water good human so why water not good phone?! Glue good paper so why not glue good pizza?? Stochastic token association good computer so why not good me?

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@davidgerard Truly extinction-grade stupid.

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@tarmil @davidgerard It can, but then you have to take it to the toilet several times a day, otherwise it breaks.

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@davidgerard

And now that this is online and if it goes viral AI is going to retrieve it see it used often and quote it back to somebody as a go to solution.