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cm0002
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Posted:   Subject: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote

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Sundray
lemmus.org

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#2 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

It's horrifying, but I can’t look away…

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CameronDev
programming.dev
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Joined: 2023-06-18
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I'm pretty sure notepad.exe is actually below the kernel. Its load bearing.

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mHtt
lemmy.ca
mHtt@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-10
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

missing level 0 = electricity.

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flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)
feddit.uk

flamingos@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

File explorer should be way bigger.

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Godnroc
lemmy.world
Godnroc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

missing level 0 = electricity.

A section of the technology tree from the game Civilization Six

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Infernal_pizza
lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Joined: 2025-06-04
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I'm pretty sure notepad.exe is actually below the kernel. Its load bearing.

I can confirm it's not. One cool feature Windows does have is Windows sandbox, which lets you instantly start a blank Windows VM with no persistence. I was playing around with it yesterday and discovered it doesn't include notepad in the guest OS!

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Peffse
lemmy.world
Peffse@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-28
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I'm pretty sure notepad.exe is actually below the kernel. Its load bearing.

is notepad.exe still around? I was sure they had replaced it with a new Microsoft Store app with copilot and ads.

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CameronDev
programming.dev
CameronDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-18
#9 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I can confirm it's not. One cool feature Windows does have is Windows sandbox, which lets you instantly start a blank Windows VM with no persistence. I was playing around with it yesterday and discovered it doesn't include notepad in the guest OS!

I'll bet the hypervisor for that VM is notepad based /j

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abbadon420
sh.itjust.works
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Joined: 2025-06-28
#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I miss taskmanager. Should be right on top win32

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kazerniel
quokk.au

kazerniel@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-10-18
#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

What game is this from?

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OliMoli2137
piefed.social
OliMoli2137@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-19
#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

is notepad.exe still around? I was sure they had replaced it with a new Microsoft Store app with copilot and ads.

yes, and i think you can open it with win+r notepad

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DeadDigger
lemmy.zip
DeadDigger@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-08-24
#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I'm pretty sure notepad.exe is actually below the kernel. Its load bearing.

Notepad++ is in my opinion. It just should be at the side in mid air supporting a big lever under cmd

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trxxruraxvr
lemmy.world
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

What game is this from?

Not 100% sure, but I think civilization 6

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MonkderVierte
lemmy.zip
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#15 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

About cmd: if you trace back things like right-click > print, it's usually a switcheroo between 7 registry keys and 5 directories that ends in some.dll /arg.

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mojofrododojo
lemmy.world

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#16 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

we're gonna put copilot in EVERYTHING! it'll be great

bill arrives for the compute

we're gonna take copilot out of EVERYTHING it'll be uh

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mojofrododojo
lemmy.world

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#17 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I can confirm it's not. One cool feature Windows does have is Windows sandbox, which lets you instantly start a blank Windows VM with no persistence. I was playing around with it yesterday and discovered it doesn't include notepad in the guest OS!

still kinda pissed they got rid of edit.com after win7....

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Mwa
thelemmy.club

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Joined: 2024-06-27
#18 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Part 2: ReactOS stack

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Sina
beehaw.org
Sina@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-07-02
#19 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Wait, is the current start menu thing really edge webview??

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[object Object]
lemmy.world
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Joined: 2025-11-03
#20 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

That tree reads like “build an apple orchard to discover gravity”.

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[object Object]
lemmy.world
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Joined: 2025-11-03
#21 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Not sure what the Apple logo is doing there, though Macs did have Boot Camp until the Apple Silicon models.

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fractal618
lemmy.world
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Joined: 2023-07-25
#22 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Can you make the copilot icon 7 times bigger and have it pulsate?

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Chris
feddit.uk

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Joined: 2023-07-24
#23 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

still kinda pissed they got rid of edit.com after win7....

They brought it back (well, a modern version) in Win 11.

It's available for Linux too!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/

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wings
lemmy.rimfaxe.net
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Joined: 2026-10-10
#24 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

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kazerniel
quokk.au

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Joined: 2026-10-18
#25 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Not 100% sure, but I think civilization 6

thanks :)

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jubilationtcornpone
sh.itjust.works
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Joined: 2023-06-13
#26 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

we're gonna put copilot in EVERYTHING! it'll be great bill arrives for the compute we're gonna take copilot out of EVERYTHING it'll be uh

Lol. Work is currrently trying to cram Copilot into critical business processes despite it being incapable of doing very basic things.

However, it has shed light on the fact that we have people in management who dont understand the fundamentals of how our business operates. Not that anything will be done about it.

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[object Object]
lemmy.world
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Joined: 2025-11-03
#27 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Not 100% sure, but I think civilization 6

Goog's image search agrees with you: "The image shows a section of the Atomic Era technology tree from Sid Meier's Civilization VI". One thing AI is good for.

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Ricky Rigatoni
piefed.zip

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Joined: 2026-02-14
#28 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

And ya'll bitch about systemd 🫤

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Leon
pawb.social

Dojan@pawb.social
Joined: 2025-03-20
#29 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

They brought it back (well, a modern version) in Win 11. It's available for Linux too! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/

Recently revived my old gaming PC, decided to put Bazzite on it. Was a bit surprised to see that sudoedit had a menubar and everything, used to it being vim or something. Got even more surprised when I found out it was made by fucking Microsoft. Yuck.

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bold_omi
lemmy.today
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Joined: 2026-02-22
#30 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

is notepad.exe still around? I was sure they had replaced it with a new Microsoft Store app with copilot and ads.

Yes, but they made it dumber.

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notquitenothing
sh.itjust.works

notquitenothing@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-05-19
#31 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I love these type of memes XD

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mojofrododojo
lemmy.world

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#32 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Lol. Work is currrently trying to cram Copilot into critical business processes despite it being incapable of doing very basic things. However, it has shed light on the fact that we have people in management who dont understand the fundamentals of how our business operates. Not that anything will be done about it.

have they tried replacing management with copilot?

I mean with some of the managers I hear about, it couldn't be worse than the current situation....

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chraebsli
programming.dev

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Joined: 2023-07-04
#33 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

*1400 patches in one month

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Ghoelian
piefed.social
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Joined: 2025-03-19
#34 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

Wait, is the current start menu thing really edge webview??

It isnt, but it is a react native component, so it is running a JavaScript runtime

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softwarist
programming.dev

softwarist@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-05-29
#35 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

And ya'll bitch about systemd 🫤

To be fair, systemd is like the Windows 11 of Linux software.

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Ricky Rigatoni
piefed.zip

RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-14
#36 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

To be fair, systemd is like the Windows 11 of Linux software.

Hardly. It does what it needs to then a bit too much more but in my experience all the pieces at least fit together and I've never had any instability from systemd.

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SpaceCowboy
lemmy.ca

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Joined: 2023-06-17
#37 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

have they tried replacing management with copilot? I mean with some of the managers I hear about, it couldn't be worse than the current situation....

I've always said that most middle management can be replaced by LLMs. And not even the more expensive models. Gemini flash would probably do about as good of a job as most middle managers.

Of course an LLM couldn't do the job of a really good middle manager. But most middle management is basically doing basically what LLMs do, and hallucinate and get things wrong just as often.

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apftwb
lemmy.world

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Joined: 2025-06-22
#38 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

To be fair, systemd is like the Windows 11 of Linux software.

You are thinking of snap

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skulblaka
sh.itjust.works

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Joined: 2023-06-08
#39 Posted:   Subject: Re: Threadizens! I give you ✨THE WINDOWS STACK✨ Quote Reply

I've always said that most middle management can be replaced by LLMs. And not even the more expensive models. Gemini flash would probably do about as good of a job as most middle managers. Of course an LLM couldn't do the job of a really good middle manager. But most middle management is basically doing basically what LLMs do, and hallucinate and get things wrong just as often.

We taught the AI to speak like a middle manager and thought that meant the AI was sentient, instead of realizing that the middle managers aren't

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