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rsync goes AI slop, breaks your backups (pivot-to-ai.com)
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36 commits by ‘tridge and claude’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EAo9jo-U4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260603-rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups - podcast

time: 7 min 34 sec

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

someone with a pretty website and a wife who knows statistics mounts an impassioned defence of tridge and the clankers:

https://alexispurslane.github.io/rsync-analysis/

[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

One of the most egregious examples of p-hacking I've ever seen.

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