Post AxQBAG19WfRre5DW3U by [email protected] | |
More posts by [email protected] | |
Post #AxOhyyQbUWSo4vQeZc by [email protected] | |
1 likes, 3 repeats | |
"Think of it. Forty-five hundred years ago, if you were a Sumerian scribe,… | |
Post #AxOhyyXh4A8QQukJcm by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 1 repeats | |
@festal "Unpredictability"? What the actual fuck are they talking abo… | |
Post #AxQ1BtUzDpwwqHJUGm by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Abacuses weren’t slow and laborious.Slide rules didn’t give you all… | |
Post #AxQ1Bu6Yy80WiotUq8 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal BTW and hardly needs repeating, but AI sucks. | |
Post #AxQ1DKjbRhWXbNpuuO by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Excellent for establishing the validity of alternative facts! Yrs, Herr… | |
Post #AxQ1H9xzQGqxMdOFjk by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal they have had an even-less-likely-to-be-correct filler for a while now,… | |
Post #AxQ1HA68vxNJlvClRg by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@groxx @festal Awwww. I tried that and it didn't work. I have, however, swi… | |
Post #AxQ1KEXKt61OPHOAD2 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Funny you should mention this. I recently acquired a couple of vintage … | |
Post #AxQ1Uc1iPJNi9hY0Ke by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@ravenbait @groxx @festal I just uninstalled copilot. Let's see if that wor… | |
Post #AxQ1VYIjkBSYtHxPuq by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal #Enshittification at its best. I recommend @libreoffice - you don't… | |
Post #AxQ1cMTe6UvmFKJ5VY by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal *laughs in Pentium processor* | |
Post #AxQ1fjeAPqWyyTpwQK by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal well, there were a few calculators that had math issues... 😅 (they w… | |
Post #AxQ1lqs6T1sF7SGvGS by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal There’s an abacus w/calculator | |
Post #AxQ1mAMZzwXdZTg1uC by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal @dangillmor I said this elsewhere:This smells like the developers were … | |
Post #AxQ27gBMtGDGL0gudU by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal I remember when PCs with Windows were first kitted out with #Intel chip… | |
Post #AxQ29TfgNRPq7AjBnU by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal It's BUTLERIAN JIHAD time. | |
Post #AxQ2AJ61BHmjbcRRQW by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@bytebroVibe calculating. @festal | |
Post #AxQ2AipbUw6VQExhS4 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal They're obviously hoping that when they force their accountants to … | |
Post #AxQ2E65nTCF0Qz95Cy by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Of course if the damned thing can boot up first (windows calculator) | |
Post #AxQ2FopWcdnpTVM6CW by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal "Are you such a dreamerTo put the world to rights?I'll stay ho… | |
Post #AxQ2HrX9XbZGRIjihE by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal this is who microsoft has always been, and every big tech company for t… | |
Post #AxQ2KGgX04bR1XGoV6 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal I get your point, but old books of logarithm tables had plenty of error… | |
Post #AxQ2N4yH0aBNYwuRJQ by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@NatureMC @festal @libreoffice Seconded. | |
Post #AxQ2N578TdGu0R3W7s by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@irina @NatureMC @festal @libreoffice Thirded... | |
Post #AxQ2P0fdy6aAnv7Fw0 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Microsoft claiming that customers wanted "unpredictability" i… | |
Post #AxQ2PSwGrsWITb6vjs by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal The slide rule observation isn't quite right. https://en.wikipedia.… | |
Post #AxQ2SKcaFUXJY5GilU by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Because the point is not whether it will work but whether it will turn … | |
Post #AxQ2WZQz7IWoeGrfhQ by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Guess the functionality is overrated for MS. It need to sound cool with… | |
Post #AxQ2Y9L173z6I8pI0G by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Absolutely nobody wants this. | |
Post #AxQ2chfJQVmJukUTmy by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@groxx @festal Maruary is a nice month. | |
Post #AxQ2eNFiIB63BTJVKK by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Is it possible that even the tech giants don’t understand what genera… | |
Post #AxQ2htSgzl0hwr3wp6 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Tech companies want #enshittification as cover for state surveillance. … | |
Post #AxQ2jl2THYxeP7ge3c by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It is becoming more… | |
Post #AxQ2swWbwk9ydNAFX6 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal I was all on board with Google Home, just to give an example. Then I be… | |
Post #AxQ2viADnURwxk0nVw by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal WTF. | |
Post #AxQ3A58x9lqsHpGrjs by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festalWat | |
Post #AxQ6mjpkcRrNLsPi8e by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal Microsoft in the 90s: 3.11 - 3.1 = 0 lawlMicrosoft today: hold my beer,… | |
Post #AxQBAG19WfRre5DW3U by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@j2kun @festal the first Sinclair calculators used to be very inaccurate for so… | |
Post #AxQQzDfRWQGKRCoy9I by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@nihongomaamaa yes and that's a big difference. You know the precision of t… | |
Post #AxQfRjBXKfNdeeJwWm by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@festal @antoinechambertloir I once worked for the head of the fixed income (bo… | |
Post #AxQfRsdsAgOUz8eCRc by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@j2kun @festal now I'm tempted to OCR these and count the errors | |
Post #AxQfRu8OcgP7c5w5ey by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@marjolica @festal +1, though I don't think the errors in log tables could … | |
Post #AxQfRuhUWCTdMwM7MW by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@christianp @festal if you want the vicarious experience check out https://www.… | |
Post #AxQqoQpErGZ8rxv4k4 by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@christianp @j2kun @festal careful you don’t use a xerox scanner :-) https://… | |
Post #AxQqpRKEU8CIi2they by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@j2kun @festal yes there were a few errors in log tables, but they were found a… | |
Post #AxQqqdD1mqP5r85zhg by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@benjamingeer As a matter of fact, I'm using (LibreOffice) spreadsheets to … | |
Post #AxSPmMS5q1dYHRnkwq by [email protected] | |
0 likes, 0 repeats | |
@antoinechambertloir I've often had problems like that with spreadsheet pro… |