• Microslop "Crying Uncle?"

    From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Feb 2 05:23:19 2026
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    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for integrated AI
    crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're talking now about
    cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in Windows — including increasing the speed for video games. (Are they're embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some video games faster than native Windows 11?) They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently taken
    from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Feb 2 06:24:49 2026
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    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI.
    Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

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

    The financial people are getting a little nervous about the incestuous
    manner the AI people are taking in each other's washing and calling it
    good.
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  • From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Feb 2 09:47:10 2026
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    On 2026-02-02, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI.
    Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

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

    The financial people are getting a little nervous about the incestuous manner the AI people are taking in each other's washing and calling it
    good.

    Yeah, I've noticed that. They're starting to talk about the AI bubble bursting. Can't happen soon enough, in my opinion. It seems like they're
    just passing imaginary money back and forth and pretending like they've got
    a vibrant business operation going. (Or, as you say, "taking in each other's washing.") Strangely enough, the American people are more skeptical about AI than just about any other country. I didn't think we had it in us. Looks
    like Nvidia's investors are getting a little worried also. Good.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Feb 2 23:46:35 2026
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    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for integrated
    AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're talking now about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in Windows — including increasing the speed for video games. (Are they're embarrassed that
    Linux, emulating Windows, can run some video games faster than native
    Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking
    about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently
    taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way, that's
    not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.
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    CrudeSausage
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  • From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 02:58:42 2026
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    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for integrated
    AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're talking now about
    cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in Windows — including
    increasing the speed for video games. (Are they're embarrassed that
    Linux, emulating Windows, can run some video games faster than native
    Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking
    about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently
    taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way, that's
    not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the real hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue. I don't know. It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't amount to anything.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 03:08:11 2026
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    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:58:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for integrated
    AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're talking now
    about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in Windows —
    including increasing the speed for video games. (Are they're
    embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some video games
    faster than native Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking
    about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently
    taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way,
    that's not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering
    remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the real hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue. I don't
    know.
    It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't amount
    to anything.

    I doubt that they'll fix it because they put the blame on the
    manufacturers. Meanwhile, the manufacturers put the blame on AMD. For its part, AMD has shipped a fix in the form of BIOS updates, but only for the manufacturers of certain motherboards. In the end, it's a mess which only Linux fixes by disabling the hardware random number generator entirely for problematic chips.
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    CrudeSausage
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  • From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 10:11:11 2026
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    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:58:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for integrated >>>> AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're talking now
    about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in Windows —
    including increasing the speed for video games. (Are they're
    embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some video games
    faster than native Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking
    about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently
    taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way,
    that's not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering
    remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the real
    hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue. I don't
    know.
    It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't amount
    to anything.

    I doubt that they'll fix it because they put the blame on the
    manufacturers. Meanwhile, the manufacturers put the blame on AMD. For its part, AMD has shipped a fix in the form of BIOS updates, but only for the manufacturers of certain motherboards. In the end, it's a mess which only Linux fixes by disabling the hardware random number generator entirely for problematic chips.

    I guess you're probably right on this. I'm sorry that it is an issue. It
    seems ridiculous that they can't work on this to get fixed (whomever's responsible for the screw up).
    --
    "Not just insane... Trump insane."
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 13:54:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:11:11 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:58:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for
    integrated AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're
    talking now about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in
    Windows — including increasing the speed for video games. (Are
    they're embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some
    video games faster than native Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking >>>>> about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for
    OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently
    taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way,
    that's not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering
    remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the real
    hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue. I don't
    know.
    It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't
    amount to anything.

    I doubt that they'll fix it because they put the blame on the
    manufacturers. Meanwhile, the manufacturers put the blame on AMD. For
    its part, AMD has shipped a fix in the form of BIOS updates, but only
    for the manufacturers of certain motherboards. In the end, it's a mess
    which only Linux fixes by disabling the hardware random number
    generator entirely for problematic chips.

    I guess you're probably right on this. I'm sorry that it is an issue. It seems ridiculous that they can't work on this to get fixed (whomever's responsible for the screw up).

    They won't fix it because TPM is a requirement for Windows 11. They can
    either remove that requirement, as well as the insistence that everything
    be encrypted with Bitlocker, or they can update the BIOS for every laptop
    and desktop using a modern AMD computer. For them, it's easier to just
    point us in the direction of the closest retailer and tell us to buy a new computer. In response, I'm giving them all the finger and migrating to a platform which _acknowledges_ the problem (Torvalds was very vocal about
    it), and actively circumvents it.
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  • From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 23:45:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:11:11 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:58:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for
    integrated AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're
    talking now about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in >>>>>> Windows — including increasing the speed for video games. (Are
    they're embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some
    video games faster than native Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and talking >>>>>> about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for >>>>>> OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel, apparently >>>>>> taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way,
    that's not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering
    remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the real >>>> hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue. I don't >>>> know.
    It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't
    amount to anything.

    I doubt that they'll fix it because they put the blame on the
    manufacturers. Meanwhile, the manufacturers put the blame on AMD. For
    its part, AMD has shipped a fix in the form of BIOS updates, but only
    for the manufacturers of certain motherboards. In the end, it's a mess
    which only Linux fixes by disabling the hardware random number
    generator entirely for problematic chips.

    I guess you're probably right on this. I'm sorry that it is an issue. It
    seems ridiculous that they can't work on this to get fixed (whomever's
    responsible for the screw up).

    They won't fix it because TPM is a requirement for Windows 11. They can either remove that requirement, as well as the insistence that everything
    be encrypted with Bitlocker, or they can update the BIOS for every laptop and desktop using a modern AMD computer. For them, it's easier to just
    point us in the direction of the closest retailer and tell us to buy a new computer. In response, I'm giving them all the finger and migrating to a platform which _acknowledges_ the problem (Torvalds was very vocal about it), and actively circumvents it.

    Good move, in my opinion. But the Microslop position still seems insane to
    me.
    --
    "Not just insane... Trump insane."
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 23:56:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 23:45:24 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:11:11 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-03, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:58:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    On 2026-02-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:23:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

    It appears Microslop is figuring out "full speed ahead" for
    integrated AI crap isn't cutting it with their customers. They're >>>>>>> talking now about cutting back on AI and actually fixing issues in >>>>>>> Windows — including increasing the speed for video games. (Are >>>>>>> they're embarrassed that Linux, emulating Windows, can run some
    video games faster than native Windows 11?)
    They're even talking about the security risks in Recall, and
    talking about modifying it — and limiting ads somewhat.

    And Nvidia is walking back the $100 billion investment promise for >>>>>>> OpenAI. Saying the figure wasn't "a fixed" amount.

    Based on this YouTube video... (which may not be Gospel,
    apparently taken from a Verge article that I haven't found).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLnI0ILTx4

    I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach with this one. Either way,
    that's not even the biggest issue for me now. If fTPM stuttering
    remains, I'll be happy to keep Windows in the rear-view mirror.

    Supposedly they're going to have "swarms" of engineers fixing the
    real hardware issues. So maybe they'll get to the stuttering issue.
    I don't know.
    It could all just be trying to placate their user base and won't
    amount to anything.

    I doubt that they'll fix it because they put the blame on the
    manufacturers. Meanwhile, the manufacturers put the blame on AMD. For
    its part, AMD has shipped a fix in the form of BIOS updates, but only
    for the manufacturers of certain motherboards. In the end, it's a
    mess which only Linux fixes by disabling the hardware random number
    generator entirely for problematic chips.

    I guess you're probably right on this. I'm sorry that it is an issue.
    It seems ridiculous that they can't work on this to get fixed
    (whomever's responsible for the screw up).

    They won't fix it because TPM is a requirement for Windows 11. They can
    either remove that requirement, as well as the insistence that
    everything be encrypted with Bitlocker, or they can update the BIOS for
    every laptop and desktop using a modern AMD computer. For them, it's
    easier to just point us in the direction of the closest retailer and
    tell us to buy a new computer. In response, I'm giving them all the
    finger and migrating to a platform which _acknowledges_ the problem
    (Torvalds was very vocal about it), and actively circumvents it.

    Good move, in my opinion. But the Microslop position still seems insane
    to me.

    Funny enough, I wrote two questionnaires for TV shows I will have my
    classes watch tomorrow and Thunrsday in LibreOffice. I hadn't done that in
    a while in LibreOffice, so I couldn't remember if it automatically
    formatted anything or not. With Word, the moment it gets to question 10,
    it adds some idiotic tab space I don't need, and questions 1 to 9 end up looking wrong visually. With LibreOffice, question 10 continues with the
    same formatting as 10. In other words, Writer doesn't assume that it knows better than you do and completely ruin the look of everything.

    I think I'll be quite happy with this office suite.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    John 14:6
    Isaiah 48:16
    Pop_OS!
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