- cross-posted to:
- programmer_humor@programming.dev
Proving once again that windows isn’t ready for the desktop.
you want it running all the servers only, then?
If you want unautomatable, ludicrously expensive, insecure mountains of instability… Go for it👍
I haven’t written code in 8 months.
My family member who works at Microsoft
But your family member hasn’t written code in 8 months!
Mom on trying to understand why I don’t like AI
This shit
The obvious outcome of forcing devs to not use their brain
It happens to everything. I updated my stock rpi’s last night and now rpi connect only works for cli.
That’s true to a point, but I feel like Microsoft should have the budget and infrastructure to properly test their releases. A bug every once in a while? Sure. Multiple serious bugs that break major features every year? Pretty embarrassing.
Nearly every time… when will the ‘consumer base’ learn?
Many people are weirdly helpless about computers. If you’ve ever tried to help someone with tech, you’ve probably encountered the
- “it didn’t work”
- what did it say?
- I don’t know it just didn’t work
- but what did the error message say specifically
- I didn’t read it
Kind of user.
You forgot the know-it-all dude, that infact, doesn’t know anything.
Or the “pc handyman”.
Me: “Why does your motherboard have a …uh… sheen and smell like WD40?”
PC Handyman: “Well it was running slow so I greased it.”
I wish that were not a true story.
“I used to work in IT you know” often gets followed by “what’s a browser tab?”
I usually see the reverse. People who work with computers making every effort NOT to need to help.
My favorite is a friend who does techsupport for a datacenter. He always asks “wait, this computer you’re having trouble with, can you lift it? Would you say it’s smaller than your fridge? Oh, sorry, then I can’t help you”





