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  • I like my PC being my PC. The more it does things I don’t ask of it or tell it to do, the more I will seek alternatives.

    One of the most frustrating parts of MS products these days is that you’re just along for the ride. And unlike Apple which is just the same, MS has far less intuitive behaviour or method. I would say their products are for beginners or those not tech literate, but the failure rate and amount of complex troubleshooting required for MS products and environments are easily the most challenging and frequent. It does not help that Windows Update constantly introduces new issues to the OS and other software while undoing any previous workarounds.

    That company doesn’t get to touch my stuff anymore. It’s like trusting your car to a four year old.


  • Proving even on Lemmy, you and me are extremly prone to propaganda.

    Uuuuh… This place is a breeding ground of heavily biased propaganda. Just look at your feed, it’s all news articles reinforcing a side of things. It’s got its fair share of users that don’t look at things from a broad perspective and most get mad when they perceive their opinion is being challenged, even when it’s not. That’s why it’s riddled with posts that aren’t for interest; they’re rooted in agenda that is to either push narrative or reinforce ego.

    And if your filter lists aren’t full of users, communities, and instances, it’s very plausible your mind my be one that’s easily duped, because the shits got to be one of the most obvious places on the internet to spot it. Part of the Lemmy experience is maintaining and customising the feed.







  • Friend’s colleague needed Excel to, “return the month where the majority of days in the week fall into”. Had Copilot do it and sent it to my friend, apparently impressed by making such a robust looking formula.

    The formula:

    My friend’s solution a minute later:

    I can see it could be slimmed even less, but I assume the table is large so LET is doing performance stuff.



  • saltesc@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.devAny Day Now
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    3 months ago

    This is another fine example of where assumptions get you no where on the internet. My job isn’t coding but it requires knowing to do it well. If I exit the job market, as per your request, I cannot be replaced by a coder. Believe it or not, most jobs that require a coding skillset are not about coding. Crazy, right? 😲




  • I have the confidence level turned down too but lately it doubles down on itself.

    The usual conversation…

    VI: “You could do this.”
    Me: “That won’t work because XYZ.”
    VI: “No, you can definitely do that. XYZ has nothing to do with it.”
    Me: pastes it’s own suggestion in.
    VI: “Almost, but that won’t work because of XYZ.”

    It’s most notorious one is adding an s to Table.AddColumn() then proceeding to make a full snippet around this newly made up function. This specific example is so regular it’s become a joke at work for giving someone an unhelp response,

    “What do you want to do for lunch today?”

    “Have you tried table add columns?”


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    Toaster is good. We’ve used that for years and it’s memed hard. Its origin is toward AI and physical robots. Even though it’s a slur based on the first model Cylon having a toaster face, it implies robots are simple and they generate ridiculous amounts of heat to do a simple task.

    We don’t need to reinvent the wheel here just because someone had a viral video on TikTok. Clanker sounds so dumb too. Especially for protocol bots that have no moving parts beyond data centre fans and pumps.