Ginny Caughey

that's nice; when you look for software, instead of those scammy ads to ad-laden download sites, Bing now puts a Download button at the top of the search results that links to the official site so you know what you're getting

Excellent advice! Works with new apps too.

Why is nothing sometimes the best thing to do? | One Dev Question with Raymond Chen. #cpp #csharp #programming #clang www.youtube.com/watch?v=749y...

Why is nothing sometimes the best thing to do?www.youtube.com What's the first thing you should do when starting a coding project?Nothing!Raymond Chen explains his reasoning. Do you agree?#OneDevQuestion

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my word it's hard to get rid of the new Outlook in Windows; even if you keep turning it off in the Mail client it grabs email in the background and pops up notifications at you. I really think apps that install themselves without asking shouldn't get to turn on notifications for themselves...

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Link. 🥥 🌴

Some people seem to have the mistaken impression that accessibility only benefits a very small population of people, when actually everyone benefits from making sure things are accessible

Why do companies that charge for their services by the amount of service rendered expect me to modify software for them for a fixed fee?

After I got a haircut neither my phone or computer recognized me. Now I’m wondering if my friends on social media will after updating my profile.

This!

some of the Microsoft layoffs (yes, they're still ongoing) are insane. veterans with decades of experience out the door and CVPs and other senior Microsoft folk in their mentions on LinkedIn about as shocked as the people laid off. it makes no sense to me at all.

Lunch with a view

First figs from the roadside. The fig bushes there were volunteers from one in my yard that died. Birds seem to better at gardening sometimes.

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New to BlueSky? Here's a tool to help you find your Twitter/Mastadon follows here: https://skeet.labnotes.org/?index

Skeet @ labnotes.orgskeet.labnotes.org Find your Twitter/Mastodon follows on BlueSky

Great advice! Do people know when you block them here? I worry about hurt feelings sometimes.

u can always take back a block made in error u can not get back your time they will waste

One of the many nice things here is that you can choose to only see posts from people you follow. Not all social media seem to understand why that's important to users.

I’m not sure I’d care to read >600 tweets a day.

No, Apple Watch, I didn’t fall. I was just smashing roaches. 🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳

Getting ready for swimsuit season?

Long article but an interesting one.

Quite a lot of good information on actual performance improvements in the core Windows OS and how it's accomplished https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2023/05/26/delivering-delightful-performance-for-more-than-one-billion-users-worldwide/

Delivering Delightful Performance for More Than One Billion Users Worldwideblogs.windows.com Over the past year, we have made major strides in improving fundamentals across Windows. From enhancing Windows’ speed and reliability to optimizing the performance of its flagship applications to improving Window’s sustainability, we have been

Grits bowls are the new avocado toast.

Interesting take on the #MSBuild announcements: Windows and the AI Platform Shift Windows and the AI Platform Shift – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Windows and the AI Platform Shiftstratechery.com Microsoft argued there is an AI platform shift, and the fact that Windows is interesting again — and that Apple is facing AI-related questions for its newest products — is evidence that is correct.…

I see posts with links in them. How is this done? Thanks!

This is the way!

Thats weird, Theres nothing of the sort implemented in the code at all. The followers feed is very strictly reverse chronological sorted posts from people you follow. No algorithms or ranking

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I am here to sling uncomfortable truths.

Moving some stuff over to my brand new Windows Dev Drive. This is just a preview, so it's probably just as well that the only PC with enough free space is my spare one.

If AI is so smart, why oh why is autocorrect on my phone so dumb?

Some of you seem to be cross-posting interesting posts to Twitter or the reverse. So you have any tips to share?

Hello world!