Kelly Campelia!
RE: https://loops.video/v/4zZBD50x00
What happens if I quote a video from @loops with a tag like #softwareEngineer #microsoft #careerDevelopment
Would Instagram get jealous because THEY CAN'T QUOTE? WHAAAT? :)
CEO #Microsoft AI:
“Everybody will have their own #AI companion…”
🤯 Since when did tech-bro fantasies become the default corporate narrative? Help me out… somebody⁉️
Who exactly asked for a digital best friend in a world already drifting toward individualism?
….It matters whether your “closest #companion” is a human, or an algorithm fully controlled by a Big Tech CEO, but that’s just my 2 cents.
I for one reject our new robot overlord / spouses. #NoAi #Microsoft #Microslop
Pargin is right - this should be illegal. In fact it ABSOLUTELY would be, except for the @pluralistic rule: "It's not a crime if we're using an app".
They're literally breaking & into your house & destroying your stuff. No amount of obfuscating legalese would let you or me get away with doing that.
It's fucking insane.
https://www.techspot.com/news/110848-onedrive-backup-feature-making-users-local-files-seemingly.html
Pargin is right - this should be illegal. In fact it ABSOLUTELY would be, except for the @pluralistic rule: "It's not a crime if we're using an app".
They're literally breaking & into your house & destroying your stuff. No amount of obfuscating legalese would let you or me get away with doing that.
It's fucking insane.
https://www.techspot.com/news/110848-onedrive-backup-feature-making-users-local-files-seemingly.html
👋 Sur #LinkedIn, j'ai vu une énième publication où l'auteur parle de #WinGet comme une révolution pour la gestion des paquets sous #Microsoft #Windows.
Non, mais, sérieusement ?! Windows, dans bien des domaines, a des décennies de retard sur GNU/Linux (et concernant ce point, environ 30 ans, rien que ça).
C'est vraiment comique de voir ces gens s'extasier devant une nouveauté qui n'en est en réalité pas du tout une.
Grand bien leur fasse !
Notons aussi que Winget n'a pas de GUI.
🇵🇸 @small-tech/cross-platform-hostname module deprecated
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@small-tech/cross-platform-hostname
The release of version 1.1.0 deprecates and removes support for this small module that normalised hostname reporting between Linux/macOS and Windows.
We no longer support Windows as Microsoft is complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people¹ and Small Technology Foundation² stands in solidarity with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement³.
Windows is an ad-infested and surveillance-ridden dumpster fire of an operating system and, alongside supporting genocide, you are putting both yourself and others at risk by using it.
When supporting Linux/macOS, just use the built-in os.hostname() which works the same way on both platforms.
¹ https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft
² https://small-tech.org/
³ https://www.bdsmovement.net/
#SmallTechnologyFoundation #crossPlatformHostname #npm #module #deprecation #BDS #Microsoft #Windows #NodeJS #web #dev #FOSS #SmallTech #SmallWeb #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #techIsPolitical #codeIsPolitical
OpenAI and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from the software giant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/16/tech/elon-musk-openai-microsoft-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #elonmusk #samaltman #openai #microsoft #tech #artificialintelligence
Kelly Campelia!
RE: https://loops.video/v/4zZBD50x00
What happens if I quote a video from @loops with a tag like #softwareEngineer #microsoft #careerDevelopment
Would Instagram get jealous because THEY CAN'T QUOTE? WHAAAT? :)
My mum is elderly and on her bad days, easily confused. Yesterday her PC booted into a 'Buy A M365 subscription now' screen which totally obliterated the #Windows UI and used dark patterns that made it hard - even for me! - to understand how to get access Windows.
I have remote access to Mum's PC. It couldn't cut through the #Microsoft ad.
Clearly this was not Microsoft's best moment.
I'm currently researching how big tech vendors serve elderly users. They mostly answer 'Use accessibilty mode, which follows #W3C standards'.
Accessibility modes are mostly amazing. Getting to them not so much. And they're not tuned to the needs of elderly users with declining cognitive capabilities. If you know more, I welcome pointers and comment
My mum is elderly and on her bad days, easily confused. Yesterday her PC booted into a 'Buy A M365 subscription now' screen which totally obliterated the #Windows UI and used dark patterns that made it hard - even for me! - to understand how to get access Windows.
I have remote access to Mum's PC. It couldn't cut through the #Microsoft ad.
Clearly this was not Microsoft's best moment.
I'm currently researching how big tech vendors serve elderly users. They mostly answer 'Use accessibilty mode, which follows #W3C standards'.
Accessibility modes are mostly amazing. Getting to them not so much. And they're not tuned to the needs of elderly users with declining cognitive capabilities. If you know more, I welcome pointers and comment
Lol, #GitHub is so funny — #Microsoft disabled code search if you are not logged in.
Before, I successfully searched in some project's code without login, but looks like since 2026 #Microslop desided to make things worse.
Thankfully, "git clone" through HTTPS and good old grep still working without GitHub account, lol
Lol, #GitHub is so funny — #Microsoft disabled code search if you are not logged in.
Before, I successfully searched in some project's code without login, but looks like since 2026 #Microslop desided to make things worse.
Thankfully, "git clone" through HTTPS and good old grep still working without GitHub account, lol
Microsoft has agreed with Indigo Carbon to buy a record 2.85 million soil carbon credits linked to regenerative agriculture in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/15/tech/microsoft-carbon-credits-data-centers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #microsoft #datacenters #carbon #environment
Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday.
@AssociatedPress reports: "While AI training has sparked legal battles elsewhere over copyright and other issues, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he welcomes it."
Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday.
@AssociatedPress reports: "While AI training has sparked legal battles elsewhere over copyright and other issues, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he welcomes it."
If #Microsoft vibe coding means spending six hours of diagnosing a system that will not boot after Tuesday’s software update,
HARD NO.
Oramai con una certa frequenza passa qualcuno allo sportello di assistenza settimanale di ILS #Torino per farsi installare Ubuntu (o similari).
Motivo: il computer non è compatibile con #Windows11, ma non hanno intenzione di cambiarlo.
Grazie, #Microsoft.
https://torino.ils.org/
