So Microsoft fired all of its IT human talent meant to handle these types of situations, replaced them with AI, and now AI can’t fix whatever is wrong. Or caused whatever is wrong.
It really is the end of… being able to enjoy tech.
@ErickaSimone Yes but i just learned about Mouse Party and i think theres still hope https://aboard.com/lets-have-a-mouse-party/
@mojala I mean this does look fun. But also.
@ErickaSimone You could just not use Microsoft. Maybe try Linux sometime.
@diogdabsur I’m not on Microsoft. School uses Google (no better honestly). I used soho and libre.
You could just… not assume to know what I’m using off a random riff posted to the internet. Yikes.
So sensitive and ready to argue. Weird bitch behavior. Hold the mute and sit in the corner for a while. #blockparty
@ErickaSimone *me the non techi over here giggling and eating popcorn cuz she saw all this nonsense coming 100 miles back*
@HappyCrow13 I mean I’m baby techie and we all saw this coming years ago.
@ErickaSimone I've never been one and even I saw all this shit. It's like there's a systemic issue that's been building and everyone keeps ignoring cuz money
This is what happens when you outsource your intelligence and rely on machines that are not built with concern or care for those using them (the builders don't care either)
Between this and the story I just saw about grounded flights I'm gonna run out of popcorn by Monday
@ErickaSimone I went through a real rough patch earlier this year, looking around at an industry of science, engineering, and mathematics that I once loved… and just feeling empty.
I then went through a process of just getting everything I used online out of the big tech giants and onto community hosted or self hosted services, bought my media from artists directly, and I’ve actually started to look forward to using computers again. Not too much though, as nobody can afford to replace them.
Not preaching, too many people are locked in to suggest they ‘just change to X’, but for my personal usage I’ve bee feeling almost positive about technology.
I'm a 2nd gen geek (Dad was a programmer in the 60's)
My most memorable presents were from Heathkit.
So, it would be fair to say that this hasn't just been a passion, it's been my life
Yet - I still have a workstation at home with ~50TB of storage and the power to locally create my own content. All of my media is also bought directly from artists where/when I can and stored in local, physical form
Virtually nothing is kept in the cloud
Right there with you...
@NoRomBasic @SecurityWriter you got 50 tb of ram before they stole it all? Well done. Lmaooo
@ErickaSimone @SecurityWriter 50TB of Disk. RAM would be something, huh? 😁
I do have 128GB of DDR5 6400 however -- got it at $329 late last summer. Not going to see that price again anytime soon.
I'm the home user that apparently is causing Sam Altman some real angst....
@ErickaSimone bet all those AI agents we're greeting between each other for at least 1 hour XD
@ErickaSimone dunno, the non microslop tech seems to be working ok, at least for now.
We all move to BSD if/when Linux enshittifies with slop.
You don't need the stupid animated interfaces over bloated corpo surveillance "apps" to have a working computer and access to non-dead internet. "The cloud" always was a stupid idea. The bluetooth-wifi-toaster is not worth it. K.I.S.S. :)