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Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal | WIRED (www.wired.com)
submitted 7 months ago by ekZepp to c/technology
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Members of the software developer community have reported deleting or altering their posts to prevent them from being used by OpenAI.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And they smell bad too!

[–] jamyang 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's an old, bad, joke on the two definitions of revolting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I think it would’ve been funny if the title was “StackOverflow contributors are revolting” and the comment was “a little more than usual.”

But hey, gotta get whatever amount of humor in while you can.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He's punning on the multiple meanings of "revolting".

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revolting

Adjective

revolting (comparative more revolting, superlative most revolting)

repulsive, disgusting

The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.

[–] Endmaker 3 points 7 months ago

Looks like downvoters don't get the joke. I first seen it on the cover of Horrible History.

[–] lefixxx 1 points 7 months ago

Smelly neeerds