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      677 days ago

      Nah as far as I’m aware the CEO is not resigning and there are no leadership changes. They’re mostly laying off artists from game studios, software QA, testers, devs they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc.

      • @[email protected]
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        77 days ago

        they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc

        The way Microsoft products feel they really can.

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          57 days ago

          I’ve read that windows 11 uses react (a JavaScript view framework) for parts of the UI, and that seems insane to me. JavaScript isn’t a great language. It’s popular because it runs in the browser. The windows desktop is not a browser.

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            47 days ago

            It’s popular because it has an insanely low barrier to entry, so that’s what gets taught in schools and boot camps. Then that’s all Jr devs know entering the work force. Companies don’t invest in mentoring juniors and cultivating talent anymore, so as the seniors get poached, retire, or move into later stages of their career, JS is the only skill left.

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              27 days ago

              I hate the auto-hide feature of the start menu. It doesn’t work right. I started using Bazzite/KDE, and it’s done correctly there.

          • Onions Sliced Thin
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            67 days ago

            Well, given the goal is to turn Windows into a cloud-hosted, on-demand subscription service, it makes perfect sense.

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              Actually you forgot about data mining or Spyware. Windows has literally become Spyware. I would switch faster than light if anticheat didn’t gatekeep Linux.

              Edit: Microsoft products have literally become Spyware

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        TBH the software QA team wasn’t doing much all these years.

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          TBH they fired the QA team a long time ago.

          No, really, that’s not a joke: They actually fucking did this.

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      The people who make the products shit are probably in leadership, so their jobs are fine. Even if they run the company into the ground, they’ll still be fine with their golden parachutes, already vast wealth, and uncanny ability to fail upward.