Zulu

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[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Nope!

Amusingly there is a very large overlap in the companies that want to try to force ai tech crap onto their workers, but dont limit admin controls for users.

But to be more specific, what i meant by work-controlled is that you cant just install linux on a work machine or uninstall office products for alternatives due to company licensing.

Nothing preventing you from just not using that crap though of course but at that point you know your own company limits than i would so god speed!

Last thing you'd probably want to do is be forced into sitting in a class with Mr.MiddleManager / Mr.NepotismHire to go over why these AI products are actually good for you and they arent happy you circumvented that.

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ah you are indeed correct. I'm probably thinking of classic paint, not notepad.

Either way, i have the downloader for ye old notepad and paint tucked away on and off my machine for future sake when my company middle management decides they want to try to push the new AI tools down our throats for productivity again.

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yep precisely this.

Notepad is where stuff i dont care about 5minutes from now goes to die.

Notepad++ is stuff ill probably take to my grave, or at least til next week.

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (15 children)

For folks who cannot do this due to it being a work-controlled machine or otherwise, you can use notepad++. (Obviously id rather this be a tipping point to ditch all the junk at once, but sometimes that isnt feasible)

That said, i find i still need a throwaway notepad for fast trashy notes. In that case ive just uninstalled the new notepad and re-downloaded the legacy notepad then re-aimed "notepad.exe" to the legacy one.

There are a few guides out there, just search your standard "how to get legacy notepad"

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

I think there's an angle for people who wish they could take part in the good drawing too.

It's like that kid in school that would trace a really good drawing and then change the color a bit and say they did it themselves, but for adults. 'Aren't you happy i made it better?' Just equates to me as 'i want attention for the art too'

The sad part of course being that instead of even having the guile to pick up a utensil and trace it themselves, they just copy paste it to a program and become a middle man for downloading and uploading an image.

Setting aside the 'soul' of the drawing or how it appears visually, it's just sad to watch someone make a cheap facsimile of the thing you made at the cost of a few mouse clicks and making the climate a tiny bit worse.

All that just for 'siel'

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago
[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Rhinestone eyes in my ass

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

My response to google or any of their adjacents is "wait people are seeing ads?"

Even though i know that yes, the majority do just let the ads blare into their brain. I just don't engage with them to a point that it surprises me people still have energy to complain about em.

Recently told one of my friends about ublock and he was flabbergasted. He'd been just raw dogging the internet since its creation. Was more surprised he never stopped to think "maybe it doesn't have to be like this."

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing like getting a speeding ticket for going 44mph in a 45 because you came close to breaking the law.

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Is it? I dont see any correlation between concernedApe and chucklefish.

Were you thinking of starbound?

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 39 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

According to the "political" meter in this website, this article is "unfair left leaning"

Mannnnnnn, is it unfair to want people with that kind of power to treat communications with respect/thought/security? Why is this even a left/right thing at a fundamental level?

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