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cm0002 lemy.lol cm0002@lemy.lol
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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

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

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CameronDev programming.dev CameronDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-18
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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
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missing level 0 = electricity.

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flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc) feddit.uk flamingos@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#5 · Quote Reply

File explorer should be way bigger.

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Godnroc lemmy.world Godnroc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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missing level 0 = electricity.

A section of the technology tree from the game Civilization Six

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Infernal_pizza lemmy.dbzer0.com Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
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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
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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
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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 abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-28
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I miss taskmanager. Should be right on top win32

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kazerniel quokk.au kazerniel@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-10-18
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What game is this from?

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OliMoli2137 piefed.social OliMoli2137@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-19
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 · (edited) 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 Mwa@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2024-06-27
#18 · Quote Reply

Part 2: ReactOS stack

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Sina beehaw.org Sina@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-07-02
#19 · Quote Reply

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

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[object Object] lemmy.world SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-03
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That tree reads like “build an apple orchard to discover gravity”.

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[object Object] lemmy.world SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-03
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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 fractal618@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#22 · Quote Reply

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

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Chris feddit.uk i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-24
#23 · (edited) 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 wings@lemmy.rimfaxe.net
Joined: 2026-10-10
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kazerniel quokk.au kazerniel@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-10-18
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Not 100% sure, but I think civilization 6

thanks :)

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jubilationtcornpone sh.itjust.works jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-13
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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 SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-03
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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 RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-14
#28 · Quote Reply

And ya'll bitch about systemd 🫤

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Leon pawb.social Dojan@pawb.social
Joined: 2025-03-20
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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 bold_omi@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-22
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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 · Quote Reply

I love these type of memes XD

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#32 · 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 chraebsli@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-04
#33 · Quote Reply

*1400 patches in one month

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Ghoelian piefed.social Ghoelian@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-19
#34 · 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 · 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 · 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 SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
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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 apftwb@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-22
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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 skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
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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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heartSagan5 lemmy.zip heartSagan5@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-27
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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.

Yeah, Context Menus just work like that.

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#41 · (edited) Quote Reply

They seriously banned "microslop" on the official Discord?

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#42 · Quote Reply

Glad I'll never have to experience that

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#43 · Quote Reply

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

Like a giant throbbing ...artery

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MajinBlayze lemmy.world MajinBlayze@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#44 · Quote Reply

I love that nothing actually uses the drivers

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
#45 · (edited) Quote Reply

Literally everything you do is going to spike CPU usage it's called having an efficient CPU that can idle for microseconds.

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