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Windows Returns
- masfuerte 2y ago> What a positively Buldakian statement! Does anyone know what "Buldakian" means? "Buldak" is a spicy Korean dish, literally "fire chicken", but that doesn't seem relevant.
- Rinzler89 2y agoMistyped title
- dang 2y agoFixed. Thanks!
- amadeuspagel 2y ago"developers can add “breadcrumbs” to their apps so that you can not just return to a specific app but also the exact context you wanted to Recall." Like a link?
- vundercind 2y agoLike so-called “deep links” already extensively used by mobile apps.
- flir 2y ago"That latency, frustratingly enough, doesn’t come from the actual rendering, which happens locally on that beefy hardware, but rather the fact that Cocreator validates everything with the cloud for “safety”" oh boy
- Rinzler89 2y agoChecking for "dick pick" image generation requests or NSFW content in general, is still one step ahead of Google AI refusing to generate pics of white people, so at least there's that. Progress ... SMH. But anyway, no major tech company will let its AI loose to the public un-lobotomized, as we all saw what happens; the risks of negative press are too high, so if you do want to generate absolutely everything your heart desires, you'll have to run your own independent model locally without using their products, so for this demographic, Microsoft's Copilot is useless, but probably for the casual user it has some uses.
- jprete 2y agoI'm usually somewhat understanding of this kind of thing, but this should be a local app only doing local things, not validating content with the cloud for safety. Not only does that mean that MS is putting a filter gate on your own content - not only does that make MS a natural target for both law and IP enforcement even though the content is local - but it also means MS can harvest all of the data if they so choose.
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- Joker_vD 2y ago> introduce a new Copilot key to Windows 11 PCs. Wait, like, on the keyboards? The keyboards that already have those bloody useless Windows and Menu keys between the AltGr and the right Ctrl? Where the hell are they gonna put that new key, exactly?
- flohofwoe 2y agoThey just slapped a different label on the Menu key (which makes it even more hilarious IMHO).
- pjmlp 2y agoThey are perfectly usefull as Windows shortcuts, they replaced one of them.
- Joker_vD 2y agoWhile I have used the left Windows button extensively, I don't believe I've ever pressed the right Windows button except by a mistake when I was reaching for the right Alt. And I believe I've ever used the Menu button intentionally as opposed to pressing it accidentally instead of the right Ctrl only on those two memorable days when mouse was broken (don't worry, it got better).
- justsomehnguy 2y ago> those bloody useless Windows and Menu keys between the AltGr and the right Ctrl? If you didn't learn to use them for more than a quarter of century thrn it says more about you than of the usability of those keys. Maybe you are that ... person what shoves PrtScr in the place of ContextMenu on ThinkPads.
- flohofwoe 2y agoNot unusual though? FWIW I use Windows since Win95 and never use the Windows or Menu key (I typically live in the terminal, but can't imagine navigating the start menu or context menues with the keyboard).
- mg 2y agodevelopers can add “breadcrumbs” to their apps so that you can not just return to a specific app but also the exact context you wanted to Recall Similar to what the back button does on many web apps? Some people say the web is not made for applications but for pages of content. But I often have the feeling that it is even more suitable for apps than the desktop. You can do so many things with "state in the url" - traverse it, bookmark it, share it, have multiple tabs with the app in multiple states ...
- dayjah 2y agoI do a lot of 3D modeling. Part of that requires creating views of your object that you can jump back and forth between. I’d never considered the analogy of a bookmark, thanks for that! When I read about the developer breadcrumbs my eyes lit up; the creation of these views is necessary but also kind of sucks. I would love to be able to say: “show me front elevation of kitchen, looking at rear of building, with fov set to allow me to see the full counter and pantry”. I’m new at this 3D modeling thing in the grand scheme of things, and self taught, but I spend an inordinate amount of time getting to the state described above.
- integricho 2y agoI wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year.. I don't care about these features at all, I just need a Windows OS, bare, where I can install the tools I need, not what Microsoft thinks I need, and so it also serves as a decent, performant gaming PC. I know for the first point Linux is my obvious choice, which is totally fine, but gaming support on Linux never likely will be on par with Windows... though now that they are ruining even that with Windows 11 and likely 12, I have no idea what to do.
- jprete 2y agoI have exactly the same question. I'm most likely to switch to Linux; I've heard that game support is a lot better than it used to be, and Valve has given developers an extra incentive to be compatible with Linux because of the Steam Deck. I've heard that MS will offer paid security patches for three years, albeit with the cost doubling each year, so something like $70/$140/$280. I personally wouldn't want to do that for more than a year.
- forbiddenlake 2y agoI switched to full time gaming on Linux (Arch) about six months ago. It is very good, and improving, though it will still often require tinkering (ProtonDB is very good for user reports). And certain games, like those with "kernel anti-cheat", probably won't work at all, indefinitely. I can say that if you stick to Steam Deck Verified games, you will have very few problems; and if you enable compatibility (Proton) for non-Verified games, then almost every game will work, possibly with some tinkering. I'm less familiar with non-Steam games, though I know Proton is not intended to be used outside of Steam. I guess that gaming outside of Steam would require more tinkering.
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- brudgers 2y agoI wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year. I no longer think of myself as a power user and that seems to make my life easier and more productive. I think about it like cars on the road. Getting from A to B is the point. Sure sometimes the complexity of an alternate route is more efficient but oftentimes sitting in the slow down is the fastest way. That's different from making a hobby of driving backroads. There's nothing wrong with making computers a hobby "also." It's also ok to choose other hobbies and just treat computers as tools. As cattle not pets. Have a cow that doesn't connect to the itnernet. Have a cow that runs Linus. Have one that doesn't pretend it can outgun Microsoft. You'll have more surfaces to put stickers on for aesthetics. If I gamed, I'd buy a console. But that's me. YMMV.
- mrangle 2y agoThe PR article praise of Recall will continue until morale improves.
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- RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y ago> That latency, frustratingly enough, doesn’t come from the actual rendering, which happens locally on that beefy hardware, but rather the fact that Cocreator validates everything with the cloud for “safety”; never mind that you can create “unsafe” images in Paint of your own volition (at least for now). I am shocked that the Cocreator didn't flag the author's drawing as "unsafe". It totally depicts a a view from below of a blond woman squatting and peeing.
- b3ing 2y agoHow is this even professional software. Loading up news about sports, celebrities or a former porn star or other sexual stuff from mainstream news sources during a teams call. Yep the news preview or even default Edge homepage which many coworkers don’t change had this on a client call. What a joke. Even if it doesn’t bother you, news is just a distraction during the workday.