John Cutting: Notepad has fallen — Subium • Bluesky web client

Uh... y'all don't understand why it is that I watch movies, do you? 🎥

Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatchbgr.com Filmmakers are experimenting with a new type of filmmaking called generative film, which uses AI to change the film each time it's watched.

Cramming AI into things you never, ever asked it to be crammed into. And making all of them immeasurably worse.

Notepad has fallen

Microsoft is even adding AI to the Notepad app on Windows 11www.windowscentral.com A new AI cowriting feature has been spotted in recent preview builds.

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Notepad++ has been better for ages anyway. And Editpad.

Agreed, but it's harder to think of a better example of AI brainrot than this.

Fair. Even a simple, no frills bloody text editor is too much to ask for these days apparently.

(opens mouth to mention Emacs but thinks better of it)

(does not mention vim)

"Neovi-" [gets run over by a truck with a 'I use Arch Linux' bumper sticker]

(notes that the last couple messages here could be valid elisp code)

If it helps, this is happening because every CEO issued a top down mandate to their corporations to figure out use cases so that they can prove the need, and this is workers doing their level best to implement the stupidity they are asked to, or be laid off like all the other naysayers.

Notepad2 FTW www.ntlite.com/community/in...

I'm a fan of Notepad3 github.com/rizonesoft/N... for one off documents, and Notepad++ for permanently open "scratch files" that survive reboots

GitHub - rizonesoft/Notepad3: Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3:github.com Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3: - rizonesoft/Notepad3

Honestly, that "scratch files" feature is one of my favorite application features ever. And the macro & multi-language (coding) support make this one of the first apps I add to any computer I'm going to use regularly.

^ re: Notepad++

Loving Notepad3 since it is an expansion of Notepad2. Although I was troubled by the discovery in early 2024 of PIKABOT in the associated grepwinNP3 utility. www.elastic.co/security-lab...

PIKABOT, I choose you! — Elastic Security Labswww.elastic.co Elastic Security Labs observed new PIKABOT campaigns, including an updated version. PIKABOT is a widely deployed loader malicious actors utilize to distribute additional payloads.

I regularly look for something comparable to Notepad++ when working on my Mac. I used the macro feature heavily

+Notepad

This is MSFT using everyone’s notes to improve their predictive language models…

Implementing AI into Notepad is like hiring a tech entrepreneur to run a child's lemonade stand.

Wasn't that a Boondocks episode

Probably. I haven't watched enough Boondocks

Can confirm, loosely yes

Sure, if you wanted the lemonAIde stand to fail.

Using AI in vs code requires a monthly fee, so joke's on MSFT

Meanwhile, over at LibreOffice, you get a strong replacement for MS Office products, it's open-source, and if you want to donate to the project you can...all without any plans to implement AI at this time. www.libreoffice.org

Home | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoftwww.libreoffice.org Free office suite – the evolution of OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx. Updated regularly, community powered.

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We lost wordpad for this

www.libreoffice.org

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notepad++

year of the linux desktop

Why though?

FFS why?!? Do they have to destroy all clean tools?

I can’t wait until I’m forced to upgrade to 11 😐

Think I'll just stick with Linux from now on...

I'm clinging on to 10 til the last. Hoping this will all blow over before they make me.

jesus fucking shitwank

Completely unnecessary.

BBEdit inherits the Earth!

NOOOOoooooooo....

Long live Notepad++.

If it helps Notepad open a file with Unix line endings, and not re-save the file with a bunch of ^M's, I'm all for it.

Wow this makes me so sad.

There's a pretty obvious solution to this, and I'm already using it. Notepad++ It's free, open source, and does everything Notepad could do.... but also does program code syntax highlighting and other neat things like that (if your language is not supported, you can MAKE it supported with a patch!)

i have zero sympathy for anyone using windows; you brought this upon yourselves

That's certainly a take for using the most used OS on the planet

"The AI feature will allow users to rewrite text, make text shorter or longer, and change tone or format" I can't believe AI just invented the Backspace key

That was totally worth sinking billions of dollars and tons of irreplaceable natural resources into

I'm just waiting for these companies to realize no one outside of their boardrooms actually wants/needs any of this stuff 🤷‍♂️ *continues waiting*

Thing is that VC wants it, and way too many of these companies are far more interested in scooping up their money than anything else They don't even expect to GET revenue from consumers, they expect to run on VC cash until they get acqui-hired by Facebook or whoever

Even with Microsoft, they're just riding that tech hype cycle that gets the investment money to pile in, insulating them when the next downturn comes Their consumer business is a) Excel and b) ?? so yeah

Sadly they won't until they've burned billions up on billions of dollars and get nothing back in exchange. When they could be putting that money toward solving actual problems with, say, housing and become national heroes...

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