The holes are only for manufacturability.

Define “done”.

On mobile, when everyone was releasing their new voice assistant technologies, Cortana outperformed them all. On desktop I agree that Cortana was a waste of space.

I’ve been a MS products fan since Windows Phone, Cortana, and OneNote stole my heart. I loved the great features that Windows 10 and Edge provided out-of-the box. Bing provided better results than Google for some time.

But Phone was never accepted by the market, and with it, Cortana faded away. OneNote hasn’t kept up with the market, and they somehow broke the cursor on mobile. Sticky Notes lost compatibility with Dark Mode. They started pushing ads to Windows start menu, and embedded ads in Edge Collections.

Microsoft makes great software, then fuck it all up. Oh well, back to Linux.

Yes. I think it’s especially important for attracting (or perhaps more accurately, maintaining) new users to the fediverse.

What do you normally like to do when you have an evening alone?

I’m not in a position to affect change in a powerful way. So I try to stay educated and informed, I vote at the ballot box, I vote with my wallet, I donate what I reasonably can to places where I think it will help, and I speak out when it’s appropriate to do so.

Chemistry, biology, and medicine are the few places where AI can provide real benefits to our world.

Jesus Christ.

You lost me with all the ads baked into the OS. You’re not gonna win me back with… checks notes Notepad.

It’s a little bright at night, that’s why I use dark mode, inverting the “paper” and “ink”.

I did a lot of research and ended up buying a Kobo for my wife who was looking to switch from paperback. At the time the Clara HD was the newer model in the size and feature family she was looking for. I made the choice based on e-ink quality, wide compatibility of formats (including public library rental), and price.

Keep in mind that Amazon keeps device prices artificially low by pushing ads to your screen. I have had four different Kindle Fires over the years, and hate how intrusive the advertising is on their devices.

After spending a year or so jealous of my wife’s Kobo Clara HD, I bought myself the then newer Kobo Libra 2. Then she was jealous of my Libra and bought herself one, and gave the Clara to our kid who is a bookworm as well.

We love our Kobos.

Commodore 64 joystick.

Purina had a good one that was pellets made from recycled paper. Think it was called yesterday’s news. I haven’t seen it in my local stores in a while though.

Kevin Kline, playing Dave Kovic, playing President Bill Mitchell.

Grays. Sports. Almanac.

I hate 3d movies. They don’t add to the story or the experience. Moreover, I find it distracting.

Dark mode and live widgets.

Edit to add: https://www.howtogeek.com/809114/5-ways-windows-phone-was-ahead-of-its-time/

Windows phone was the best phone OS I ever experienced. Features were years ahead of iOS and Android.

Heiankyo Alien. It was the cheapest game in the store, so that’s the one my parents let me buy. For a long time it was one of only a couple games I owned–that one and whatever it shipped with… Tetris?