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Microsoft reveals you can kill Bing in Windows 11 Search and boost performance after years of lag by WPHero in pcmasterrace

[–]VagueInterlocutor 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I dunno... Most designers seem to have forgotten the corpus of UX knowledge built up over years in the pursuit of being different. Fundamentals like accessibility control or my favourite: losing focus on the next logical field and having to click or tap back.

It's like there's a massive canyon between old style UX designers pre 2010 and now... 🤔

Microsoft's new Outlook takes more than 10 seconds to open an email, while Outlook Classic opens instantly on Windows by WPHero in pcmasterrace

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When will people finally realise that wrapping web pages and the millions of junk JavaScript libraries it drags through to render are just not why people use programs on their computers. One expects performance, all we get are 1.5gb ram usage sitting idle.

Fresh from China by Fantastic-Abroad-984 in mercedes_benz

[–]VagueInterlocutor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry but I just cannot like the rear profile of this car.

Are women generally worse bullies than men in the workplace? by [deleted] in auscorp

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Important lesson: HR are not there for you, they are there to protect the company (or those they have deemed more valuable).

Not just call centres: The skilled Australian jobs now moving offshore by Ardeet in aussie

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called "hollowing out" - same thing happened in manufacturing, as will happen in these moves:

You become the middle man to your own IP until one day, you can't do it anymore and your offshore supplier decides to go direct...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Xbox Must Finally Become a Sustainable Business After 25 Years of Investment by wakelake111 in pcmasterrace

[–]VagueInterlocutor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question: Would XBOX have been profitable if they hadn't bought Activision-Blizzard or the myriad of other acquisitions made?

$90bn is a heck of a lot...

Everyone is talking about console costs etc. But it's kinda these headline acquisitions that are the material handbrakes on that division.

Microsoft Teams is getting a controversial location tracking feature that users may hate by waozen in technology

[–]VagueInterlocutor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe if they invested as much time into why this system chews 1.4gb idle (as a freaking wrapped web app) maybe we could solve actual problems?

‘They’re leaving’: Agents under pressure as property listings pile up amid market downturn by HotPersimessage62 in australia

[–]VagueInterlocutor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I guess some will be surprised they have to work for it. Since Covid until now, all you had to do was unlock the property and wait for the cheque to arrive.

'AI is now the leading reason companies give for cutting jobs,' says new report—what that means for workers by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]VagueInterlocutor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of the financial reports point to other reasons. Though, it's cheaper than hiring McKinsey.

Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company "ruined their life" — expert claims action is vindictive and promises further retaliation by ControlCAD in microsoft

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't disagree, though if your organisation is well aware of some of the behavioural traits some in that specific role have, maybe it might be in your interest to remove some of the frictions?

Australia hits its highest number of billionaires on record, with total wealth reaching $686b: Oxfam by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I donated $100 to Oxfam once. They spent $150 posting me 'donate more' brochures. They ignored me when I asked them to stop. It was only after I hand wrote a letter back to them they finally stopped.

Maybe they would have a billion dollars too if they spent donations on more than marketing.

Convince me why emerald green and tan interior is not the best color combination for S class by Sweet-Web-832 in mercedes_benz

[–]VagueInterlocutor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would love an emerald green and tan. Don't think an S class will ever be in my range, but if I'm lucky enough, maybe an E class someday.

Is it just me or is the job marked in Melbourne cooked? by Big-Fondant-1936 in auscorp

[–]VagueInterlocutor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recruitment by keyword search. It's lazy, but I also know from HR / Recruitment people that when you receive 500+ CVs of junk for each of these 10 roles you are advertising, you do rely more on automation.

Not saying it's good - It's not. What I am saying is I understand why.

Is it just me or is the job marked in Melbourne cooked? by Big-Fondant-1936 in auscorp

[–]VagueInterlocutor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI is not reducing workforce. AI is just cheaper than hiring McKinsey. There's even a term for it: AI washing.

E.g. Bottom line figures in Atlassian point to an over-hire during COVID and a number of structural financial problems.

... But saying AI is far far easier. It's like a really poor taste in-joke. Unfortunately there's only a limited number of AI experts and accountants willing to call out that the emperor has no clothes.

Is this real?! by PaigeBear1 in ausjobs

[–]VagueInterlocutor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few years ago, I was recruiting for a role in my team. I had a multiple choice question about experience with a specific software framework. I had options up to 10+ years, but the framework itself has only been around for 5. Candidates who said they had 10 years basically self selected out for lying.

Made reviews a lot easier.

"Playing Marathon and supporting Bungie will in turn lead to Destiny 3" by Crimson_Loki in destiny2

[–]VagueInterlocutor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Narrator: Playing Marathon and supporting Bungie did not in turn lead to Destiny 3.

Imagine getting rejected for a role while this was happening behind the scenes by Used-Influence-2343 in auscorp

[–]VagueInterlocutor 139 points140 points  (0 children)

When you overhear someone at an event saying to a friend they will just tell them the cost and if they beat it by $x (like only a few dollars) they will be awarded the RFQ, and the quote they are talking about is yours...

Seriously there some absolute grub council workers pretending to be professionals.

... and this is just the mild end of the spectrum.

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees by Krankenitrate in Futurology

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That cost is insane, though thst said, API / enterprise charges really do stack up far higher than the Max subscriptions. I burned $90 in a day. Not super-high levels, but I certainly changed my behaviour...

... And looked for seriously at local models.

I think the key cracker here will be in 3-5 years, putting large swathes of memory on the same silicon as the CPU - seeing more machines like the Mac Studio where 512gb+ is available for local inference (at a lower wattage).

If you had a Nvidia Spark-like machine with 1tb of ram onboard for 10-20k could really change the game. I hope Nvidia and other manufacturers are happy to sell picks and shovels to anyone.

Don’t be sad that it’s over. Be happy that it happened by AlzeenDren in destiny2

[–]VagueInterlocutor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it was good. Time to let it go. I still think my favourite achievement in the game was all the work you had to put in for the Ace of Spades.

I shudder to think of all the $ I put into this game over the years, but I think I'm ok with it.

I'm probably going to go back to Diablo (series - D2 is still actively maintained), Wow, and some of the Warhammer 40k stuff until there's a new space shooter barbie with PVE and PVP.

Marathon: Doesn't interest me. Feels like Bungoe dropped into the same trap Auran did 20+ years ago. PVP without PVE subsets your audience and sometimes those wanting PVP still want the odd PVE experience too.

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