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mccmcc@mastodon.social
Oct 27, 2026, 4:25 PM
@mem a good thing about your criteria is you don't have to worry about false positives. you can just reject stuff like "sorry, this patch is big and the code is not good and you can't clearly answer questions about it"
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Cassandrichdalias@hachyderm.io
Oct 27, 2026, 4:32 PM
@mcc @mem Yep. The problem is the belief that it's not okay to tell people no without litigating the no.
You can just say no.
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LiquidParasyteliquidparasyte@app.wafrn.net
Oct 27, 2026, 5:42 PM
@mcc@mastodon.social @mem@mastodon.cr
…I am now remembering Torvalds rejecting Kent Overstreet's kernel filesystem patches for clearly flounting the rules and getting annoyed all over again.
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wfkwfk@v.st
Oct 28, 2026, 10:07 PM
@mcc @mem
This is the big thing.
You don't have to "prove" that it's made with AI or whatever.
You can just reject with "sorry, this doesn't look right to me, I don't feel comfortable engaging with this". You *may* choose to engage in some education, but you cannot be required to do so no matter what.
Anyone who insists you have an obligation towards them, other than being decent and suitably polite, automatically disqualifies themselves.
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