If someone is willing to commit other crimes on the bus, they’re probably willing to get on the bus without paying as well.

Guys, it’s okay! The presidents are only responsible for the jobs market when they’re Democrats.

Well, they did choose to remove the poll numbers when they could have chosen to doctor them instead.

Ah, I forgot about that. Yes, that’s a pretty big deal. Thanks for pointing that out. Debian have always been pretty purist about non-free software, to the detriment of new users.

Also somehow the King James version is authoritative, after who knows how many links of translation phone games?

Haha, didn’t even think of that. Of course it’s a Nobel Prize reference.

It’s been fine for the average nerd for a couple decades. The installer has been mostly unchanged since 2005 or so, and I don’t see much difference in an installed system either. I think you can live boot it ahead of installation now, maybe that’s a big deal to some people?

I got one of those when I had to go on antibiotics for a few weeks. Best decision ever. My brain has enough to keep track of already, no need to add another.

I assume “destructively scan” means to cut the spine off so they lie flat, and that one copy of each book will be scanned? Isn’t that a pretty normal way of doing it in cases where the prints aren’t rare?

I discovered that there’s a separate application which just reinstalls Teams all the time. I don’t remember the name, but it had Teams in the name. After I uninstalled that it finally stopped popping up.

I think it’s more that they’re not really making money on Windows anymore. The money is in cloud services like Office 365. So Windows is just being used to push people towards what actually makes Microsoft money, disregarding whether they actually want those services.

https://pureinfotech.com/microsoft-windows-11-ai-brakes-copilot-recall/

Note that this article completely buries the lede. This is the last paragraph:

#Enterprise pushback is also influencing decisions#

Separately, enterprise users have pushed back against Copilot in managed environments, prompting the software giant to test options that would allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot more easily on business devices. This indicates that the rethink isn’t just about consumer sentiment but also addresses corporate deployment challenges.

The reason they’re having second thoughts is due to enterprise customers, who are the only customers they really care about the opinion of. If it was just home users complaining, they would not be adjusting course.

I imagine this is why MS is finally backtracking a bit on the aggressive pushing of AI in every app. They’re doing Clippy all over again, but OS-wide this time.

Just impressive how hard they managed to screw the pooch here. Have they forgotten that every other Windows release is universally hated? They had a good thing going until they discontinued Windows 10 before Windows 12 was out. Now they’ll probably need to rush out another version, because the name Windows 11 is forever tainted.

In this case “Doomer” is probably an alternate word for Gen Z. They are sometimes called the doomer generation.

It’s also similar in that it’s not safe for the parents to go to work either.

Seattle schools recently went under lockdown because ICE was spotted in the area. They’re treated like any other potential active shooter.

S and X were only 3% of their sales combined according to the article. Discontinuing them makes financial sense.

Usually, yes. But in some movies they drive the plot. The sex scenes in A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) are hilarious, help establish the character, and are a pretty challenging wank.

The slow-motion train wreck will continue for quite some time.

My hope is that their sample skews boomer and is not representative, but then again people who actually show up to vote also skews boomer.