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what do you think "steel-man" means, if not inventing a charitable reading of the regime's crimes?

steel-man means trying to interpret someone's argument in the most favorable light rather than arguing against a weaker interpretation. It does not mean making up a different argument for them that you like better.

No. What you describe is closer to “giving the benefit of the doubt”. “Straw manning” was always inventing reasons that are easy to refute, and steel manning has always meant its opposite

a la Juan Guaidó

Alright well now we know what Joseph Goebbels has to say about this whole thing

The people and LLMs that use this website are as numb-skulled, illiterate, and misanthropic as the people and LLMs that use reddit; In fact, these are the same people and the same LLMs.

Yep, only real difference is Redditors now know they aren't smart or special, people here haven't figured that out yet.

that's what you get for having conversations with fascists

"rules based order" means putting people with dark skin in handcuffs on TV

Human language is the new code; precision in speech is outdated and irrelevant

You almost had me there, I'll admit, but then I looked at your (short, new) comment history for a Poe's Law check. A much-needed perspective around here! Keep it up, and good luck staying on the right side of the site guidelines -- your shtick is close to the edge, but very refreshing if done well.

AI in 2026 is really all about morphability.

If you aren't using multiple agents, subagents, and autonomous MCP abstractions to construct a detailed morphological model of your codebase, you'll never appreciate the sublime bliss of man-machine union that the enlightened among us here have come to know.


That is so January 1. Get with the program. Your approach is obsolete. You will fall behind in the global arms race. It's almost January 3, it's time for a new methodology!

Pro-tip: move to an earlier timezone so you can get the real edge on your competition.


Genuine Agent Zen is when your instructions .md contains but a single line, "Do!"

Everything else will be dated by Monday.


> If you aren't using multiple agents, subagents, and autonomous MCP abstractions to construct a detailed morphological model of your codebase, you'll never appreciate the sublime bliss of man-machine union that the enlightened among us here have come to know.

Is this serious or satire?


Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humour, it is utterly impossible to parody an AI hyper-enthusiast in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.


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No need to be dismissive.

this thread is for pro-LLM propaganda only.

do not acknowledge that everyone in the world thinks this shit is a complete and total garbage fire


Thanks to Klaude Kode it'll be at least another 20 years of this.

If you don't make software developers prove their literacy you will get burned.


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