Short, succinct and no AI in sight.

There is no way to reach useful support. Computer says no, and that's it.

Don't get dependent on these services in the first place. You are not the user, you never were. You are one of the used. You are not important to them.

Find a local community and make real connections. With real people.

"Sickness absence" can be read as "absence of sickness (thus being healthy)" or "absence (from work) due to sickness".

A reduction of sickness absence can be interpreted as a reduction of "not being sick", i.e. an increase in sickness.

But the original reply was perhaps just being pedantic in jest.

One-time purchase, or via subscription:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/get-started-wi...

  function add(x): return x + 1; end.

  function add_random(x): return x + rand(1, 10); end

An LLM does a lot of calculations but that doesn't change how it works.

A fixed schedule is easy, but it could react to events and circumstances. Consolidate everything in one app or device:

- (ding!) It's Thursday evening, do the laundry!

- (ding!) Heavy rain is forecast, check the gutters!

- (ding!) Family coming around tomorrow, better clean up!

- (ding!) You did laundry yesterday, now fold and put away!

That sort of thing. Everything in one place.

Hmm, perhaps I should vibe that up myself...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgi2fuSL9tk&t=28s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Approach

What the article does not mention is that, renewables notwithstanding, most electricity is generated with coal (base load) and gas turbines (for fast load changes). This solves nothing in itself. Nuclear is taboo in some countries and a hot topic in others. Either way it will take a long time to solve this.

> All men by nature desire to know.

I'm not sure if I can take this Aristotle guy serious or not. In present day most people are not interested in knowledge at all, some are actively pursuing to stay ignorant. I suspect that wasn't too different in ancient Greece. Just that Aristotle moved in academia where knowledge was appreciated.

Even so many years ago, broad sweeping statements are more often wrong than right.

I think that is exceptional good design.

However, this is not what Microsoft wants or needs. Microsoft is doing just fine by providing businesses what they need: a platform that can be tightly controlled and is easy to administer for large user counts.

But also, the sun feels a lot stronger! You can feel your skin starting to burn in a couple of minutes. That's new.

Is the air cleaner than it used to be? Is the sun at a maximum in its cycle? I don't know but the difference is startling.

If this is only the beginning of an upwards trend in the coming years, there's going to be big issues...

By realizing most tasks aren't important, if you let them mature for a bit. Things only seem important in the moment.

Three days later the world (or project, or whatever) has moved on and nobody will miss the skipped task.

Only start editing when a substantial piece is ready. Clean up some wording, rewrite a paragraph or two.

Even then, don't overdo it. There is always something to improve, you'll never be done that way. Good enough is good enough, hit publish and go on write the next thing.