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xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.zip•Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updatesEnglish
3·5 months agoI think that the era of platform locked internal tools is close to being over, at least for smaller organizations.
AI sucks for innumerable reasons, but the ability to create internal tooling for specialized systems is now something that organizations of smaller and smaller sizes can now take advantage of. IE, write a printer interface that does xyz for our machine and integrates with CUPS instead of a windows print server. Now we can save a Windows server license and an expensive proprietary software license.
AI is still absolutely terrible though. Never open a port to anything vibe coded ever.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in WindowsEnglish
6·7 months agoAnd people in hell want ice water.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK what legal rights you have in encounters with ICEEnglish
621·7 months agoRemember kids, murder is against the law. So, if ICE tries to murder you like they did those 2 other people just say, “thats illegal”.
They will have no choice but to stop murdering you.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.world•Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... adsEnglish
3·7 months agoCan’t recommend KISS Launcher enough.
Thats the old standard.
If you want to, you can get an adapter that will allow you to use the newer lithium batteries on the older tools.
https://www.dewalt.com/product/dca2203c/20v-max-battery-18v-adapter-kit
That was my main take-away. You’re the CEO of the company. If someone writes a mean blog post about your business so what? Fix the issues with the product if they are legitimate things that need fixing. Otherwise leave people alone. If something constitutes libel then sue. Otherwise it’s just someones opinion which they are entitled to.
No I have a bad opinion about him as well (please don’t reach out to me either).
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@beehaw.org•Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100English
10·2 years agoOnly 1000 times? It’s interesting that there’s such a bias there but it’s a computer. Ask it 100,000 times and make sure it’s not a fluke.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.world•Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says MicrosoftEnglish
361·2 years agoThere’s a toggle
Becomes
There’s a toggle but we moved it deep into a sub menu
Becomes
If you toggle it off it also breaks a lot of other things you want to have
Becomes
Toggle it off if you want but it’s still going to run in the background
Until the EU sues and forces them to have an option to actually remove it.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Technology@beehaw.org•Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbarEnglish
18·2 years agoThere’s a new proof of concept malware that when an AI processes it causes arbitrary code execution and spreads itself to everyone on the victims email list.
This requires no input from the user
Yes please put more of this crap into every crevice of the OS.
Only some of it is sadly.
What do you mean? Its easy!
Teams White and Purple=hotmail
Teams Purple and White=365 for business
Teams Lavender (new)=Electron App
Teams Mauve (with Knuckles)=Teams except you are talking exclusively to Copilot AI
Teams Royal Purple (360 Edition)= Used by the Kansas City Royals baseball team
Teams Sky-Blue and White (Me)=Skype for Business
Teams Periwinkle= Codename for Slack
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•Need help converting dumb switches; one w/o any lights, one w/ Hue bulbsEnglish
1·2 years agoI didn’t realize it was that recent of an addition to the NEC. Weve only lived in super old houses where everything was always needing completely redone. I was usually replacing 2 conductor and cloth-jacketed stuff everywhere.
That was around 2012 and I remember the electrician we hired at the time mentioned it being a thing so that makes sense.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•Need help converting dumb switches; one w/o any lights, one w/ Hue bulbsEnglish
1·2 years agoCurrent national electrical code in the US (since the 1980s) is a neutral in every switch box. Before then a switch loop was allowed so you see a lot of older construction with those.
You also see newer construction with those where Uncle Dave™ decided it was easier to only have to run a wire down from the light rather than fish it up through the crawlspace, NEC be damned.
xyguy@startrek.websiteto
Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Scott reviews the perfect browser extensionEnglish
45·3 years agoWow this music player app is simple and does everything it should.
Random Commenter: why won’t it play video?
MBA: Why isn’t this a subscription service?



Blu ray discs cost pennies to manufacture, especially at scale.
Also, Sony owns the blu ray IP.
Also also, if they gave a fuck they could just ship 2 discs in a box. Like they did at the tail end of the xbox 360 days.
They’d just rather not deal with it anymore.