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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 97 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (41 children)

Hello, this is the Linux comment

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 119 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In the future, when Windows users say "advanced users can turn that crap off" they'll mean the power button, not the group policy editor.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 57 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The clock should be used for entertainment purposes only

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

AI hallucination with time, and randomly hallucinated alarms should be fun.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

GPOs already suck and MS is forcing admins to adopt program rules out of Intune to get the same effect. See CoPilot GPO failures for further depth.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago

Set alarm for 10am

OK setting alarm for 20am

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Microsoft: “We want to fix Windows and make it great again!”

The fix:

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm still mad Microsoft hasn't integrated Copilot into the calculator app yet. How can you possibly do calculations without AI confidently telling you wrong results?? /s

[–] awesomeperson300@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

Don’t give them more ideas!

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I thought microsoft wanted to put less ai in their shit? Who would have thaught.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 26 points 5 days ago

Nadella won't be satisfied until he maps everyone's enter key to fuckong copilot.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think instead of the computer showing you the time, they should replace the clock program with a chat prompt so you can ask the computer to guess what the time is

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[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (13 children)

Jesus Christ. First they fucked over notepad and introduced dozens of application breaking new bugs and broke decades of existing functionality, now they're thinking about breaking the damn clock ?

Wait, no, they've already broken the clock in windows 11 because it no longer shows seconds, and doesn't respond to clicks on non primary displays.

I guess they decided it wasn't broken enough.

I'm getting so sick of their shit, and my employer locks down my laptop so tightly that I can't run any 3rd party software too, so I can't even install my own clock application.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Oh you want to see a fun win11ism? Use the calculator to determine the number of days between 2 dates.

Win 10: 2 fields you type in

Win 11: no typing is possible. You must click and scroll through a calendar ui for each date.

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 61 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Our test version of the Clock app is missing the actual clock and everything else, like the Timer, Alarm, Stopwatch, and World clock

Author then goes on to praise the rounded edges omg can you believe it rounded edges on a clock!!!!!

[–] XLE@piefed.social 24 points 6 days ago

A clock that doesn't tell time, and they follow that quote up with

which is understandable.

No it's not.

I know a lot of people don't like or use Windows, but the multiple timers and stopwatch functionality are genuinely useful and pleasant to look at. And "focus session" already exists in it.

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What was that about Windows K2 again? Ah, who cares

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They gave up, K2 is a tougher climb than Everest.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It takes Windows 11 a minute to load the "control panel" window... just hangs.

Re-release XP and be done with it, you're bad and you should feel bad.

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[–] daddycool@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is a fcking joke! I'm so sick of Microslop integrating AI into fcking everything. I just want to use my PC without any of this bloat. It just gets worse and worse. I can't believe they would do somethi..... wait a minute... I'm using linux. Nevermind then.

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think there’s something wrong with your u key. It doesn’t seem to work when preceded by an f.

[–] daddycool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

How fnny. My keyboard has been acting a bit fnky lately.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What follows is our plan to raise the bar on Windows 11 quality this year, with a focus on performance, reliability and well-crafted experiences.

Pavan Davuluri
Executive Vice President, Windows + Devices

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only thing that could possibly help would be him falling out a window on-top of the guy that would replace him. Maybe third in line isn't a chud

[–] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, it's chuds all the way down

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this is a joke… right?

[–] viov@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Everyone keep helping more people switch to Linux and help them be part of in-person/online groups. To discuss Linux, and get help where needed.

[–] BigTwerp@feddit.uk 16 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Can't they just make tabbed file explorer work properly instead?

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 16 points 5 days ago

Motherf-

🤦🏻‍♀️

I started writing a clock app of my own because the Windows 11 clock app didn't have a proper analog mode and it's pretty useless. (Windows 3 clock app had analog mode, why not Windows 11?)

Some time ago I was ranting that instead of adding an analog mode, Microsoft will probably just pointlessly add Copilot to the clock app.

...Don't blame me! I was just pointing out the obvious direction Microsoft is going for, whether we like it or not!

Aaaaanyway. This summer's project is to figure out how the hell the Godot layout system works so I can make the layout responsive and I can release 1.1.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Instead of numbers it will show an AI-generated image of a text blur

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)
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[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just so they can show that Copilot users keep rising

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Oh look it’s another stupid fucking idea from Microslop

[–] luizcavalcanti@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Slopodoro? Pomoslop?

sry

I wish horrible things on everyone who works at Microsoft.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 8 points 5 days ago (5 children)

A system prompt hints at local AI-powered productivity features, specifically optimized for students. For example, the Clock app’s Focus session will act as a ‘Productivity’ assistant that breaks down tasks into clear, actionable steps, and it works by inferring the task category, then referencing the coursework of the student.

It would be great if there were a way to use AI to help people learn more effectively. But this feels like a way to train young people to become dependent on AI assistance for tasks/skills we humans used to be able to do well enough without AI. An addiction, rather than an assistant.

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