"At the 2015 Ignite conference, Microsoft employee Jerry Nixon stated that Windows 10 would be the "last version of Windows", a statement reflecting the company's intent to apply the software as a service business model to Windows, with new versions and updates to be released over an indefinite period."

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They told us Windows 10 was the last Windows with "updates to be released over an indefinite period." Now you tell me that I complain when I expect that?

If you demand cash for security updates, to your seemingly very insecure product that you sell as secure, maybe you are trying to extort me. These are likely the same security updates going to Windows 11 and Windows Server, Microsoft is already doing the work. Microsoft sells extended support for Windows 10, they are already doing the work. Why should I stand for lies and artificial scarcity?

Security updates are not exactly the same as "free support". I sure don't want any of their feature upgrades, like Copilot and Recall. I don't need a "fresh" UI every 3 months. Microsoft is highly profitable and security updates for Windows are not making a big dent in the bottom line. I'm not asking someone working for free from their mom's basement to perform for me. I'm asking for security updates for this swiss cheese garbage that you *sold* me.

I'm sure I pay for Windows almost every time I buy a PC. I'm using the old PC until its no good, so its not like I end up with working two copies of Windows. How many times have I purchased the one copy of Windows that I use since they released Windows 10? Several and the last one was definitely less than 10 years ago, less than 5 years ago. Exactly how quickly can Microsoft duck out of fixing the crap they *sold*?

We would all be better off without Windows 11, really.

Greedy, already rich, fucking bastards do not care about your perfectly working hardware. No, you are going to have more tracking. Teams will be forced on you, even if it doesn't work.

Eat shit and pay up motherfucker.

Love, Microsoft

I gave up on Consumer Reports. I briefly had an account but it was a real pain to close it. During closing my account, Consumer Reports offered me a lower price 3 separate times. If you can support my account at that final low low price then why didn't you the whole time? You thought you could get over on me and I wouldn't notice, well I noticed and Fuck You for that. Consumer Reports can keep their over-priced-and-impossible-to-turn-off service that is no better than consumer reviews anyway.

Ha, my AI Employeeware stays one-step ahead of the Bossware. I might lose the Boss Fight though, Bossware can always land a critical hit.

That is why they make docking stations. You only need one high speed USB-C cable for the entire dock.

Ethiopian FTW

Its the first step in joining the Borg.

That Car and Driver article is recent. But Ford's investments in the space are not: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06...

It seems that Ford is taking a whole new track on this new product line. The result will be worth seeing. New companies with little resources and no track record are more likely FUD than the actions a well established automotive company is taking.

No, that happened years ago when they merged with an ad company. Roku is just an on-ramp to advertising.

I'm super curious about the smaller truck that Ford announced, https://www.caranddriver.com/n.... There is a lot of news but EVs are not all about China.

https://entomologytoday.org/20...

I feel bad for kids in school right now. They are learning to rely on a half-assed tool instead of using their own brain. I wonder if they know when AI output is trash.

I didn't get to use a calculator in school until I had the basics down by hand. We need this same approach with AI, learn the basics yourself before you learn to push the easy button.

The Panasonic KP-77 electric pencil sharpener might be the best automatic pencil sharpener ever made. Mine still works from the late 80s. Panasonic will never need to sell me another one. Maybe its hard to grow your business when your stuff works forever.

One of my Uncles passed away last year with Lewy Body Dementia. He worked in downtown LA for decades.

He knew he had dementia and he knew he had lost most of his abilities. He was unhappy and he felt like a burden on everyone. All he talked for the last few months was how he wanted to just die.