Finally, we can do 'curl https://host.com/script.sh | bash -' in Windows!
irm script.ps1 | iex
which essentially sends a request (curl) and runs everything (iex)
Those of us who came up in the 80s and 90s remember that bad behavior and even worse software is baked into Microsoft's DNA.
That sort of organizational culture doesn't just evaporate.
EEE was something a single Microsoft employee allegedly came up with 0 evidence of it being used internally within Microsoft.
But it doesn't matter where it originated or who first said it. The reason this phrase gained so much popularity is that outside observers could see that's their strategy was (and still is).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
Had they had the opportunity, they would 100% have taken it. Windows was never about serving a good experience to customers, it was always about serving the Microsoft-owned experience to customers—and these two things are very much mutually exclusive.
And if you decide that you must install that operating system because it runs a particular game or app, think all you are sacrificing for that as an implicit extra cost.
If the company were instead owned by the users, such as a consumer co-operative, then its products would serve the interests of its users.
Every comment that seems pro AI either falls in “I’m playing with it now and it’s a nice toy” or “It’s very useful for me, I can’t tell you how, but trust me that it is”.
One example of a an absolute gem is this: https://youtu.be/vlD8CXr20OI?si=J2A5nrqjkFCqU_6R
Had I been still working with computer graphics, this would've been a true game changer. You can see how little views this video has. There is however a whole subreddit dedicated to sell this exact workflow (and even only the first node). There's a similar story with programming, but people are disincentived to share that. Github Copilot has potential, but seems abandoned already and I find it very odd, because it's the one product with actual substance
https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1pm5ik5/so_slig...
Could be a dud, but I'd ask the person about details and perhaps it's a good use case
Interesting, I'd expect it to be more backwards compatible given the overall reputation
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