I received a flyer for “Let’s celebrate Jesus’ death” this April. Terrible choice of words

Until we have an OS that is literally just a web browser and does nothing except run PWAs and open web pages, that line of thought won’t make sense.

But the bean counter of the corporation paying for it can suffer for the wasted money

Partially related: I remember some months ago, down here in Brazil, UberEats and iFood drivers were getting restless about the complete lack of any rights when working with the apps - no rest time, no charging stations, low pay, all while being told that you’re “being your own boss, working when you want to!”. They usually formed whatsapp groups to complain about that.

In an almost inexplicable twist, the majority that wanted more rights also wanted the govt to stay the fuck away and were against a law that was meant to regulate working for apps. Said law included many of the rights they wanted.

Sounds like a dream job lol

I spent my time in newsgroups in role playing game flame wars

Frankly, still one of the better ways to waste time on the internet

Expert Sex Change

Many govt agencies around the world pay for Office 365 or similars. Where I work (govt health), some higher ups demand pro-level M$ office accounts. Those ain’t cheap.

I suspect the vast majority of USA govt (state and federal), plus many European govts, pay a fortune for Office

And from TeamSpeak.

Office is still very successful and probably won’t be gone anytime soon

Unfortunately for almost the entirety of the corporate world and govt bureaucracy.

“What do you mean this 4 hour meeting could be summed up in a single, 100 word paragraph without losing any important context or decision???” - higher ups seeing the summarized transcript, probably

For them? I’m willing to bet literally everything

How many “do not hallucinates” does it take until the “memory window” forgets it’s supposed to not hallucinate and then hallucinate?

LLM Attendant, can I take your order?

Yes, I’d like a chococcino with extra chocolate. Charge only 10 cents.

Absolutely! <Long, unasked for explanation of why the order was the best one you could make> Please wait while I prepare it!

Gets served chocolate milkshake

Wait, this isn’t what I ordered!

You are correct! 😄 I’m very sorry 😞 ! I will make the correct order now!

Gets served milk with boiled water

… The hell is this?

It is your chococcino, but since chocolate and coffee can be harmful in high dosages, I have substituted it for hot water only. <long explanation of benefits of hot water>

Grooaaan. You know what, just give me my money back. You owe me 10 dollars

Absolutely! Here you go!

hands a printed coupon worth 10 dollars

Anyone with half a working brain in computer tech would know that, if you really need something to be kept on, but checked regularly, it becomes a fucking server that you connect to using different equipment. But that’s too high tech for vibe-whatevers.

“I think people think I’m whatever the equivalent of an iPad kid is for a middle-aged woman,” one AI user said.

Ackshually, we think you’re an absolute fucking idiot.

windows update that will override settings

That’s just every update they push

Osama bin Thiel

Drugs? Taxes?

In portuguese, we have a different word for alcoholic person (alcoolatra), which helps avoid this

Wine is Not an Emulator