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A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by naikrovek »

baz00 wrote: post #38
naikrovek wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As if. You may find it difficult to believe, but the people who work at Microsoft are people just like you. They have goals and get caught up in the whims of management, who are also people who get caught up in the whims of various things at various times.

I worked at Microsoft. I left because they weren't like me.

> I left because they weren't like me.

“they” is doing a lot of work in this sentence, and also none.

No one in Microsoft is like you? Or no one on the team you were part of?

I leave places when people ARE like me. I learn a lot from those that aren’t like me.

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by maximus-decimus »

cesarb wrote: post #55
maximus-decimus wrote: post #50

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Doesn't do the exact same thing as left-win + L?

Depending on the size of the keyboard and on the size of your hands, using the left modifier for that shortcut might need two hands instead of just one; it's very convenient to be able to quickly lock the desktop with only one hand.

I just tested and,on a full size model m, I can still stretch 2.5 inches after reaching the left+win from my pinkie and l with my thumb. And I have average hand span for a man.

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by maximus-decimus »

Xeamek wrote: post #60
maximus-decimus wrote: post #51

I plan to use it just as much as my Bixby button on my Galaxy phone (not at all)

You can rebind it to the normal 'hold-to-shutdown' behavior. Also you can assign custom action under quick double press.

> You can rebind it to the normal 'hold-to-shutdown' behavior.

Why would someone do that when there's already a power button?

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by Engineering-MD »

jeroenhd wrote: post #19
xnzakg wrote: post #5

Neat! Hopefully this means we get an extra remappable key on Linux!

Knowing Microsoft they'll probably rebind their Office key/right Windows key rather than adding a new key to the keyboard. I'm honestly a bit surprised we're still not seeing the emoji key on more keyboards, given how popular emoji are. Do that many people use the right Windows key? Or even the AltGr key in English-speaking locales?

That’s what they have done with the new Dell XPS laptops (right control key)

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by baz00 »

naikrovek wrote: post #81
baz00 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked at Microsoft. I left because they weren't like me.

> I left because they weren't like me. “they” is doing a lot of work in this sentence, and also none. No one in Microsoft is like you? Or no one on the team you were part of? I leave places when people ARE like me. I learn a lot from those that aren’t like me.

The company's vision as a whole is to throw some effort at everything and write off what turns out crap. Everyone I knew was on board with that. I was not. That's not a vision, that's distributed incompetence.

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by xg15 »

baz00 wrote: post #85
naikrovek wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I left because they weren't like me. “they” is doing a lot of work in this sentence, and also none. No one in Microsoft is like you? Or no one on the team you were part of? I leave places when people ARE like me. I learn a lot from those that aren’t like me.

The company's vision as a whole is to throw some effort at everything and write off what turns out crap. Everyone I knew was on board with that. I was not. That's not a vision, that's distributed incompetence.

> distributed incompetence

I'm gonna have to use that term somewhere in the future.

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by Xeamek »

maximus-decimus wrote: post #83
Xeamek wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can rebind it to the normal 'hold-to-shutdown' behavior. Also you can assign custom action under quick double press.

> You can rebind it to the normal 'hold-to-shutdown' behavior. Why would someone do that when there's already a power button?

? We are taking about that exact power button

Re: A new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

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Post by maximus-decimus »

Xeamek wrote: post #87
maximus-decimus wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You can rebind it to the normal 'hold-to-shutdown' behavior. Why would someone do that when there's already a power button?

? We are taking about that exact power button

I have a power button on one side, then volume and bixby on the other. You can see an illustration here : https://voicebot.ai/2018/08/28/its-happening-again-samsung-b...
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