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flan, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month
@flan@hexbear.net avatar

i dont really understand the revenue model here. i also dont understand how there’s going to be enough computational power to do LLM shit for all windows users all the time? this sounds bad for the environment.

sekhat,

Running a pre trained model is much cheaper than training one. But I’d imagine in this case you’ll be sending it over to Microsoft Servers, so they can keep track of everything you ever search so they can better advertise to you.

Awoo, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month

Rebranded Cortana?

Destined to fail.

Michal,

Is it just Cortana? I was under impression they’re integrating ChatGPT-like llm into windows.

Awoo, (edited )

Chatgpt is just Cortana with better marketing. AI isn’t smart, it’s just algorithms producing a facsimile of language via pattern heatmaps. What was Cortana if not just an earlier version of the same thing?

““AI”” is all a techbro marketing bubble. Will burst and move on eventually.

Like holy shit we had the autofill feature in Photoshop ages and ages ago and that’s just doing what the “intelligent” image generators do. We didn’t call it AI back then. All marketing for what amounts to just some interesting algorithms.

space_comrade,

Chatgpt is just Cortana with better marketing. AI isn’t smart, it’s just algorithms producing a facsimile of language via pattern heatmaps. What was Cortana if not just an earlier version of the same thing?

Well no, not really IMO. Cortana as far as I know wasn’t based on LLMs as we know them today, it was a way older method of NLP. You’re right that on a high level it’s pretty similar but the underlying technology is qualitatively different IMO.

JuryNullification,

The next AI winter can’t come soon enough

umbrella, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

how the fuck can they just decide this

sarchar,

Probably through licensing agreements with PC retailers.

But you can also just decide not to buy them.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

can i decide to buy a keyboard without the windows key today?

Molten_Moron, (edited )

There’s always the IBM Model M or, if you prefer USB, there are remakes with it.

variants,

Wow it’s yuuge

sarchar,

Umm, it’s just a keycap. You can map the key to whatever you want.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

agreed, however it defeats the point that its going to be optional if they really decide to do it.

leopold,

sure, any Apple keyboard

ProgrammingSocks,

Microsoft is a monopoly. Stallman was right, as usual in software

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

stallman is still right

breden, (edited ) in Linux Distros Evolution - January 2024 Update: Pop!_OS in Decline?

It’s probably best to take this whole graph with a grain of salt. There’s already some questionable relationships in it, like for every 4th Manjaro user coming in a Gentoo user, which I find hard to believe to say the list.
Second, it’s hard to say Pop exclamation mark underscore OS is on the decline when the whole field just looks more diversified in general. Sure the hype around gaming distros from the lockdowns seems to have cooled down a bit, but there isn’t any distro that just disappeared. On the contrary, it seems to have gotten just more.
As already mentioned, we can expect another hype again when Cosmic DE launches.

ISOmorph, in Looking for a good tablet PC distro

Take a look at my post from several months ago: feddit.de/post/1892175

In the end I went with fydeOS since the touch experience with both Gnome and KDE was too lacking out of the box.

Pantherina,

What version of Android is FydeOS using, how frequent do they do Updates? Does it use Secureboot, etc?

Sarcasmo220, in Looking for a good tablet PC distro

It sounds like you have a few devices, so I would recommend trying out this testing distro with MauiShell. There is a testing iso under the heading “Downloads and Sources” in this most recent blog post about its development progress.

mauikit.org/blog/maui-release-briefing-4/

possiblylinux127, in New laptop

Where do you live and what’s your budget?

moitoi,
@moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Budget isn’t a real issue with 2.5k. I can go a little higher.

0x2d, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month

reminds me of the chromebook search key

a0193143, in Looking for a good tablet PC distro

In my experience, both GNOME and KDE’s pure touchscreen experience are not good as Android or ChromeOS for now, and not even close to Windows 10.

GNOME has its onscreen keyboard, although not bad actually.

I haven’t been using GNOME for two years, so maybe there’s some improvement?

My suggestion is give ChromeOS a shot (Brunch Framework), if you don’t mind Google things.

DetachablePianist,

hmm, anything Google is usually not my first choice, but thanks for the suggestion! If I’m not happy with other options I might give chrome a shot anyway. Thanks!

Pantherina, (edited )

Maybe ChromiumOS Flex? But its probably not available as install medium (with drivers, DRM, hardware acceleration, …) anywhere.

Also its just for

  • Chrome(-ium) and Webapps, a lot of Google
  • Android Apps (not all)
  • Linux in a Container in a VM. Nice to setup but overkill and then no RAM advantage

Basically GrapheneOS vs. AOSP. AOSP is also very hard to use.

Fredol, in New laptop

Dell XPS or Latitude or Precision, ThinkPad P or X, Framework, LG Gram, System76 and other linux-focused manufacturers, Asus Vivobook

Subverb, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month

I’m happy as a clam with my 1984 loud as fuck IBM Model M keyboard in Windows.

Think you need a Windows key? CTRL-ESC. I use CTRL-ESC even on modern keyboards.

possiblylinux127,

That’s a pretty cool keyboard

Subverb,

I bought mine here but there are other places that restore them.

lemonuri,

Best keyboard ever, will also last forever.

I use capslock as superkey.

Subverb,

I actually use caps lock fairly regularly as a embedded systems programmer. With my large hands CTRL-ESC is pretty easy for me.

GentooIsBased, in Terminal Utility Mega list!

Lolcat

GentooIsBased, in New laptop

Just get a thinkpad.

tobiah,

Easy choice. Takes out the guesswork.

GentooIsBased,

Yeah, Thinkpad’s are at the end of the IQ curve.

kzhe,

Which one?

electric_nan,

Any T or P series with the minimum specs you’re lokkung for. Tons on eBay.

Czele, in #129 Hello 2024 · This Week in GNOME
@Czele@lemmy.world avatar

Please finish this damn variable refresh rate already!!

Secret300,

I feel you. If I could I’d help with implementation but I am dumb so I have no idea what the hell they doin

ColdWater, in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month
@ColdWater@lemmy.ca avatar

Everyone talking it’s bad but I think it’s not, I mean you got another key for shortcut to anything you want after uninstall that crap it’s useless anyway

Anti_Face_Weapon,

Yeah. It’s stupid and crummy, but it’s a new key to bind. But then again, have you ever really used the context menu key? I have not.

ColdWater,
@ColdWater@lemmy.ca avatar

True, I rarely use it when my mouse decided to crap itself

Elderos,

Context menu key is kinda essential for navigating without a mouse. I don’t use it all that often but I am very glad it is there.

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