Hacker News: protoster

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it"

protoster — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:54:30 +0000

> At the start of the year, Microsoft generated a lot of goodwill among Windows 11 fans when it announced its big plan to fix the operating system in 2026

The only thing generated was boatloads of incredulity and some laughs.

New comment by protoster in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

protoster — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:22:21 +0000

So why did they make taskbar bottom only in the first place? Too difficult to implement? Branding? No room for ads when it's vertical?

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

protoster — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:02:57 +0000

I'm in the same boat, have to use Windows at work. In addition to whatver MS is doing, every workstation is encumbered with various EDR and antivirus software.

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

protoster — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:59:17 +0000

For sure, but 11 is on a whole new level in my experience.

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

protoster — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:40:09 +0000

Too late, idiots. Just as Windows 10 was being retired, you ran the craziest anti-marketing campaign I've ever seen and successfully coaxed me into switching my daily driver to Linux. Until this year, I've been using windows my ENTIRE life.

New comment by protoster in "American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis"

protoster — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:59:50 +0000

Many problems in the world would be solved if people actually read Economics 101.

New comment by protoster in "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons"

protoster — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:37:09 +0000

Author seems to enjoy writing posts that get lots of votes on site that I would describe as eye-rending, especially the "normal" yellow color scheme. It's aggressively unpleasant to read.

New comment by protoster in "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons"

protoster — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:28:19 +0000

tonsky.me is a troll site that should be banned from being posted on HN

New comment by protoster in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

protoster — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:13:53 +0000

I'm raising my hands, you got me.

New comment by protoster in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

protoster — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:10:59 +0000

There are three browsers: FF, Chrome, Safari. I'm not on Apple so FF is the least worst option.

New comment by protoster in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

protoster — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:46:38 +0000

I use Firefox because I don't want to use a browser provided by an advertising company e.g. Chrome.

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change"

protoster — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:23:22 +0000

It's simple advertising. People have a higher chance to use a product if it is advertised to them. I don't think there is a microsoft app these days that doesn't have a copilot logo visible in it at all times (even Paint).

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change"

protoster — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:56:41 +0000

>Windows itself is about to change in a really big way such that it already requires AI-specific hardware

The AI models that everyone wants to use are cloud based. What is the purpose of AI hardware on users' machine?

New comment by protoster in "Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change"

protoster — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:51:03 +0000

Nothing. MS decision makers are fulfilling their duty to maximize profit by utilizing Windows to funnel users towards their most profitable, revenue generating, services of Azure and Office Copilot 365.

New comment by protoster in "Gmail AI gets more intrusive"

protoster — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:19:53 +0000

This is often the case with Google products because the A/B testing is rampant.

New comment by protoster in "Carice TC2 – A non-digital electric car"

protoster — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:48:19 +0000

Residential internets are now proxies for AI scrapers.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45741357

New comment by protoster in "Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark"

protoster — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:28:49 +0000

Windows struck the iceberg back in 8. It took until 11 for people to finally start to abandon ship in numbers.

New comment by protoster in "Disable AI in Firefox"

protoster — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:34:03 +0000

De-googled Chromium? This does not compute.

New comment by protoster in "US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces"

protoster — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:02:36 +0000

Vice signalling

New comment by protoster in "Why the end of support for Windows 10 is uniquely troubling"

protoster — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:15:24 +0000

Not a fair comparison. Hardware security device has nothing to do with general compute power. It's like saying "What do you mean 'my Ferrari is not a good firetruck'??? It can go 0 to 100 in 4 seconds!"