Stuff like this is why I refuse to use Windows anymore.
Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
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Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.
Manga Library Z, a manga archiving site that distributed old and out-of-print manga for free has been forced to close down due to all major credit card companies refusing to provide payment services. If some hypothetical widespread decentralized payment system can prevent scenarios like this one from happening, then it would be worth the "enormous waste of resources". These days, you're essentially relegated to a non…
Cryptocurrencies use between 0.6% and 2.3% of all electricity in the US [O]. I guess those manga are very important to you.
It would be order of magnitude more efficient to send couriers with cash to pay for those instead.
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
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It’s pretty obvious after their data grab with the new Outlook. They destroyed the built-in app which I used all the time just to try to get all of my emails.
> It’s pretty obvious after their data grab with the new Outlook. What did they do this time?
The New Outlook(tm) is an Edge Webview to the cloud.
In the stupidest twist of fate, you cannot open Outlook offline, at all. There is no concept of "offline" in the New Outlook. I assume this is Microsoft forcing away the issues of the past of 50+GB OST files by making Outlook a glorified webmail client instead.
Oh, and Microsoft Teams? You can open that offline and it's got a full cached experience. Innovation at its finest!
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
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Last I saw, notepad didn't even have a spell checker. LLM integration seems very out of place in such an otherwise minimal editor.
It recently gained a spellcheck (4 months ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40907284
I love it, very unobtrusive
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#335This seems to be a common trend everywhere. Instead of improving core functionality they add the latest buzzword tech, no matter it make sense or not. I am user of GaiaGPS to plan outdoors trips. Same there: the app is good but has some problems. Instead of fixing the problems they added social functionality which nobody really wants.
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Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
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This is your tried and true. C level read a magazine, mandatory implementation order, engineer ticks the checkbox and waits for hype to pass so they can remove it.
C level read a magazine, mandatory implementation order A magazine would be an improvement. I worked in a place where the owners were very susceptible to airport billboard ads. Every time they came back from a trip, we would brace for change.
This is why I shudder whenever I see a Workday ad during a football game.
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#337This seems to be a common trend everywhere. Instead of improving core functionality they add the latest buzzword tech, no matter it make sense or not. I am user of GaiaGPS to plan outdoors trips. Same there: the app is good but has some problems. Instead of fixing the problems they added social functionality which nobody really wants.
> Instead of improving core functionality
Maybe taking a step back here, what core functionality is missing from notepad? I see this as a fairly feature complete tool for a core set of behaviors already.
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#338Earlier quoted context omitted.
Work is for work stuff. It's someone else computer, someone else wants and needs. I don't mind if they want to feed all their data to Big Tech (On my previous work computer the only truly personal piece of data I had was my profile picture and ssh keys for my GitHub account). I don't even do web searches on work computers. If Windows is slow, I'd just bring it up to my manager and the IT dept. On my personal computer…
I totally agree, but I was really addressing just having to put up with the OS rather than privacy issues specifically. My employer can take whatever privacy risks they want.
I do get your point. But all of them are fine OSes, if you just want to run some software (which is the majority of the jobs). What macOS and Windows don’t allow is true customization, aka aligning it to your personal taste. That’s not great for a personal computer, but fine for a work one. If the company don’t want to address inefficiency, that’s on them.
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#339Soon there won't be any safe place on Windows to copy and paste some random text/password/key that I don't want to get uploaded to some cloud service, or screenshotted and "analysed".
recall's going to take a screenshot of your entire desktop every 5 seconds and "AI" it so you can search...
Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
#340Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The reliance on crusty old ass applications like those on Windows is actually kinda depressing. macOS is the most consistent OS and Windows the least [1]. With the exception of IrfanView I find neither of those apps particularly crusty though. There's https://imageglass.org I personally moved from macOS to KDE Plasma and I'm a happy camper as long as I stay with Plasma/Qt apps. [1] https://ntdev.blog/2021/02/06/sta…
VLC is pretty damn crusty, especially to anyone not familiar with that particular....design ethos. Don't get me wrong, it's an incredible endeavor and the developers deserve endless praise, but for people that aren't already familiar with navigating things like GIMP, KDE, Open/LibreOffice, it's not especially welcoming.
I agree. I too am a VLC hater. It's not just crusty, but often buggy and worse[1] than alternatives (I use Media Player Classic Home Cinema myself, despite it being dead for almost a decade). VLC is also ugly in a non-platform specific way. It's like a web app developed before web apps were a thing and doesn't feel at home in either Windows, MacOS, or Linux.
Having said that, VLC is still my last resort when nothing else can play a file.
[1] One example is subtitle rendering. Last I checked VLC was just plain uglier than MPC-HC.