[munk-a]

Upper management in Microsoft has been bragging about their high percentage of AI generated code lately - and in the meantime we've had several disastrous Windows 11 updates with the potential to brick your machine and a slew of outages at github. I'm sure it might be something else but it's clear part of their current technical approach is utterly broken.

[latchkey]

Says everything... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dj_f2ANBfas

[DerArzt]

I'm so confused by what they think using copilot to either find/build an emulator for a 50 year old machine that can run Basic demonstrates.

[latchkey]

  <mermaid>
  flowchart TD
    A["Claim: Bridge opening is conditional"] --> B["Actor: Donald Trump"]
    A --> C["Project: Gordie Howe International Bridge"]
    A --> D["Condition: Canadian concessions required"]

    B --> E["Public statement"]
    C --> F["Status: not opening (per claim)"]
    D --> G["Type: policy/trade concessions"]

    E --> H["Outcome framing"]
    F --> H
    G --> H

    H["Message: No opening unless concessions are granted"]
  </mermaid>

https://oj-hn.com

  <mermaid>
  flowchart TD
    A["Claim: Bridge opening is conditional"] --> B["Actor: Donald Trump"]
    A --> C["Project: Gordie Howe International Bridge"]
    A --> D["Condition: Canadian concessions required"]

    B --> E["Public statement"]
    C --> F["Status: not opening (per claim)"]
    D --> G["Type: policy/trade concessions"]

    E --> H["Outcome framing"]
    F --> H
    G --> H

    H["Message: No opening unless concessions are granted"]
  </mermaid>

[riddlemethat]

CoPilot has done more for Linux than anyone expected. I switched. I'm switching my elderly parents away next before they fall victim.

[LeifCarrotson]

Utterly broken - perhaps, but apparently that's not exclusive with being highly profitable, so why should they care?

[Aperocky]

For the time being. Does anyone want Windows 11 for real?

The inertia is not permanent.

[munk-a]

When I first typed up my comment I said "their current business approach" and then corrected it to technical since - yea, in the short term it probably isn't hurting their pocket books too much. The issue is that it seems like a lot more folks are seriously considering switching off Windows - we'll see if this actually is the year of the linux desktop (it never seems to be in the end) but it certainly seems to be souring their brand reputation in a major way.

[moffkalast]

Cause it's finally the year of Linux on desktop.