“On the one hand, this is good news. On the other hand…”

Those are rookie numbers.

I have to regularly jump between Mac, Linux, and Windows. On Mac and Linux it’s easy to make same keystroke shortcuts work, eveninside apps.

On Windows, total crapshoot. And now, if on a newer machine, if you hit the wrong button (Copilot) because of muscle memory, you get the damn AI jump in your face.

In a meeting, asked a big multinational appliance company what all the connected device data collection was for.

Not a single person had an answer that benefited the customer.

You have X number of OS versions, Y number of different hardware variations, and Z number of applications.

Easy-peasy. What can possibly go wrong?

They should outlaw nuts and bolts. They are used in production of a lot of destructive items.

Also, certain metals.

At what point do AI tokens morph into crypto tokens? The ouroboros of bitcoin mining, GPUs, and commerce.

IBM is almost there, with its BobCoins: https://bob.ibm.com/docs/ide/account/bobcoins

Spent the day setting up a Windows 11 test device, including Chrome, WSL, and Docker Desktop. Every step of the way involved opt-outs, for privacy, tracking, and larded, unnecessary AI. The defaults were all set to benefit the vendors instead of the user.

It wasn’t just Microsoft. Everyone else wanted their pound of flesh.

So damn exhausting.

Excellent way to encourage responsible disclosure.

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