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I hated the tabs already. When I open Notepad I expect a clean slate.
That's the real issue. Tabs, fine. Remembering tabs, no.
always the first thing i disable in Notepad++
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#132I like how currently on LinkedIn there’s a feature to use AI writing assistance to help land your next job. Like if I can’t write how am I ever going to work a job
With AI, of course!
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#133I’m surprised Windows isn’t given away for free at this point.
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#134"Sign in to your Microsoft account" to use... Notepad? This is not the future I wanted.
It's been pretty fascinating to watch what Microsofties have to put up with, having switched to Linux in 2007. Vista's half-assed release, Windows 8's tablet UI disaster, Windows 10's online account requirements, now all the AI crap they're shoving into Windows 11. Meanwhile I'm just over here using basically the same Arch Linux tools & XFCE environment for almost 20 years. Yes, I know, Linux isn't perfect, but it's…
Arch has consistently proven itself to be the perfect machine for me. I go for months without a reboot even with daily package updates. 2000 line C window managers like DWM leave me more productive than windows ever has
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#136Coming soon: "To ensure users have the best experience, we will require that AI features be active by default, which requires a continuous internet connection, a logged in Microsoft account, and enabled telemetry."
"Now that you are having the best experience, to ensure safety we will require acknowledgement that we might monitor what you type and may have to ability to disable your required account if we detect unsafe words or searches. This can mean that you will not be able to log back in to your computer. If you experience this issue simply log into your account and contact our automated support system."
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#138And they added image gen to paint.
Neat, but there a bunch of really basic operations they could of added to make it an actual daily driver.
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Soon: with ads!
Prediction: All corporate-backed general-purpose LLMs/AIs will eventually include ads. They won't even always be obvious ads like we have on the web, sometimes they will just be product placement. Ask the AI for an example of a linked list, and it will give you one, but the sample items in the list will be Coca-Cola, Lexus, the name of the closest marijuana dispensary, etc. If anyone wonders why Facebook, Google, Mic…
I think there are already product placement laws so we should be warned at least
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> Crypto people kept suggesting that crypto was a solution to an X problem while ignoring that a database was a better solution the problem. Only if you ignore the fact that a database (in traditional sense) doesn't solve the problem of decentralized peer to peer payments, which is the key differentiator of cryptocurrencies. > I’ve yet to hear any good use cases for crypto, and I’ve been asking for years on here. If…
> Only if you ignore the fact that a database (in traditional sense) doesn't solve the problem of decentralized peer to peer payments, which is the key differentiator of cryptocurrencies. And the point that the useful cases cede to make a useful product. The thing that is a _feature_ of a cryptocurrency is why people don't use it. I've had this debate dozens of times on here. > If you've been asking for years, I'm su…
> The thing that is a _feature_ of a cryptocurrency is why people don't use it.
People do, in fact, use them. Is it a popular payment method in western countries? No, but do some people use it? Yes, they do.
For privileged people, decentralization is usually a serious flaw. For others, it's an extremely important characteristic that lets them transact at all. The world isn't black and white, and people have use cases that are different from yours.
You're being self-centered, and that's okay, but perhaps you should factor it into your mental model before making sweeping statements in front of a global audience.
> You know what else solves that? Cash and Western Union. And it has done for a long, long time.
Not nearly as well, or there wouldn't be anyone using cryptocurrencies for that purpose.
You could make identical boring, bad-faith arguments about AI products. I think 99.99% of all "AI" products available today are completely useless - to me - but I don't go around proclaiming that all of AI is completely useless, and that all of its problem areas are better solved by statistics and "if" statements.
Don't mistake your own privilege, ignorance, and lack of imagination with the lack of real-world applications.