> No, it can not. Bash lets you open TCP sockets.

Very fair pushback -- I did get carried away and will update the article to be more precise. Thanks for raising it!

> For less insane, non-bash shells there is always nc which is usually probably the wiser choice.

For completeness, `nc` or any netcat equvialent I could think of was not available in the image I was trying this with. It would certainly be a better option though.

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bearjaws 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is the most Claude pilled comment I've seen here.

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thih9 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This worries me. Some AI writing styles became mainstream; at first it was the em-dashes, now it’s “A, not B” patterns and excessive acknowledging. There will be more.

Was grandparent comment written by an LLM?

Or is this a human who copies a style they saw in a blog post, unaware that they’re copying an AI?

Or is this a human who spent too much time talking to an AI and now they just talk like this?

Or is this an organic human response and we’re all paranoid by now?

I don’t know which would be worse.

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elevation 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When learning a language, I've heard it's good to find a reference speaker, such as a prolific actor, and mimic them in order to absorb several aspects of what makes them sound authentic as a speaker, such as vocabulary, intonation, diction, pacing.

For many in the next generation of language learners, this reference will be Claude.

	▲	disqard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Insightful, and scary! Imitating an imitation machine... even if no one is trying to intentionally do so, McLuhan's "we become what we behold" is inescapable.

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8bitsout 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm going to go insane from all of this

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eddd-ddde 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

So? That's literally how language works. The importance is not in the writing style, but in the content of the words.

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mrshu 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's pretty rough to learn I sound like Claude. Will need to do something about it then.

(For what it's worth I did write the message above manually but I understand why no one would believe that now. At least I did not call netcat "load-bearing" [https://mareksuppa.com/til/load-bearing/] or something...)

	▲	sisve 13 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I did not think you sounded like claude. Then I looked again after the comment was made and then I saw some of the vibes. Like acknowledging a mistake you have done. Before that would just made you top 5% (or maybe top 1%) of the nicest people to talk too.. know ppl think you are Claude. We are all going crazy s a sibling comment said.
	▲	ffsm8 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I know that feeling I notice myself getting afflicted with llm-isms after a full workday. And I didn't always notice, sometimes I only realize the day after... Like it slowly siphoned out my soul, which then reconnected with me over night
	▲	ed_elliott_asc 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Ok Claude :)
	▲	nandomrumber 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		[dead]

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nialv7 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

what would be a non-pilled way of saying the same thing?

	▲	xeyownt 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah. The comments saying it's AI-pilled comments are more annoying and less informative than the comments themselves.
	▲	WD-42 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Good point however netcat wasn’t available either.

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scubbo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

FWIW, I didn't read this as AI-like. Even on a re-read, it's only the quasi-em-dash, and _maybe_ the polite acknowledgement of "Very fair pushback" (just good etiquette, IMO!) that would ring any alarm bells. You're fine.

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throwrioawfo 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Bro really replaced the em-dash with "--"

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mrshu 3 hours ago | parent [-]

An old habit that unfortunately makes one indistinguishable from LLMs these days...

	▲	disqard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I have done the same for many years now, and I feel like it's going to be an annoying false positive for people like us. I remember when the "hacker vs. cracker" distinction went away because Hollywood co-opted the former and it became de facto "hacker == bad guy"