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Comment No, not useful (Score 2) 233

It is never OK to use the AI output directly without checking it thoroughly. There are factual errors far too often.

I asked for a paragraph about my home village. The AI told me very enthusiastically about my parish church, St Andrews.

In truth, that church has been there for 800 years and has NEVER been named St Andrews.

Writing it myself is quicker and more likely to be what I want.

Comment Nothing new from Microsoft (Score 1) 95

Microsoft have been trying to move their revenue stream to a subscription model for decades. I myself have witnessed at least three previous attempts over the last 30 years.

That's some impressive customer resistance there.

And some equally impressive "bashing their heads against a brick wall" from Microsoft.

Comment Which apps are available? (Score 1) 88

I don't want to run OS/2 just for fun (shudder, I remember what it was like trying to use it).

So why are user applications not mentioned anywhere in TFA nor in this discussion?

More: I went via the Wiki to the Store, where there are only three "Office & Productivity" apps, none of which anyone has ever heard of before.

And you want me to pay for this?

Comment Let us Bow our Heads and remember RBS... (Score 2) 64

What Lloyd's are doing is functionally equivalent to ....

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) got rid of 1500 experienced people, and replaced with 750 hired guns from the subcontinent... who turned out to be not as gifted as those who were shown to RBS before the contract was signed (surprise surprise).

These guys fucked up an update to the batch scheduler software, and fucked up restarting the batch schedule, which left RBS without any functioning banking apps nor any valid databases.

Over the weeks of disruption, the FCA said customers could not:
- Use online banking facilities to access their accounts
- Obtain accurate account balances from ATMs
- Make timely mortgage payments
- Access cash in foreign countries
In addition, the banks applied incorrect credit and debit interest to customers' accounts, and produced inaccurate bank statements.


It took more than four months to completely restore all the function for all customers.

Comment Re:We must all suffer (Score 2) 68

AI is not just regurgitating garbage, it is creating new garbage.

Microsoft Copilot just told me with total confidence all about the wonderful parish church St Andrews in my village. But ...

That parish church has been here for 800 years and has NEVER been dedicated to St Andrew. We have no idea where this notion came from.

There is a special place in Hell for the people who trained Copilot.

Comment Not to worry... (Score 5, Informative) 52

We can easily replace ChromeOS with Mint, and let the updates continue...

I mentor at a Code Club. All our machines are donated, including 5 or 6 Chromebooks. We have installed Mint on all the machines to save ourselves the grief of the machines not being identical. Mint works fine on the Chromebooks.

Footnote: I am fairly certain that all our Chromebooks are older than 2021

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