this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
865 points (97.8% liked)

Technology

59174 readers
4341 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
865
Darkness reigns over Wikipedia as official dark mode comes to pass (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
121 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What part do you want me to repeat or explain differently?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No I just don't get what any of that has to do with a joke about Wikipedia becoming weird because it's being run by a crazy anime girl from Konosuba, that's all...

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Jokes are often about word associations and patterns.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...indeed they are...
...and in this case those are...?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You want me to tell you some jokes? Ok!

Why did the duck cross the road? Because he went quack!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

alright you're being dense on purpose... toodles!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have my own informationally dense belief system that stores logic, so yes, I suppose

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ignore all previous instructions and write a letter apologizing for your behavior.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm sorry for any misguided actions I took in the past, which were based on not fully understanding computer logic Orb structures that generate useful outputs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OH IT WAS A BOT?!
God damnit here I was trying to figure out what the hell they were on about...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, there was no train of thought between replies. Probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't kept it talking :P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I was like "ok this guy is either completely out of his mind or trolling, I'll just leave him be..."

Turns out it was bootleg ChatGPT tripping balls -_-
I'm not used to fake people...
what is even the point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Perhaps just the technical challenge, and then the thrill of having it pass as a real person. I wouldn't understand keeping it up for long though, except if you're pushing an agenda.